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
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.
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.
The word is really getting out (about Iowa Central cross country). Both teams should be much stronger this year and we have a lot more depth to work with.
Teams play better without their best player because others have the opportunity to step up and make big plays. They came out trash-talking and playing with confidence.
They came out and did a good job. Teams come out and give us their best shot. They play hard against us.
We didn't play as well as we wanted in the first half, but in the second we came out with the intensity we needed. We play against teams that give us their best shot. . . . It's all how you rebound from that.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.