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
He's the only player I've ever coached where I threaten him if he goes 100 percent.
He's an East Coast guy. Going to Manhattan would be a home run.
I don't want to talk about it. I get too emotional.
He's not telling you how to do anything. He's just there to be supportive and has been for all the coaches who have followed him.
I'm indebted to them forever. They have helped start something we think is very special.
I mean, come on. That is very, very unfair of him to characterize his team like that after the kind of year they've had and some of the quality wins they've had.
I'm glad we got that win. That's a tough, hard-nosed team that came in determined to beat us on our home court. We were fortunate to come away with a victory.
I'm not buying it. I grew up in Southern California. I'm not buying into (the notion) that has to be the image of L.A.
I'm proud of our guys for seizing the opportunity against Gonzaga. That gave us a chance to play another day. And now we're moving forward.
I'm really, really excited about the team defense we played tonight. We came at 'em so hard with our double teams, we took them out of what they wanted to do.
I'm really proud of Ryan. He did a great job again today. Here is a kid who has worked so hard to get it to where he's at right now. He's a factor.
I laugh at some of these commentators who say they are not a good defensive team. They hold opponents to 43 percent from the field.
If you want to win, you've got to play hard. You've got to play good defense.
I'm kidding . These guys are great shooters.