sports.espn.go.com - 3/26/2008
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Cal fired men's basketball coach Ben Braun Wednesday after 12 seasons, citing lack of NCAA tournament appearances over the last five years, the school announced.
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BREAKING: Ben Braun Out
Bears Necessity —
In sad developments in Cal sports, Ben Braun could not capture his second coveted “national championship”. So close to being 66th. So damn close!
Unfortunately, that was the cutoff-line for Sandy Barbour.
Cal fired men’s basketball coach Ben Braun Wednesday after 12 seasons, citing lack of NCAA tournament appearances over the last five years.
Braun had a 219-154 record and guided the team to five NCAA tournament berths and three National Invitation Tournaments. In 1996-97, Cal reached the Sweet 16 and ...
The Verdict is IN: And Ben Braun is OUT! Time to Partayyyy!
The Play In California —
... Anyhow, I’m not taking credit for Ben Braun’s departure; however, did I call it? If ever I have lost faith, my hope is now restored that Cal can be good! I would like to thank all readers, anyone who participated in ...
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mercextra.com 3/26/2008 — According to our sister paper, the Contra Costa Times, Cal has fired basketball coach Ben Braun.
If true, then it seems someone anted up the money to buy him out. (Here’s the link to the story by their crack Cal beat writer, Jeff Faraudo.)
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Cal fires Ben Braun: What happened, and what happens next
mercextra.com 3/27/2008 — Had a lot going on today and updated the Hotline post on Braun several times, the last at 3 p.m. — after that, I had to bury myself in a non-Cal story for the Mercury News.
But in the past few hours, I’ve had a chance to make some calls ...
Ben Braun officially fired by California Berkeley
ncaahoopstoday.blogspot.com 3/26/2008 — As we predicted a few days ago , Cal-Berkeley head basketball coach Ben Braun was fired after 12 (not 15) seasons as the Chief Bear. Story at Sports Illustrated . More on this story at regional website SfGate.com . And also at the university newspaper, the Daily Californian . So our first of two predictions came true. Which one was our second prediction? Randy Bennett riding his second wave of ...
