Ben Braun Good Quotations

We're fortunate Richard has been such a good defender through the years.

Leon deserves a lot of the credit for the impact he's made. He makes a lot of things easier for a lot of guys. He's also been a really good defender for us this year. he's really improved his understanding of the game.

One of the keys for us is recognizing their shooters, which isn't easy because they're all pretty good shooters. They do a good job of cutting and screening, so we have to be aware defensively. They have some good athletes and some good shooters. They are very tough to guard.

I feel good about our chances. We're playing well. It's important to go into the tournament at full strength and with some momentum.

I feel good about our chances. I also feel good that in our league, 17 wins has been a formula (for the NCAA tournament).

It feels pretty good to see everyone in the community. They're all so proud.

We're not sure of the extent of it, but he's definitely out. I thought he was making pretty good progress. He was able to log some minutes. This is a separate issue.

To be where we're at is great. But we still have a lot of basketball to go. We sure would like to be where we're at. That's a good spot to be in. But our next challenge is Oregon State.

While this is obviously a temporary setback for Leon, he has handled it well and we are confident he will return to action relatively soon. The good news is he had no pain symptoms, and Leon knows he has a lot of basketball ahead of him this season.

Through the years we've been a pretty good defensive team when we've had our guys healthy and playing. I guess we surprised UCLA too, then. Maybe we just had a lucky weekend, I don't know.

And their defense has not been spotty. It's been good game to game.

They're both good basketball players. I like having those options with those guys.

That's OK. He sure made things look easy for us. It's good to see him become a basketball player.

They were a good team then (Dec. 31, first meeting), and they are a good team now. They have some weapons, they are playing solid defense and they are used to winning.