Hall of Honor
Brown was a standout basketball and baseball player at Niagara from 1951-55. During his collegiate basketball career, his team went 74-39 overall and recorded a 14-2 record while playing as a ranked team. The Purple Eagles also went to three straight NIT Tournaments. Brown was inducted into the Niagara University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1984 and inducted into the MAAC Basketball Hall of Fame Honor Roll in 2012.
Brown was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a Contributor in 2005 and was also inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame as a Contributor in 2006. Brown has had an outstanding broadcasting career with CBS, TNT and ESPN. For his outstanding contributions to basketball as a member of the media, Brown was awarded the Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Electronic Media Award in 2000.
