Ben Howland Time Quotations

Last time I checked, Larry Brown started in college, for example, and he might be one of the top coaches.

I'm so happy for our guys. Any time you win a championship it's special.

I'm so happy for our guys. I'm most glad we're Pac-10 champions. We decided it ourselves. We don't have to wait for anybody and get in backdoor. Any time you win a championship it's special.

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.

Any time you're the conference champion, you get probably more votes for your players. As it should be.

They can't wait to play. We're having fun. This is the greatest time of our lives right now.

The repair to Alfred's left knee is less severe than his right, so the rehabilitation time will be less. This will be a quicker healing process. It's all good news, much better than expected.

They're obviously a great shooting team. Any time you shoot 39 percent on the year from three as a team, that's outstanding.

The last time I checked, we were one of two schools ... that had played against five top 50 teams in the country. The RPI that they're using for the NCAA tournament is largely based on strength of schedule and we were fourth out of 330 teams, so we've absolutely been tested.