Dee Brown
Dee Brown
Daniel "Dee" Brownis a retired American professional basketball player. Brown played at the University of Illinois from 2002 to 2006, receiving numerous awards and accolades, including the 2005 Sporting News National Player of the Year. Brown was selected in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz, and was the starting point guard for 11 consecutive games for the Washington Wizards. Brown played for several international basketball teams from 2007 to 2015...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth17 August 1984
CityJackson, MS
CountryUnited States of America
That's the way it goes. We have to focus on basketball.
I think every team comes out and just gives it their all and plays good team basketball, and we've got to be focused every game and come out with intensity.
I said last year they were going to make the Final Four. This year, I know they're going to make it to the Elite Eight just by the way they play, the style of play they play. They're still a tough team. Hopefully, we'll see them again in the Big Ten tourney, but they're a good team.
People are saying they shouldn't even be in (the tournament). They have a lot of motivation to prove they deserve to be in.
We've got stars, you just don't know them yet. It takes a little time. Last year wasn't a grind, but you probably thought we played well when we beat someone by 20. Maybe we should have won by 40.
We could have played better. We didn't play our best, but we stuck it out and we won.
We just didn't finish the job. They came out and played the good zone and it really affected us tonight.
We came out and played well in the first half. We just didn't finish them off in the second half.
We know other teams are going to give us their best shot. It's just how mentally prepared we are. And when another team goes on a run and gets the momentum, how do we respond? Do we lay down or do we raise our intensity? In the second half tonight, we raised our intensity.
We didn't relax. It's a road game. If they didn't come back, they're not protecting their home court.
We were hacking more. We were undisciplined on defense.
We were hacking more and fouling. We weren't disciplined on defense.
It's like my third one of the year,
It's possible, but you've got to go in with a different mentality. We have to work hard and believe we can do it.