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Brown submitted his name as an early-entry candidate for the draft
in early May. He broke the fifth metatarsal in his right foot on
June 8 during the NBA pre-draft camp in Chicago and had surgery on
June 10. He is in a cast and will be sidelined for six to eight
weeks this summer. Brown is currently enrolled in class on campus.
Following summer school, he will need only to complete an internship
to earn his bachelor's degree in sport management.
Brown earned consensus first-team all-America honors during the
2004-05 season. He was the Sporting News National Player of the
Year, a Wooden Award All-American and was named both the Big Ten
Player of the Year and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. Brown
ranked second among the Illini in scoring, averaging 13.3 points,
and reached double figures in 29 games.
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 Brown became a prolific long-range shooter this past season,
ranking 12th in the nation with a 3-point field goal percentage of
43.4 percent (99-228). He was second in the Big Ten with 99
three-pointers (2.5 per game), which is the second-highest
single-season total in school history. Brown was second on the
Illini and third in the Big Ten in assists, averaging 4.5 per game,
while leading the team and ranking third in the Big Ten in steals,
averaging 1.8 per game. He also led the team and ranked third in the
Big Ten in assist-turnover ratio (2.42).
Brown enters his senior season ranked among the top players in
school history in a number of categories. He stands 17th on the
Illini all-time scoring list with 1,342 points, is third on the
career 3-point field goals list with 221 treys and is fifth in both
career assists (483) and career steals (178).
For Dee Brown bio,
click here.
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[Derrick Burson, assistant sports information director,
University of Illinois]
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