Big South Basketball: Ranking of 25 best players from last decade (2013-23)

2. John Brown

A 6’8 big man from Jacksonville, it’s fair to say that Brown has been one of the most impactful frontcourt pieces in recent memory in the Big South. He played four years under Scott Cherry at High Point, arriving way back in 2012 and becoming a star in the conference by the end of his career. He already averaged 16 points a game as a freshman, but that was over a decade ago, leaving us to laud his final three seasons instead.

Brown was a very productive player, averaging at least 19 points per game in each of those three years. The only four seasons that High Point has won 12 conference games came during Brown’s time with the program. He had a multiple of great performances, including a pair of 34-point efforts and a slew of double-doubles, emerging as one of the league’s best rebounders and shot blockers in the process.

Not only did he contribute to winning basketball, but Brown was the rare player who was First Team All-Big South in all four of his seasons. He was the conference’s Player of the Year as both a sophomore and senior, standing out at the mid-major level as a high-level scorer, rebounder, and shot blocker. There wasn’t much that Brown couldn’t do in his time with the Panthers and this was certainly a high point in that program’s history.