Friar Basketball

Vermont Academy Duo Rise in ESPN Rankings

Bruce Brown

Bruce Brown was a new name to me when I first saw him last March. I was told to keep an eye on the 2016 guard by someone from his AAU program prior to the 2013 Fitzy Games last spring. He didn’t disappoint.

Brown’s BABC team took on Mass Rivals’ superstar backcourt of Jalen Adams and Kaleb Joseph that afternoon, eventually falling 75-73, but Brown made quite an impact — getting to the rim at will and stepping up to the challenge of defending two of the country’s elite players.

Brown played at Wakefield High School in Massachusetts before heading north to Vermont Academy this year as a relative unknown, and while he played well on the prep circuit this past season, the EYBL has been his coming out party nationally.

He wasn’t a top 100 player until ESPN released their updated 2016 rankings (top 60) today, and Brown has vaulted all the way to #30 nationally. Brown (who was on PC’s campus last summer) and Vermont Academy teammate Sedee Keita (a power forward ranked #43 — also a PC recruit) will form a terrific inside/out combo for new head coach Alex Popp next year. Popp was announced as their new head coach today.

Brown has been featured in our weekly rankings for the past couple of weeks, but his rise to #30 today was an eye opener because of how far he came and how quickly he did so. ESPN doesn’t even have a list of schools for him yet, but that’s obviously about to change for a recruit that I’d considered a sleeper heading into the spring.

Providence is aiming high in the class of 2016. Aside from Brown and Keita, the Friars have pushed for the likes of small forwards Miles Bridges (#8) and Braxton Blackwell (#25), as well as point guard Josh Langford (#12).

To see ESPN’s updated 2016 rankings, click here.

 

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