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
came couple earlier free gym highly home morning near shooting struggling testimony throws
Leon is really a highly competitive person. When he was struggling shooting free throws earlier in the year, he was getting up at 5 in the morning and going to a gym near his home and shooting free throws. Then he came up with a couple of 10-for-10 games, 10-for-12, 12-for-15. I think that's a testimony to who he is.
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He's really gaining confidence. His health, for one, has contributed to his confidence and number two, having some success knocking down shots. That goes a long way. He's been challenged and he's answered those challenges. To take a step, you've either got to challenge yourself or answer the challenges that have been thrown at you, and he's done that.
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When you shoot 11-for-24 from the free throw line, you're not brimming with confidence. It was the first thing we talked about in the locker room after the game. It's a different game if we knock down and convert some free throws. We have nobody to blame, that's us.
against biggest shots
That had to be one of the biggest shots someone has made against us.
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.
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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.
alex basketball cal extend great harder nobody pleased works
I'm pleased that we were able to extend a scholarship to Alex for this season. Nobody works any harder than Alex, and he is a great representative of a Cal basketball student-athlete.
came guys momentum normally played state
It's tough. I thought our guys came out and played very hard. But give N.C. State credit, they played well. They didn't make a whole lot of threes like they normally do, but the ones they did make were some real momentum changers.
days played team
At times, we played like a team that had 11 days off.
early impressed nights pressure
Their pressure is better than it was early in the season. It's not a spotty defense. They don't take nights off. I'm very impressed with Ben's team.
defense good playing solid team
They were a good team then (Dec. 31, first meeting), and they are a good team now. They have some weapons, they are playing solid defense and they are used to winning.
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.