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 very best players are my kind of players.
We played terrific tonight. It was our best defense of the year.
People were really running at him and he needs to have more patience. I think he's one of the best shooters, not only in the league but in the country. I think he'll be fine.
This team never, ever gets affected ... they just battle back. We're playing our best basketball of the year by far right now.
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.
That's the best defense we played all year.
We're playing our best basketball of the year by far.
We're playing our best basketball of the season by far right now. We're improving, we're getting better.
With the last play of regulation, we didn't have any timeouts left and I am trying to be judicious, but also use my timeouts to the best of my ability. After all that and then go into overtime on a great shot by Robertson is just a testament to these kids' character.
We want to recruit the very best players in the country. That's why we're here right now: We have great players.
Our team is definitely playing its best basketball right now. If you look over the course of the last eight games, we've really been playing great defensive team basketball.
I thought our intensity defensively for the entire 40 minutes was really, really incredible. That's the best defense we've played all year.
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.