Wisconsin basketball makes the top 10 for 2024 four-star C James Brown
Wisconsin is up against some heavy hitters for the four-star center out of Chicago, Illinois:
On Friday afternoon, 2024 four-star center James Brown out of Chicago, Illinois, announced his top 10 schools he'll consider moving forward, a list that included the University of Wisconsin.
In addition to Wisconsin, Brown is still considering Duke, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Michigan State, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Howard, and Eastern Michigan.
Per the 247Sports Composite, he's the No. 27 overall prospect in the 2024 recruiting class, the No. 6 C in the country, and the No. 1 player in Illinois.
According to MaxPreps, the 6-foot-10, 210-pound big man averaged 11.7 points, 10.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 0.8 blocks per game as a sophomore for St. Rita High School in Chicago.
On film, Brown shows flashes of a player with immense upside. He's a rim-running big man that can handle the ball, crash the glass, make plays around the rim, alter shots, and has a budding faceup game.
“I don’t know a lot about them [UW] to be honest. We visited there because they expressed interest in me towards the end of my high school season so we visited up there and I ended up getting an offer. So that’s a school I’m really excited to learn a little bit more about," Brown said in an interview with On3Sports. I like Coach (Sharif) Chambliss and what he had to say about what they like to do, previews of game situations, and stuff like that. So I’m excited to learn a little more.”
UW is up against some heavy hitters for the four-star big man, and in all honesty, I don't think the Badgers have a realistic chance for his services. Regardless, it's nice to see that Greg Gard identified another young talented player before they blew up - he truly does have an elite eye for talent.
The Illinois native announced his top 10 list via his Twitter account:
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