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
Our league is a great league. Herb just made it tougher.
God, did he make some incredible athletic plays.
I got a little emotional. But that didn't affect our performance. What I said was, 'Coach Wooden has been admitted to the hospital.' He didn't want to go. Sounds just like the coach. His family made him do it. He's going to be fine.
If we make our foul shots, it's probably not as tight.
If that's not a very good team we just played then I don't know what is. We feel very, very fortunate to move to the next round.
He was critical. Everything starts with having a point guard.
He's playing the best basketball of his career. Without him, we would not be here.
He's playing the best basketball of his career right now.
He didn't want to go. Sounds like Coach. His family made him do it. He's going to be fine, based on all the information we have.
He didn't want to go. Sounds just like Coach. He's going to be fine, based on all the information we have. I was hoping we would play really well so he and his family could enjoy that in the hospital room that he was in.
He didn't want to go. Sounds just like coach.
He can score from 3, he can score off the bounce, he can score in the post, he rebounds his own shot as well as anybody. He poses a lot of problems. There's only a handful of people that are playing the game in college that would ever be talked about in that same light.
He is so sharp mentally, it's incredible. But the key to his run was recruiting good players who were good people. Good people last a lifetime.
He gives so much of himself, especially this year, with all the injuries we had. He's really invested in this team.