Quick Howland conference tidbits

UCLA head coach Ben Howland on:

On Arizona:
“Arizona is a very hard team for us to matchup because it’s basically like playing against five guards. Solomon Hill is having a great year, leading them in assists, leading them in scoring, and he’s a particularly hard matchup.”

On the Pac-12 start:
“We’re 0-2 and I’m disappointed. We had a chanc to win on Thursday night if we made our free throws. We had five or six wide open shots we weren’t able to capitalize on.”

On Joshua Smith:
“He did some extra running on Sunday and again yesterday. Slowly but surely. Yeah, we need to him to play more minutes. We need him to get more shots. Right now he’s sixth in shots attempted and I invisioned he’d be in top two in that category.”

On Smith’s offense:
“He’s got to slow down. I think he’s gets sped up some. That’s his biggest thing. People are doubling and he has to read that. … He’s got to realize if he just holds on to the ball when people are doubling, people can’t take it from him. He’s too big and strong.”