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
We had a seven-point lead at the half, but then we came back out and got off to an unbelievable start against an NCAA tournament team. And although we won by 12, the score is not indicative of the fact that we were pretty much in control the last 16, 17 minutes of this game. It was really fun.
We'll work on our foul shooting, I promise you.
We've played some very good teams this year. And I'm very pleased with how our team has responded to all the adversity. If we get everybody healthy, I think we have a chance to be an outstanding team.
We feel very, very fortunate to move on to the next round.
We went through a lot of adversity earlier this year with injuries and we played a lot of people. I have complete confidence in our entire team.
Brandon Roy was terrific. It seemed like he was going to the line every possession.
Brandon is just absolutely terrific. Looking at the stats, it's amazing how good this kid is.
To shoot 3 for 19 from the threes and still win the game is a testament to our defense and rebounding.
Tonight was just like our night. They missed some open shots. We didn't put a lid on the basket for their free throws.
We will practice our foul shots, I promise you that.
We had a great year. Our goal is to get back here again next year and win it.
We will be shooting a lot of free throws this week at Pauley Pavilion.
Who we start Thursday (at center) will be based solely on practice the next two days. It'll be based on rebounds, who sets the best screens and blocks.
We were really sensitive to him shooting threes.