Ben Howland’s team is young. Like, really, really young. By one published measure, the fourth-youngest team in America. Super-duper young.
And that’s not something Howland has in common with them. With a résumé` like his, he’s one of the most experienced and successful coaches in the country. He’s also a little past his own playing days, but that’s unrelated.
What’s important for him, and what will make the biggest of differences as he tries to coach such an inexperienced group, is that Howland has very quickly built a team that looks like him.