Ronnie Brewer
Ronnie Brewer
Ronnie Breweris an American professional basketball player for the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League. The Utah Jazz selected him with the 14th pick of the 2006 NBA draft. Brewer played collegiately at the University of Arkansas, where his father Ron Brewer was a star in the late 1970s. Brewer is known for having an unorthodox shooting technique, the result of a childhood water slide injury...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth20 March 1985
aggressive game half jump second trying
We just wanted to go out in the second half and play aggressive and not let them jump on us first. We were trying to put the game away.
cutting difficult good played screening trying
It was difficult trying to get around them. They were really big on cutting you off and screening hard. I still feel we played good defense.
captains court leaders ncaa step team trying
Being able to read each other and trying to find each other on the court makes our team better. We're trying to step up as leaders and captains of the team. It's really important for us to make the NCAA Tournament.
commit trying
We were just trying to take it to them and make them commit fouls.
arkansas opportunity trying
We have the opportunity to do something special. We?re trying to put Arkansas back on the map.
business care entire focused mentality opponent relaxing trying win
Going into this tournament, we have the mentality that we're trying to win the whole entire thing. We take it personal. We need to play well. We're not relaxing at all. We're focused on our first opponent and we're just trying to take care of business and get that first win.
market test
I just want to test the market to see where I can go.
aggressive areas coach help team year
I want to help the team in all areas - distributing the ball, making steals, getting rebounds. But one thing coach wanted me to do this year was to be more aggressive and put up points.
fall open
I had an open look at the basket, but unfortunately it didn't fall for us.
deep dig good guys missing simple stepped
We just started missing shots, that's as simple as it is. Their guys stepped up and made plays. We know we're a good team, and we just need to dig deep and keep doing the things we've been doing to be successful.
missing simple
We just started missing shots. That's as simple as it is.
boost gave stepped
Vincent really stepped up and gave us a boost off the bench.
character heart sluggish start
There was a lot of excitement. We were sluggish at the start and they got out to a big lead. We showed a lot of heart and character to come back.
bad confidence lose people played saw tournament
The tournament is very open. People saw that we played a lot of people in the SEC, and when we did lose games, we didn't lose them bad -- like by one or two points. So, we were in every game. We have a lot of confidence going into this tournament.