Ben Howland Program Quotations

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.

I was really hoping we would play really well tonight so he and his family could enjoy that in the hospital room that he was in tonight. You know, in terms of what he means to the program, he's the patriarch. He is why this program is where it is. It's one of the elite programs in the country and has been since he started that job in 1948.

Will anybody ever get a program at that level? It will be very difficult to win 10 in 12 years.

We have great kids and they're all on the same page about winning and getting the program back to the highest level.

I don't think Stanford's streak means that much to most of our players. What it says is how good their program has been over the last 15 years. They execute extremely well, and they come to Pauley with a lot of confidence. We have to be ready for that, as well as the start of Pac-10.

He's the patriarch. He is why this program is where it is. It's one of the elite programs in the country, and has been since he started that job in 1948.