In 247Sports’ final 2024 rankings released this week, the lowest-ranked member of the three-deep UNC basketball haul, James Brown, appears at No. 106. And he has only three stars by his name.
That completes a considerable fall for the Link Academy (Mo.) center, who sat at No. 27 among his peers while knocking on the door of five-star status when he committed to the Tar Heels in January 2023.
Although the 6-foot-9, 210-pound Brown is a consistent contributor for the loaded Lions as a teammate to one prime 2025 UNC basketball recruiting target in sharpshooting five-star guard Jasper Johnson, he’s rarely one of their top performers.
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His Thursday night stat line at the Air Capital Hoopfest in Wichita, Kan., was indicative of his typical production. Brown, still a four-star at No. 71 on the 247Sports 2024 Composite, tallied 10 points on 5-for-7 shooting from the field but added only two rebounds while racking up three fouls and two turnovers in 21 minutes off the bench.