Xavier University Athletics
Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2004
- Class:
- 1999
Lenny Brown, who lettered four years in basketball, is a member of the Xavier 1,000 point club.
Brown's freshman season was 1995-96, Xavier's first year in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Brown led a young Xavier group to an 8-8 A-10 record in his freshman season but the best was yet to come. Brown led XU to a combined 70-25 record over his final three seasons, including a 36-12 A-10 regular season record that earned XU its first-ever A-10 regular season titles in 1997 and 1998 and its first-ever A-10 tournament title in 1998.
Brown was known as a tough competitor and winner, the guy you wanted to have the ball to attempt a game-winning shot. It was his jumper at the buzzer that gave XU an upset win over then No. 1 Cincinnati at UC's Shoemaker Center in the 1996-97 season.
Brown earned plenty of accolades for his standout play, including two times on the A-10 First Team, once on the A-10 Second Team and once on the A-10 All-Rookie Team. In addition, he made the final John R. Wooden Award All-America nominee list and earned a spot on the 1999 All-National Invitation Tournament Team.
Brown, who stands sixth on Xavier's all-time scoring list with 1,885 career points, led Xavier to the second round of the 1997 NCAA Tournament and a berth in the 1998 NCAA Tournament. XU finished third in the 1999 NIT.
BROWN'S XAVIER CAREER BASKETBALL STATS
| Yrs. | G | FGM-FGA | % | 3FM-3FA | % | FTM-FTA | % | RB/AVG | AST | PTS/AVG |
| 95-96 | 27 | 111-280 | .396 | 28-86 | .326 | 88-119 | .739 | 111/4.1 | 76 | 338/12.5 |
| 96-97 | 29 | 160-376 | .426 | 56-166 | .337 | 77-110 | .700 | 111/3.8 | 102 | 453/15.6 |
| 97-98 | 30 | 159-359 | .443 | 48-131 | .366 | 75-101 | .743 | 104/3.5 | 106 | 441/14.7 |
| 98-99 | 36 | 229-512 | .447 | 104-263 | .395 | 91-114 | .798 | 128/3.6 | 100 | 653/18.1 |
| Career | 122 | 659-1527 | .432 | 236-646 | .365 | 331-444 | .745 | 454/3.7 | 384 | 1,885/15.5 |
