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
I see it as a momentum thing all the way. We're going to feed on that win. We're going to feed on that emotion.
Just so you know, our goal is to not let you ram it down our throat.
Jordan went down to visit Florida, and they did a great job on the visit. His host was (current Grizzly player Anthony) Roberson, and he loved him. He had a really good relationship with Roberson. So when he came back, he was really leaning that way.
Jordan was masterful down the stretch at handling the ball and really doing a good job for us.
Jordan is a perfectionist, so everything that doesn't go right he wears on his sleeve.
Josh Shipp was huge tonight. I mean, having not played 13 weeks, for him to do what he did tonight was just miraculous.
Josh Shipp's minutes tonight were critical. He was spectacular.
Josh had surgery back in late September and at this point his pain levels are just unacceptable, just too much to handle. He has constant throbbing during every practice and every game, he's very sore every day and the next morning he's obviously very stiff. And it's not getting better.
Good, because we'd like to have a tournament with all Pac-10 teams advancing far into the tournament.
His season may be over. If so, we will fight to get him another year.
His No. 1 attribute that makes him great is his toughness, competitiveness and his pride. He is unique.
He's going to be with our trainer all night. It will take a team of horses to keep him out.
Our transition defense was so good. It had to be because Memphis is so good at pushing it.
Our trainer did a good job snapping it right back into place.