Ben Howland Best Quotations

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.

He's playing the best basketball of his career right now.

He's playing the best basketball of his career. Without him, we would not be here.

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.

We played terrific tonight. It was our best defense of the year.

We're playing our best basketball of the season by far right now. We're improving, we're getting better.

We're playing our best basketball of the year by far.

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 want to recruit the very best players in the country. That's why we're here right now: We have great players.

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.

The very best players are my kind of players.

I had no idea that he was that good of a passer. It causes you to pause in what you do (double-teaming). He was just terrific. The best thing about him is that he doesn't even care if he scores. That kid is all about winning.

I think our intensity tonight, our defensive intensity, was really good. That's the best defensive intensity we've had all year. Our bench was incredible.

I have the best two guards in the country on the same team. I will continue to say that because I believe it, and I don't say things I don't believe.

I really wanted to do this because I want our players to get the tradition and the history. They hear about it. They see it. They read about it. But the best way to feel it is to know the players and the coach himself.

You want to be playing your best basketball at the end of the season. But not only are we playing good, we're getting better. This is truly a team.

That's the best defense we played all year.

This team never, ever gets affected ... they just battle back. We're playing our best basketball of the year by far right now.

The last seven, eight games, Ryan is playing the best basketball of his career.