Blue Valley Northwest senior Christian Braun hails from Burlington, Kan., the home of former Kansas basketball player Tyrel Reed.
“As a matter of fact, Tyrel’s sister, Lacie, used to babysit my boys. Christian used to put his high-tops on and walk around in them all the time. It was cute,” Lisa Braun said Monday after her son, Christian, orally committed to play at Reed’s alma mater.
Braun, a combo guard/small forward who is Rivals.com’s No. 112-rated player in the recruiting Class of 2019, chose KU over Kansas State, Illinois, Missouri and others.
Christian’s brother, Parker, is a freshman forward at Missouri — alma mater of Lisa Braun, who moved with her husband, Donald, and the kids to Overland Park for the start of Christian’s high school career four years ago.