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 defense is what kept us in the game. I thought Oregon played very good defense as well. Somehow we hung around because we were playing good defense, playing every possession really tough.
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.
Well, I tried to guard him. That's the key. We played mostly half-court, so it was easier to hold, grab and foul as opposed to when you've got Johnny between the top of the keys. Once in a while when that happened, it was over for me.
We played terrific tonight. It was our best defense of the year.
I'm always concerned about him. He's one of the top players in our conference without question. He's an NBA player. He's an L.A. kid and he's always played well against us. We've got our hands full.
We had autograph seekers knocking on our players' doors at midnight the night before we played Memphis .
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.
That's the best defense we played all year.
It was a great second half. I can't wait to watch that again. We came out and played with passion.
They are obviously an outstanding team. They played in all phases. Their defense was terrific.
What a great feeling, to still be playing and to beat an outstanding team like Memphis. I'm really proud of the defense we played today. The defense was just incredible.
They played really, really hard. I have confidence in our guys one through 10.
I thought our intensity defensively for the entire 40 minutes was really, really incredible. That's the best defense we've played all year.
I saw him at Nike camp. He played hard. He was under the radar.