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
My biggest thing with him is he would never take any time off. He was sneaking in the gym. We got beat by West Virginia and all of a sudden he's back in the gym that night shooting for two hours. It's actually counter-productive when you wear your body out that much. It's like a marathon runner getting ready to run a marathon by running five marathons the day before he's going to run the marathon.
We will be shooting a lot of free throws this week at Pauley Pavilion.
They're obviously a great shooting team. Any time you shoot 39 percent on the year from three as a team, that's outstanding.
We were really sensitive to him shooting threes.
I'm the foul shooting coach, so blame me. We'll get better. I promise.
What a great feeling. To still be playing. To beat an outstanding team in Memphis. We're thrilled to be heading to Indiana.
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.
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.
Very easily, (Gonzaga coach) Mark Few could be sitting where I am now, no question.
When I finished watching the tape from last year I was embarrassed with our effort. I am so much happier with where we are now than a year ago.
We're going up against the human fly-swatting machine.
This program's always had tough kids. That is way too general. ... I'm not buying they didn't have toughness here.
This program is where it is right now, as the greatest tradition in all of college basketball, the greatest history in all of college basketball. Eleven national championships. It all starts with Coach Wooden.