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
control game guard guys knew oriented pace shut team tough
We knew they were a guard oriented team. That's what made their team go. We knew if we could make their guys take tough shots, we could control the pace of the game and kind of shut them down on defense.
home next time work
We know we can play better. We just need to go back home and work on things and do them better the next time we play.
good ncaa quality
LSU is a big rivalry. Something is always happening, but it's good basketball. The NCAA (tournament committee) has got to look at quality wins, so this is a must-win for us.
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.
road thinking
Definitely, we thought we were going to win. We had made some plays, made some steals. It's not like we go on the road thinking we're going to lose.
next past playing step
That's our next step to take and keep playing well. If we do that, we'll be fine, but we can't look past anyone.
diehard fans
Our fans are diehard fans. They're going to come out in numbers.
games hang heads
I thought we had this one. We can't hang our heads too long because we've got a lot of games left.
tournament
The SEC Tournament is important for our fans.
tough
We didn't underestimate them. They just made better plays. They made tough shots.
boost gave stepped
Vincent really stepped up and gave us a boost off the bench.
finding locking plays
We're finding a way to win. We've been locking up on defense, making more plays at the end.
situation urgency wins
We've got a sense of urgency because we're in a situation where we need to get wins on the road. We need to play well.
dump finish guys hope knew playing rack sort zone
We knew they were playing sort of a man-switch zone and take it to the rack or dump it off to the big guys and hope they can finish it.