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Blackford guard Luke Brown gets 6 Division l offers following NCAA College Basketball Academy

Ryan O'Gara, The Star Press

HARTFORD CITY, Ind. — Sitting at home, Luke Brown was trying to play Fortnite with his friends, but his phone wouldn't stop ringing.

On the other end of the line were college coaches eager to talk to the incoming Blackford junior. Brown had just gotten back from the first session of the NCAA College Basketball Academy at the University of Illinois and was, at one point, taking back-to-back phone calls from Division l coaches ready to offer the prolific scorer.

The calls started Wednesday night with Akron and continued through Friday with offers from Miami (Oh.