Ben Braun
Ben Braun
Benjamin Abraham Braunis a men's college basketball coach. He is the former coach at Rice University, where he spent eight seasons. Previously, Braun spent 12 years with the California Golden Bears program and 11 years at Eastern Michigan University. He has won the most games of any coach in Eastern Michigan's history...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth25 November 1953
absence hole last plus
Getting Leon back is a big plus for us. His absence put us in a hole last year.
bounce challenge couple dwell last mentality sit
We have to bounce back, that's our challenge right now. We have to have that same mentality during the last couple of weeks. We can't sit here and dwell on this.
few given guys helped improved last performance question team
They've improved in that area. Those guys have given them their team a big lift, and there's no question that has helped their performance in the last few games.
defensive good guess guys healthy lucky maybe surprised team ucla
Through the years we've been a pretty good defensive team when we've had our guys healthy and playing. I guess we surprised UCLA too, then. Maybe we just had a lucky weekend, I don't know.
rebound stick
We just need to stick to our principles. As long as we rebound and play defense, we'll be alright.
ball strong
We weren't strong with the ball in that stretch.
attacked basket defensive grabbing half rebounds second turned usc
We turned it around in the second half on the defensive end. USC attacked the basket and we had to make adjustments at halftime. Leon is grabbing a lot of rebounds and that helps.
beaten felt fitting hope legs won
We felt if we had beaten UCLA, we would have won this thing (the regular-season title). So it's probably fitting that we're playing. I just hope we get our legs back.
game playing rather trade
We're going to be a little fatigued, but I wouldn't trade that at all. I'd rather be fatigued and in that game than be well-rested and not be playing anywhere.
center forward jones seen
I've seen Jones go from center to forward to guard.
I've never put 'vulnerable' and 'Arizona' in the same sentence.
roy took
Roy took them over the hump. He put them on his back.
believing game surviving teams
Every game has been about surviving and believing in ourselves. That's what teams have to do.
again beaten hard hungry team trying usc
USC is going to be very energetic, very hungry and determined. We've beaten every team in the league, but going out and trying to do it again is going to be the hard part.