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Alec Brown
Former Green Bay Phoenix standout center Alec Brown will make his debut tonight when he suits up for the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA Development League. The Jam will play host to the Los Angeles D-Fenders.
Brown is a 2014 graduate of UW-Green Bay and was drafted in the second round (50th overall) of the NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns. He appeared in five games for the Suns during the NBA Summer League before suffering a shoulder injury and underwent surgery. [Read more…]
Former UW-Green Bay center Alec Brown is expected to undergo surgery on Thursday to repair his dislocated shoulder.
Alec Brown
Brown, who has battled shoulder problems during his collegiate career at UW-Green Bay, is expected to miss 3-4 months to rehab.
Brown suffered the injury last Friday in NBA Summer League play in Las Vegas. He met with Phoenix Suns team doctors on Monday. The Suns selected Brown in the second round (50th overall) of the recent NBA Draft.
Brown is expected to make a full recovery.
Former University of Wisconsin-Green Bay basketball 7’1 center Alec Brown became the 5th player in school history picked in the NBA Draft.
Alec Brown
Brown was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the second round (50th overall) on Thursday night.
Brown performed well in the NBA combine last month and worked out for 11 teams in the weeks leading up to the draft, including the Suns. He shot the best of any of the power forwards or centers and tied for the best day of any player at any position.
Brown follows Tom Anderson (1978), Ron Ripley (1979), Tony Bennett (1992) and Jeff Nordgaard (1996) as other Green Bay players that have been drafted by NBA teams.
UW-Green Bay center Alec Brown has been invited to the NBA Draft Combine after averaging 15.6 points and 5.4 rebounds for the
Alec Brown
Phoenix as a senior and being named the Horizon League defensive player of the year.
Brown is ranked number-23 among seniors by Draft Express.
Thanasis Antetokounmpo, brother of Bucks guard-forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, is on the combine roster and is eligible for the June 26 draft. Thanasis played for Delaware in the NBA D-League last season.
The top three prospects in the draft, Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker and Joel Embiid, have opted not to participate in the combine.
Workouts are set for Thursday and Friday at Quest Multisport on Chicago’s west side.
UW-Green Bay junior point guard Keifer Sykes won’t be entering the NBA
Keifer Sykes
Draft pool by Sunday. That’s the last day that underclassmen can declare for the draft.
Green Bay head coach Brian Wardle sought input from the NBA’s advisory committee about Sykes, much like he did for Alec Brown last season. The committee offers players the opportunity to see where they might be drafted.
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Sykes was the Horizon League Player of the Year after averaging 20.3 points, 4.9 assists and 4.4 rebounds this season. He scored in double figures in 29 of 30 games.
Sykes’ teammate, senior Alec Brown is working out in California, hoping to get selected in the June 26th draft. He’s trying to become the sixth player in program history to do so.
The Green Bay Phoenix men’s basketball team seemingly grabbed all of the
Brian Wardle
Horizon League postseason hardware.
Head coach Brian Wardle was named Coach of the Year, junior guard Keifer Sykes was named Player of the Year and senior Alec Brown was named the Defensive Player of the Year. Green Bay becomes just the second team to claim each of those three honors in the same season (Butler, 2009-10).
Sykes and Brown were each voted to the 2013-14 All-Horizon League First-Team while Brown was joined by sophomore Jordan Fouse on the Horizon League All-Defensive Team.
Wardle is the third Phoenix coach in its Division 1 history to earn Coach of the Year accolades (Dick Bennett, 1990-91 and 1991-92; Mike Heideman, 1995-96). Sykes becomes just the third player (Tony Bennett, Jeff Nordgaard) in Green Bay’s Division I program history to earn conference player of the year honors and the first since Nordgaard in 1995-96. Brown joins Terry Evans (2007-08) as the only two Phoenix players to win Defensive Player of the Year.
It’s been a long time since the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men’s
Alec Brown
basketball team has won a regular season league title. The drought came to an end on Thursday night at the Resch Center in Green Bay.
The Phoenix knocked off Valparaiso 67-53 at the Resch Center, clinching at least a share of the Horizon League title and earning the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament in March.
Keifer Sykes scored 19 points and Alec Brown added 14 points and eight blocked shots in the win. Brown has 301 career blocks and is now nine shy of setting the Horizon League record.
The Phoenix (22-5, 12-2 HL) avenged a 15-point loss to the Crusaders earlier this season.
Alec Brown scored 24 points and Keifer Sykes added 14 points and 9 rebounds to lead the UW-Green Bay Phoenix past Youngstown State 71-40 in Horizon League action in Youngstown, Ohio on Thursday night.
Green Bay dominated this game throughout, leading 39-23 at halftime.
It’s the fourth straight loss for the Penguins, while Green Bay returned to the win column after falling at home against UW-Milwaukee last week.
The Phoenix has a 1-game lead atop the Horizon League, 1-game better than Cleveland State. Green Bay plays at Cleveland State on Saturday with first place on the line.
Vincent Garrett
The Green Bay men’s basketball program suspended senior guard Vincent Garrett for three games for a violation of team policy.
The 6’6 Garrett is averaging 6.5 points a game after transferring last year from Rutgers.
Keifer Sykes scored 18 points and grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds as the Green Bay Phoenix knocked off Illinois-Chicago 81-70, sweeping the Flames in the 2-game season series.
Sykes scored 15 of his 18 in the second half. Alec Brown had 20 points and Carrington Love added 13 for the Phoenix (19-4, 9-1 HL), who extended their home court win streak to 11 games.
Green Bay shot 41 free throws, making 26. The Phoenix also shot 51% from the field, out-rebounded the Flames 41-32 and blocked 11 shots.
UW-Green Bay Phoenix 7’1 senior center Alec Brown didn’t practice on
Alec Brown
Tuesday and his status is uncertain for tonight’s road game at Valparaiso.
Brown averages 16.4 points a game for the Phoenix. He’s helped his team win 12-straight games.
Brown has played in all 116 games since arriving on the Green Bay campus in 2010, but is dealing with a shoulder injury from Sunday’s win against Detroit.
Green Bay is averaging 77.8 ppg on offense (2nd in Horizon League) and
64.9 ppg on defense (also 2nd in HL).
If Brown can’t play tonight, the job could go to freshman Kenneth Lowe (Little Chute), who is averaging 3.6 points and 3.4 rebounds a game in his first college season.