Greg Brown cuts to five schools

By ADAM ZAGORIA

Greg Brown, the 6-foot-8 forward from Vandegrift (TX) and the Texas Titans, has cut his list to five schools.

Ranked No. 5 in the 2020 ESPN 100, Brown is down to North Carolina, Memphis, Texas, Auburn and Kentucky.

Final 5 ???! ??? when we walk through the door!!! #HedgeHogFam pic.twitter.com/iZ5twGxVrm

— Greg Brown (@gb3elite) August 7, 2019

Earlier this spring, Brown had a home visit with Memphis assistant Mike Miller.

“It’s an honor to be recruited by Penny Hardaway and Mike Miller because they’re one of the greats in the NBA,” Brown said at the Nike EYBL outside Atlanta. “It’s really a blessing for me. They’ve been recruiting me hard, talking about their game at Memphis and how I’m going to fit in and what I’m going to do at Memphis.”

Brown said he likes how Miller is authentic with his recruiting pitch.

“He keeps it 100, he’s not one of those coaches that they say, ‘Oh, you’re the best, you’ll do this, this and this here,'” Brown said. “But when you actually get there, it’s a whole other story.”

He added: “He FaceTimes me a lot, he is youthful.”

Hardaway has made major inroads in recruiting and now has the No. 1 class in 2019,.

“Yeah, it is [appealing] because [we] kids we’re trying to get to the highest point of basketball so we want to learn from them so we can get there as well,” he said of Hardaway’s appeal. “It’s an honor for me.”

He added: “It’s a blessing for Penny Hardaway to show up to one of our games and just watch because it’s like, ‘Oh, there’s Penny Hardaway there.'”

Brown also had a recent home visit with Auburn coach Bruce Pearl and Texas coach Shaka Smart.

As for Auburn, he said, “It went good. We talked about what they did this year. And we talked about the history, just basically getting a feel for Auburn University.”

He added: “It was really just a get-to-know-you type visit because I haven’t really talked to Auburn in person so it was more to start the relationship.”

Greg Brown really HATES RIMS ? @gb3elite #2019EYBL pic.twitter.com/nf6LPq4T4Q

— Overtime (@overtime) May 11, 2019

In terms of Texas, “Texas was mainly talking about my plan, like once I get there what’s going to happen in my development to the NBA.” Brown said Smart stressed Jarrett Allen and other recent NBA big men who have come out of the program.

As for North Carolina, he attended a game during the season.

“It was a great experience and great game,” he told Rivals. “Talking to all of the coaches was great and even the players were good. So, everything about it was just great. The culture there is just different. Around Texas, it is like a football state but at UNC, they eat and breathe basketball.”

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