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
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.
I hang with E.B. (Halsey), Mel (Melvin Bryant) and J.D. (Jason Davis). I beat them in video games, and they beat me in video games. Those are my guys. They know I played football and that I have a special love for football. Illinois is a football school as well as a basketball school, so I have to show them respect.
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.
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 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.
People are saying they shouldn't even be in (the tournament). They have a lot of motivation to prove they deserve to be in.
Right when it left my hand I thought it was good, then I saw it was long. I usually make them. It just didn't go in for me.
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.
People move on and you've got to realize you have to work with what you've got.
That was what we set out to do, stop Grier.
That's the way the tournament goes. Wherever they send you, you've just got to go and play.
That's the way it goes. We have to focus on basketball.
I won't say this feels like a loss. But we could have put them away, and we didn't. We have to come out there and finish it out to be a great team.
When you get opportunities, you have to step up and take them. We need production from our bench.