Ben Howland
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"Benjamin Clark Howland" is an American college basketball coach 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 Angeles (UCLA) from 2003 to 2013. Howland became the first men's coach in college basketball history to be fired shortly after winning an outright power-conference title.

Howland is among a handful of NCAA Division I coaches to take three different teams to the NCAA tournament: Northern Arizona, Pittsburgh, and UCLA. He is one of only three active coaches to compete in three consecutive Final Fours (with UCLA from 2006-2008). The other two are Tom Izzo and Mike Krzyzewski.

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There's no question he was huge.

He's the only player I've ever coached where I threaten him if he goes 100 percent.

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

It's hard to beat a team three times. They're improved.

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

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

He's a great player. He'll be playing in the NBA whenever he leaves college.

Jordan was masterful down the stretch at handling the ball and really doing a good job for us.

They take a punch and keep on going with it. It's just a testament to their toughness and their character, and to the different guys on the team that get a chance to step up.