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
I feel that we want to accomplish a lot. I think we got the toughest bracket with a lot of good teams on our side. Last year expectations were high, but I think they're just as high this year.
I expected us to go to California. You have to expect the worst.
He makes sure our faith in God is still there.
Guys are a little confused, and coach is yelling all the time. It's going to be a grind. The Big Ten is a grind-out conference.
He's a great talent and he likes to talk trash.
He's got a terrific game. I can't wait to get out on the floor and play against him.
He was so nice, a guy you'd want to be around, not as an athlete but just as a person. He had raw talent. He was a guy I wanted to play with.
He wanted me to do more and get involved by running off screens. I wasn't doing that, and he got in my ear. ... That's what coach wants, and I have to work on it.
Just look at teams like Hofstra and Michigan that didn't get in (the NCAA Tournament). We have to be happy. The Committee has a tough job.
When we come out and he plays aggressive, that opens it up for other players. When he plays like that, the sky's the limit.
When he got back in, he made his presence known.
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 could have played better. We didn't play our best, but we stuck it out and we won.