(2025) - PG Mikel Brown, Jr. to Louisville

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Full name is Christopher Mikel Brown, Jr. and he attends Orlando Christian Prep in Orlando, FL.  Plays for Southeast Elite on the Adidas circuit.  Listed as 5'11" and 140 lbs. by 247.   Haven't found a whole lot more about him.

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Article clarifies that he played last season for Orlando Christian Prep but has transferred to Sunrise Christian Academy for the upcoming year.  Also worth noting that although he's a '25, he's playing on the 17U circuit.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-hoosiers-offer-2025-point-guard-mikel-brown/?fbclid=IwAR0oU0qfA51Q98KfPb4I3q0TfmxXbzKW1XnjCaE0576GODbmTa3eKnlh34k

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34 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Article clarifies that he played last season for Orlando Christian Prep but has transferred to Sunrise Christian Academy for the upcoming year.  Also worth noting that although he's a '25, he's playing on the 17U circuit.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-hoosiers-offer-2025-point-guard-mikel-brown/?fbclid=IwAR0oU0qfA51Q98KfPb4I3q0TfmxXbzKW1XnjCaE0576GODbmTa3eKnlh34k

Wow, he’s the anti-Trey McKenney. He looks like he should be playing U12. 

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https://phenomhoopreport.com/programs-not-wasting-any-time-with-2025-mikel-brown-jr/

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Adam Finkelstein on Brown at the Adidas All-American Camp

 Ignore the look test with Mikel Brown.  He was one of the youngest and smallest players in the camp. He also hasn’t even begun to fill-out his frame. In other words, he didn’t look like he belonged at first glance. But, when everything was said and done, he might have been the most impactful player in the five-on-five segment. What the rising sophomore may lack in size and strength at this point, he compensates for with skill and feel for the game. Whether it was dancing with his handle, changing pace, knocking down open threes, shaking his man for pull-ups, or whipping passes off the dribble (with both hands), he made a series of high-level plays that backed up the hype after landing early offers from the likes of Indiana, Maryland, Baylor, Auburn, Florida, Texas A&M, and Seton Hall among others.

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Really interesting.  The description reminds me of seeing Darius Garland play at EYBL.  Smallish, unassuming kid on the court before the game, tucking in his jersey and looking around like it's his first time.  Then the action starts and he was just a flash, going 1.5x the speed of every other player on the court.  The doubter in me is also reminded of the reports of Khristian, which weren't far off from this and obviously never panned out.  Khristian played a year up with Trey and Leal on the adidas circuit, and was outshined by both of them, whereas this kid seems to play up and still be the attention grabber.  And that offer list for Mikel is already nuts.  

 

Another comp.  Luke Brown who offered the same kind of excitement, but he always ducked major competition in AAU so no one ever got a real look at him.  This kid is already putting himself against top competition.  

 

Watching those highlights in the IDH article, wooo boy him feed the bigs was beautiful.  He's already got a running floater, which is critical for any small guard.  And that shot release is fast enough that it somewhat mitigates being 5'11".  

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This game was played on Nov. 23.

 

Several familiar names on the Sunrise roster in addition to Mikel Brown.  Miro Little and Matas Buzelis.

In yesterday's game, Brown had 15p 2r 5a 1s 0b 3t

 

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https://www.circuitscouting.com/news_article/show/1249141

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Brown doesn't appear to be very high on the IU priority list but don't often find his game stats so I'll post them solely because I found them!

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Miro Little sighting, and he’s gonna be a good one!  

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Forgive me my btb brethren for I have sinned.  I was so wrapped up posting the box scores for our MVA targets that I overlooked posting Mikel Brown's stats in his thread.  

 

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Max Feldman on Brown's performance at last weekend's La Porte Invitational.

Sunrise's young guard put together a big one to close the weekend against IMG. While the physical play has been a deterrent early on at times this season, the 6-1 guard settled in nicely and showed some of what made him one of the hottest prospects in the nation coming off a big summer playing up with Southeast Elite. A natural flair to his approach to go with a dynamic handle, advanced vision and a smooth stroke from well beyond the arc, Brown Jr popped as a high velocity playmaker leveraging his gravity to get downhill. Bumps in the road are to be assumed for a young guard whose not loaded with measurables, but the productive 13 point and 7 assist outing could be a sign of what's to come for the five-star 2025 guard.

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Michigan offered.

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Sunrise Christian vs IMG Academy today at 5:00 on ESPNU

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Wish we could convince Matas Buzelis to play a year of college ball for us.


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