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
My freshman year we win the thing and get a four seed. So it didn't matter then. It matters now, I guess.
This is my fourth year in the tournament, so you already know what to expect, the intensity and how hard the team's going to play. It's a big advantage for us coming out, understanding how much energy we have to put out there to beat a team in the first round.
The girls have been working very hard. They all have ran for the past four years and will be tremendous assets for our program.
I love Mike Davis. I love what he's doing at Indiana. It's going to be a tough atmosphere to play in. But we're going to go in there and just try to battle.
I'm just thinking about what I could have done to make the team win.
It's so tough to beat them here. For us to come up here and win two years in a row is an unbelievable accomplishment.
I'm going to shoot 'em, anyway. I'm going to go 1-for-9, 1-for-30, 1-for-50. If I don't make one more shot this season, I'm still going to play the way I play and do the things I do.
I'm going to miss putting on that Illinois jersey.
I'm not disappointed. Cincinnati and Hofstra should be disappointed. They didn't make the tournament. We have a chance to do something special.
I'm just looking at Indiana on Sunday. You just have to worry about yourself. You have to win and see what happens.
I miss football a lot. Football made me a better teammate basketball-wise because I knew I needed my line and my receivers to block for me. Once I realized how much I needed my teammates to make me look good, that helped me as a basketball player.
I never said anything bad about him. I tell a lot of people he's one of the best coaches out there just because of the type of person he is. He's a good coach. Everything he's got this year he deserves.
I'm honored that people thought so highly of me. I guess it didn't end the way I liked. It definitely started the way I wanted.
I've got to continue to play well. We're a better team when I play well. That's the pressure of being an athlete.