Corey Brewer
Corey Brewer
Corey Wayne Breweris an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the University of Florida, where he starred on the Florida Gators teams that won back-to-back NCAA national championships in 2006 and 2007. He was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2007 NCAA tournament...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth5 March 1986
CityPortland, TN
defense great hearing kept saw team
We kept hearing about what great team defense they play. Well, tonight, you saw who can play D.
felt great love paid
We felt like, if we're going to be able to win, we've got to love each other, we've got to have a great friendship. It's paid off so far.
feeling great guys kept knocked looking open setting wide
I knocked my first one down and it was feeling good. My guys kept looking for me, and I kept getting wide open because my big guys were setting great screens.
bad caught cheering everybody george great lose mean wants
Everybody's going to be cheering for George Mason. It's a great story. If I were a fan, I'd probably be cheering for them, too. But you can't get caught up in it. We have to go out and take it to them. Everybody wants us to lose but that doesn't mean much. I kind of want to be the bad guy.
against george great mason national wants win
It's a great story. But we don't really think about it like that. We think about it as us against them. It's going to be a lot of hype. Everyone wants us to lose. They want George Mason to win a national championship.
against caught cheering george great turn tv
It's us against the world right now. Everybody's going to be cheering for George Mason. It's a great story. If I were a fan, I'd probably be cheering for them, too. But you can't get caught up with that. We're not overlooking George Mason. When you turn on the TV all you see is George Mason.
certain few officials reach
There are a few officials that . . . you can't reach too much or you're not going to get certain calls.
care feels leave moving year
We don't care about that. It's just about moving on. We're moving on, and this feels great. This is about this year and this year's team. We want to leave our own legacy.
beginning national season
We're national champions. Everyone said at the beginning of the season that we were going to the NIT. Well, I don't think this is the NIT.
basketball half played tied worst year
We said we played our worst basketball half of the year - and we're tied up.
became fatigue kept pushing team
We kept pushing the ball, we kept pushing it and fatigue became a factor. We were the team in better shape.
hitting letting people
We're not hitting people in the mouth. We're letting people hit us in the mouth.
ball came felt full key saw turned
When I saw the ball go up, I felt like it was going to come off and I went full speed. It came right to me. It turned out to be the key play of the game.
learn playing
We just have to learn from this or else we're not going to be playing very long in March.