Kansas basketball: Ranking the 10 most underappreciated Jayhawks of all-time

No. 4: Terry Brown (1989-1991)

Kansas basketball career stats: 70 games, 13.5 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 0.7 APG, 43.7% FG

“Downtown” Terry Brown would have been the perfect player in today’s NBA. He excelled in one aspect of the game and one only — shooting the ball from beyond the arc. And could this guy shoot it!

I’ve hardly ever seen Brown’s name mentioned on any forums or all-time lists. It is surprising that more people do not talk about his game, as he connected on 11 three-pointers back in 1991 — a Kansas record that will likely never be broken. On 6.9 attempts per game, Brown drilled a combined 41.2 percent of his threes in college. There wasn’t a shot he didn’t like when he had the ball in his hands.

Brown was overshadowed by Mark Randall and Adonis Jordan in 1990-91, but the fact of the matter is that he was the leading scorer on a team that made the national championship game. He averaged 16 points per game as a senior. That is not something that can be ignored. Even if he was a one-dimensional player, Terry Brown merits much more respect than he receives.