Ben Howland
Ben Howland
Benjamin Clark Howlandis an American college basketball coach for the Mississippi State Bulldogs and former player. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northern Arizona University from 1994 to 1999, the University of Pittsburgh from 1999 to 2003, and the University of California, Los Angelesfrom 2003 to 2013. Howland became the first men's coach in modern college basketball history to be fired shortly after winning an outright power-conference title. He is one of the few NCAA Division I...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 May 1957
CityLebanon, OR
The bottom line is, we make those foul shots, Steele doesn't have that shot down the stretch.
This is an incredible defensive team. It's why we are where we are.
This is his second broken nose of the year. He's got two broken noses and a broken leg going right now. Hopefully, he can stay healthy here the rest of the way.
This gives us the opportunity to feed off this.
Defense is what wins games on the road.
Coach is always there at the home games, sitting behind the bench. He's the greatest coach in the history of college basketball.
Coach is always there at the home games, sitting behind our bench. What was accomplished by John R. Wooden . . . will never, ever be seen again at the college level. They won 38 straight NCAA (Tournament) games in a row at one point . . .
Coach watches every game. I knew that and embraced it. He's the greatest coach in the history of basketball. What he did in college basketball will never be repeated. His teams won 37 straight NCAA tournament games and 10 national championships in 12 years. You know how everyone wants to be like Mike -- Michael Jordan -- as a player? Every coach wants to be like John. So I don't feel a shadow. I embrace it.
After further consultation, Josh's family wanted to get a second opinion. This is a common practice and the family felt this was best.
I thought they were terrific. They did an outstanding job of dealing with our press. We were trying real hard.
I thought that in the first 10 minutes we came out a little tight. In the last 30 minutes, we were terrific.
I thought our intensity defensively for the entire 40 minutes was really, really incredible. That's the best defense we've played all year.
Last time I checked, Larry Brown started in college, for example, and he might be one of the top coaches.
I saw him at Nike camp. He played hard. He was under the radar.