Texas Longhorns Greg Brown listed as a top 10 freshman

Recently 247Sports produced their list of the top 10 freshman basketball players to know. Among them was Longhorns Greg Brown II.

The Texas Longhorns men’s basketball team is getting ready for another run at a Big 12 Championship. Much like their football counterparts, it has been a while since their last conference championship. They haven’t won a conference tournament since their days in the Southwest Conference. Their last regular season Big 12 Conference championship came in 2008. Is this the year for Shaka Smart and the Horns?

The entire team returns with one new face, the talented freshman Greg Brown. 247Sports named Brown one of the top freshman to get to know.

Texas is the analytics darling this offseason after returning every single scholarship player from last year and adding Brown, the No. 2 power forward and No. 9 overall prospect in the 247Sports Composite. The word Texas coach Shaka Smart uses most often to describe Brown’s game is “violence,” and it’s a trait that could help take the Texas basketball program up a notch or two. Brown attacks the basket on offense and is one of the most athletic and vicious dunkers in the class. On the other side Brown’s length and athleticism make him a fierce shot-blockers and pogo-stick rebounder.

It appears that the Austin native has been working on his dunking skills.

Cade Cunningham of Oklahoma State was the only other freshman listed in the top 10 from 247Sports. The burnt orange fans will get their first glimpse of Greg Brown and the Longhorns on Wednesday, Nov. 27. They will be taking on UT-Rio Grande Valley at 7:00 pm CST. The No. 19 Texas Longhorns open the season at the Frank Erwin Center.

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