A 6\'8" forward/center born in Ethel, Mississippi, Dees started his basketball career at Mount Carmel High School in Mount Carmel, Illinois, where he was named an All-American his senior year. \n', '

Afterward, he attended Indiana University, where he received the Big Ten Conference Most Valuable Player award twice, in 1957 and 1958. \n', '

Dees is one of just three people (the others being Jerry Lucas and Scott May) to have received multiple Big Ten MVP honors.\n', '

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