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Nevada basketball lands top recruit, McDonald's All-American Jordan Brown

Chris Murray, Duke Ritenhouse and Jim Krajewski break down Nevada basketball's ridiculously talented roster. Chris Murray, Reno Gazette-Journal

On April 13, 2015, the Nevada basketball team offered a full-ride scholarship to a raw but high-ceiling big man named Jordan Brown, becoming the first school to extend an offer to the Roseville, Calif., native.

By the end of that year, Brown's sophomore season, Pac-12 teams started to swarm, with offers coming from UCLA, Arizona and Cal, among others. Before long, power programs like Gonzaga and Oregon and long shots like St.