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Five-Star PG in the 2025 class Mikel Brown Jr is considering a reclass to 2024. This Rivals article from Rob Cassidy mentions us among the teams to watch should a reclass happen:

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/five-star-junior-mikel-brown-could-join-class-of-2024

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One of the top prospects in the class of 2025, five-star point guard Mikel Brown Jr. may soon become one of the top prospects in the class of 2024 as buzz is beginning to build about a possible reclassification to 2024.

Sources indicate that Brown, who currently plays in the Atlanta-based Overtime Elite League, could make the jump to 2024 as early as this spring. Should that take place, Brown’s recruitment timetable would be accelerated. The Florida native has grown significantly over the past year and now checks in at 6-foot-3 and 170 pounds. His new build puts to rest old concerns about his size and allows the versatile guard to look and operate like a college-ready prospect.

Alabama, Indiana, Texas, Providence and Georgia Tech would be the schools to watch closest should the reclassification take place. Florida State, for which his mother played volleyball, shouldn't be discounted either. Hometown UCF is also worth monitoring based on the fact that his father played for current Knights assistant Kevin Norris, with whom the Brown family has an extremely strong bond.

Brown arrived at OTE this year after playing his sophomore season at Kansas’ Sunrise Christian Academy. He played his freshman season at Orlando Christian Prep. He plays on the adidas 3SSB summer circuit.

https://www.on3.com/db/mikel-brown-jr-158520/

https://247sports.com/Recruitment/mikel-brown-jr-156318/RecruitInterests/

https://n.rivals.com/content/athletes/mikel-brown-jr-281798

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6 minutes ago, Seeking6 said:

Reading the tea leaves on twitter does anyone know if reclass is a certainty and where we stand?

From what I’ve read, reclassing is a real possibility and Woody likes him.

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1 hour ago, Hoosierdave said:

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/decision-dossier-five-star-mikel-brown
 

FWIW, Rabby retweeted a post today from Adidas saying they signed this kid. 

Based on latest intel, we are the only Adidas school listed that he was planning on taking a visit too. 

Interesting. A reclass to 2024 and we land him it would seem our/Mike Woodson's PG problem may be over (for a year at least)...

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2 hours ago, cybergates said:

Interesting. A reclass to 2024 and we land him it would seem our/Mike Woodson's PG problem may be over (for a year at least)...

For sure. Not getting my hopes up because if I understand this correctly, these kids can sign to a shoe company and still end up playing at school with a competing company.
 

Rabby reposting that to me was a little eye opening though. Not sure if that was his way of hinting that maybe IU has or will gain traction as a result. I don’t subscribe to Peegs so maybe he explained himself today lol 

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On 2/14/2024 at 1:06 PM, Hoosierdave said:

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/decision-dossier-five-star-mikel-brown
 

FWIW, Rabby retweeted a post today from Adidas saying they signed this kid. 

Based on latest intel, we are the only Adidas school listed that he was planning on taking a visit too. 

This has to help.  Adidas is smart enough to realize IU needs a guard or 3 and needs to protect its marketing investment.  Send em our way adidas.  Thank you.  

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45 minutes ago, NotIThatLives said:

This has to help.  Adidas is smart enough to realize IU needs a guard or 3 and needs to protect its marketing investment.  Send em our way adidas.  Thank you.  

This is the kind of advantage we have at IU (amongst others) that it is just baffling we keep failing when it comes to coaching and putting a winning product on the floor.

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1 hour ago, DC2345 said:

Mike Woodson is at Broad Ripple tonight for the OTE event 

Listening to local radio today and the guest was Eddie Johnson a former teammate of Woodson. I guess Eddie was having lunch with Woodson during the interview. Johnson is in town for the all star game and was wondering why Woodson was in Indy.

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22 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

Listening to local radio today and the guest was Eddie Johnson a former teammate of Woodson. I guess Eddie was having lunch with Woodson during the interview. Johnson is in town for the all star game and was wondering why Woodson was in Indy.

Eddie was having lunch with Woodson.   He should have asked him why else he was in town if he was wondering. 

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5 hours ago, Seeking6 said:

Was great to see a packed joint at Broad Ripple last night. I'll ask the same question here as in other thread. Is he likely to reclassify?

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-class-of-2025-top-20-pg-mikel-brown-visiting-this-weekend/
 

@The Daily Hoosier hasn’t made a decision…

 

Id say getting late to do that and would lean no.

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