Tennessee is still in the hunt for one of the top point guards in the 2027 class, and the Lady Vols have made Taylor Brown’s final three.
According to Talia Goodman, Brown has trimmed her list to Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina. The five-star guard has drawn interest from a long list of major programs, with previous offers coming from Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, Baylor, Florida, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Louisville, Maryland, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, North Carolina, Penn State, Rutgers, Syracuse, UCF, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, West Virginia and others.
Brown is rated a five-star prospect by 247 Composite. She comes in as the No. 20 player in the class, the No. 2 point guard and the top recruit from New York. A native of Glen Head, New York, Brown attends Long Island Lutheran.
Brown picked up her Tennessee offer in April from Caldwell and new assistant coach Bill Ferrara. Ferrara has already been vocal about the approach Tennessee is using on the recruiting trail.
“You know how valuable it is that I sat in there and watched Kim just tell everybody the truth about every single thing, every single question,” Ferrara said. “So yeah, that’s what we did on all the visits.
We just told them how it’s going to be said. It’s going to be hard.
We said we’re going to be waking you up at six in the morning on Fridays, and we’re going to be running you on the track. We said that we’re going to be pressing everybody.
“And that’s the best way to attract what you want. You want hard-working kids with a chip on their shoulder?
You have to tell them what it’s going to be like, you can’t roll out Lamborghinis and lie to them. So, it’s been fun for me to watch Kim do that.”
Tennessee does not yet have a commitment in the 2027 class, but it is actively pushing for several of its top targets. The football season gives the staff another chance to bring recruits to campus on official visits.
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