Ben Braun
Ben Braun was born on November 25, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois, a city with a longstanding tradition of competitive basketball. A citizen of the United States, Braun pursued his education at Siena Heights University and later at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, building the foundation that would lead him into a career in collegiate athletics.
Braun went on to work as a men's college basketball coach, dedicating his professional life to the collegiate level of the sport. His career placed him within the broader landscape of American college athletics, where he coached men's programs across his years in the profession.
Having stepped away from active coaching, Braun is recognized as an American former men's college basketball coach. His educational path through two universities — Siena Heights University and the University of Wisconsin–Madison — preceded the coaching career he would sustain over the course of his professional life.
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They've improved in that area. Those guys have given them their team a big lift, and there's no question that has helped their performance in the last few games.
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.
It's tough. I thought our guys came out and played very hard. But give N.C. State credit, they played well. They didn't make a whole lot of threes like they normally do, but the ones they did make were some real momentum changers.
That is what you dream of as a player and a coach. You love to be in that position and our team is in that position.
That's OK. He sure made things look easy for us. It's good to see him become a basketball player.
