Dustin Brown Has Some D-1 Looks
Dustin Brown, a ruggedly built 6-7 combination forward from the St. Thomas More School in Montville, Conn., has a pair of West Coast schools evaluating him this winter.
STM Head Coach Jere Quinn told the Insiders Report/Rivalshoops.com that San Francisco and Loyola Marymount are highly interested in Brown, who hails from San Raphael, Calif.
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In fact, USF sent an assistant coach to watch Brown play recently. In addition to the two West Coast teams, James Madison is also looking at Brown.
Brown is a bouncy athlete blessed with a solid upper body. He had an impressive alley-oop slam in the Chancellors' victory over Air Force Prep on Saturday at the Army Prep Invitational. He also showed the ability to knock down the short-midrange jumper from the perimeter.
While Brown can't handle the ball very well, the fact that he can face the basket a bit could make him a three man down the road if he can improve the other perimeter facets of his game.
Brown is a full qualifier academically who initially committed to Albany (NY) out of high school, but instead opted to attend prep school this year. That might have been a good stroke of fortune, since Albany fired its head coach [Scott Beeten] in December.
This past summer, Brown played with Steve Cotton's Next Level program at the adidas Big Time Tournament in Las Vegas.