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
ask harder played players
Our players were hungry. I can't ask our players to go out and play harder than they played today.
against dangerous facing game perspective players
Our players have the game in perspective. We know what we're up against ? and we're facing a very dangerous team.
beat beaten chris felt including people players respect stanford tie
If Stanford was going to beat us or tie us, Chris Hernandez wasn't going to do it. That's respect for Chris. Our players felt we couldn't give him a look. He wasn't going to beat us. He's beaten too many people over the years, including us.
great offensive player wants
He doesn't quit, even on offensive rebounds. It's just great to see a player who wants to get better.
dream love player position team
That is what you dream of as a player and a coach. You love to be in that position and our team is in that position.
dream fight great happy honor opportunity player players position
It's a great position for us to be in. It's an honor to be able to play for a Pac-10 championship. I'm happy for our players that they're going to have the opportunity to fight for the championship. That's what you dream of as a player and as a coach.
deceiving league player promise
I can promise you that's a deceiving record. They're going to be a player in this league before it's over.
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.
finished full game
We finished the game strong. We showed what we can do at full strength.
guard
You have to guard everyone on the team.
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.
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.
bad closer coming foot full rod time
You feel bad for Rod and what he has been through. He was just getting over a foot injury, and I thought he was improving. He was getting more time and was more active. He was getting closer to coming back at full strength.
believing game surviving teams
Every game has been about surviving and believing in ourselves. That's what teams have to do.