Former Illini star Dee Brown leads Chicago's Roosevelt University to conference title

CHICAGO – Former Illini and Proviso East standout player Dee Brown is in his second year as head coach of the men's basketball team at Roosevelt University after five years as an assistant at the University of Illinois Chicago.Brown was just named the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference coach of the year leading the Lakers to one of their best seasons ever.Reporter: 'How much are you enjoying this?'Brown: 'Loving it. I tell people winning is not normal.

He's definitely pushed me to my limits to be the best player I can be.'Brown added, 'It's tough being a student-athlete. I commend those guys. You gotta have a different type of grit and toughness, but being here in Chicago is tough as well. So many things to do, but we wanted to win a championship and you have to sacrifice a lot to do that, but also, we wanna make it to Kansas City. We wanna go down to the Sweet 16 and keep repping Roosevelt University and this great community.

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