A Parade All-American, Brown was ranked among the top 25 high school recruits in the United States and was chosen to play at the 2000 McDonald's All-American Game and at the Roundball Classic All-Star game, after which he was named Most Valuable Player.
[1] Brown played college basketball with Connecticut because of "their winning tradition, the great players they had come through here, and just the whole total UConn.
He scored a season-high 21 points against the nationally ranked Boston College on February 13, 2001, and recorded a season-best 12 assists in an overtime win over St. John's on January 6.
[1] At the 2002 Big East men's basketball tournament championship, he made a half-court shot at the closing seconds to seal the game against the Pittsburgh Panthers.
Brown led UConn to an NCAA Division I Basketball title in 2004, as his team defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets to close his senior season.