Walker taken No. 18 by Spurs; Brown goes in 2nd round

Lonnie Walker IV arrived at Miami with many expecting him to be a one-and-done.

And while maybe it wasn't quite the season he expected as a freshman at UM, he still headed to the NBA after one season. This evening he was a first round pick - he was taken No. 18 by the San Antonio Spurs.

Bruce Brown also went in the draft, going No. 42 overall in the second round to the Detroit Pistons.

The program's highest ever draft pick? Rick Barry, who was taken No. 2 in the 1965 draft.

Walker is No. 2 on the list, tied with Shane Larkin (No. 18 in 2013).

"I'm just a kid from Reading (Pa.)," Walker told ESPN after his selection, adding "You just expect hard work and dedication (from me) day in and day out ... sooner or later we're going to shock the world."

Walker averaged 11.5 points this past season, starting 18 games. He was the team's leading scorer, the first time that happened for a UM freshman since Darius Rice in 2000-01. He also averaged 2.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game while hitting on 34.6 percent of his three-pointers and 73.8 percent of his free throws.

His Cane career got off to a rough start with a knee injury in the summer, and he rounded into form as the season went along and was an honorable mention All-ACC pick.

He was compared to Dwyane Wade by Chauncey Billups on the ESPN telecast.

Brown averaged 11.4 points, 7.1 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.3 steals per game. He missed the final 12 games with a left-foot injury, which was diagnosed Jan. 29. At the time of his injury, Brown led Miami in rebounds, assists and steals.

In two seasons at Miami, consisting of 52 games and 48 starts, Brown averaged 11.7 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game. He recorded his second career triple-double in the 2017-18 season opener against Gardner-Webb (10 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists). The triple-double was the third in program history and the 31st in ACC history as he became just the sixth player in league history with two career triple-doubles.

This marks the third time in program history that Miami has had two players selected in the same NBA Draft, joining the 1968 and 1970 seasons, but the first time in the current two-round format of the draft.

* Walker is the fifth Miami player to be selected in the first round of the NBA Draft, joining Rick Barry (second overall, San Francisco Warriors, 1965), Tim James (25th, Miami Heat, 1999), John Salmons (26th, San Antonio Spurs, 2002) and Shane Larkin (18th, Atlanta Hawks, 2013).

As a Freshman (2017-18)Season: Honorable Mention All-ACC honoree (first freshman in Miami history to earn all-league honors) ... ACC All-Freshman Team ... All-ACC Academic Team ... Named ACC Rookie of the Week on Dec. 11, Jan. 29 and Feb. 5 ... Played in all 32 games, with 18 starts, and averaged team-high 11.5 points per game ... First freshman to lead Miami in scoring since Darius Rice in 2000-01 and the fourth in program history ... Ranked sixth among ACC freshmen in scoring (11.5 ppg), including fifth among rookies in ACC play (13.6) ... In ACC games only, he ranked 22nd in conference in scoring ... Averaged 14.8 points and shot 37.6 percent from 3-point range (44-117) and 78 percent (32-41) from free-throw line in his 18 starts ... Scored 10 points and added five assists in college debut (11/10) ... Left Florida A&M game in first half with left ankle injury (11/16) ... Scored five points in homecoming game in Reading, Pa., against La Salle (11/22) ... Recorded 12 points and five rebounds against Princeton (12/2) ... Made first start against Boston U. (12/5) and had big game, recording career highs in points (26) and rebounds (7); was 9-for-15 from field, including 5-for-7 from 3-point range ... Scored 13 points and grabbed five rebounds at George Washington (12/16) ... Scored 16 points and pulled down seven rebounds at Clemson (1/13) ... Hit 5-of-8 3-pointers and scored 19 points with four steals against Duke (1/15) ... Scored 25 points, including game-tying layup with four seconds left in regulation, in OT win over Louisville (1/24) ... Recorded 23 points at Florida State (1/27) ... Scored 14 points, including eight in the final 3 minutes, 22 seconds, in win at Virginia Tech (2/3) ... Led team with 19 points and three blocks in win over Wake Forest (2/7) ... Scored 19 points – 11 in first half including buzzer-beating 3-pointer – in win at Notre Dame (2/19) ... Hit go-ahead 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds remaining in comeback win over Boston College (2/24); scored 14 points in the game ... Scored game-tying jumper with 56 seconds remaining in win against Virginia Tech and finished with 13 points (3/3) ... Scored 12 points in 38 minutes in NCAA Tournament against Loyola Chicago.

Prior to Miami 2017 McDonald's All-American ... 2017 Jordan Brand Classic All-American ... Ranked No. 12 in the ESPN Top 100, second at his position and first in Pennsylvania ... 2017 AP Pennsylvania All-State 6A Player of the Year ... 2017 Max Preps All-American, honorable mention ... Three-time Berks County Player of the Year ... As a senior led Reading High to its first Pennsylvania 6A High School State Championship. Scored 35 points in the state semifinals and 22 points in championship game ... Reading High School all-time leading scorer with 1,828 points ... Averaged 18.4 points per game ... As a junior led the Red Knights to a 29-4 record and a trip to the PIAA Class 4A state semifinals, averaging 16.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game ... 2016 Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year ... Played AAU ball for Team Final from the Philadelphia area, the same AAU program as Ja'Quan Newton and Davon Reed ... Played on the EYBL AAU circuit in 2016, averaging 16.6 points per game, knocking down 45.5 percent of his shots. Also tallied 4.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.3 steals per outing ... Great vision and ball-handling skills, can shoot from the outside or penetrate and finish at the rim ... Long defender with a 6-foot-10-inch wingspan who causes havoc for opposing guards ... Chose Miami over offers from Kentucky, Arizona, Villanova and Syracuse.

All-ACC Academic Men's Basketball Team, 2017ACC Rookie of the Week - Dec. 12, 2016 and Feb. 28, 20172016 Jordan Brand Classic All-American

Book Buster Honor Roll (3.0+ GPA): Fall 2016

As a Sophomore (2017-18)Preseason Honors: Preseason All-ACC Second Team, Preseason ESPN Third-Team All-American, Wooden Award Preseason Top 50, Citizen Naismith Trophy Watch List, Julius Erving Small Forward of Year Award Watch List, Lute Olson National Player of Year Award Watch List, Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch ListSeason: Played and started in 19 games, averaging 11.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game ... Missed final 12 games with left-foot injury, which was diagnosed on Jan. 29; had surgery Feb. 1 ... Ranked 12th in ACC in rebounds at 7.1 per game at time of injury (second among guards) ... Second on team in assists with 76 ... Recorded second career triple-double in season opener vs. Gardner-Webb (10 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists) ... Triple-double was third in program history and 31st in ACC history (sixth player in league history with two career triple-doubles) ... Had 14 points, seven rebounds, four assists, three steals in win over North Florida (11/25) ... Posted 16 points, nine rebounds, five assists and no turnovers in win at No. 12 Minnesota (11/29) ... Scored 14 of his 17 points in the first half in win against Princeton (12/2) ... Missed Boston U. game with left hand injury; returned for GW game ... Averaged 12.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists in Diamond Head Classic; scored season-high 20 points against Middle Tennessee ... Had 11 points and five boards in ACC opener at Pitt (12/30) ... Recorded nine points, nine rebounds, career-high four blocks and three steals at Georgia Tech (1/3) ... Tallied 23 points, including career-best 12-of-14 effort at free-throw line, in win over Florida State (1/7) ... Scored 19 points and dished out nine assists in win at NC State (1/21) ... • Recorded 13 points, seven boards and five assists at Florida State (1/24)

As a Freshman (2016-17)
Final 2017 NCAA rankings: No. 3 triple-doubles (1), No. 147 total steals (49), No. 164 steals per game (1.48), No. 235 assist-turnover ratio (1.58). Miami Record Book Listings: Season – ACC games only: No. 5 assists (61), No. 5 steals (26), No. 6 minutes played (604). Freshman – Season (since 2004-05): No. 1 scoring (391), No. 1 field goals made (134), No. 1 free throws made (90), No. 1 free throws attempted (122), No. 1 minutes played (1,053), No. 2 rebounding (186), No. 2 3-point field goals made (33), No. 2 assists (106), No. 2 steals (49), No. 3 field goal percentage (45.9% / 134-292), No. 3 blocked shots (18), No. 4 free throw percentage (74.4% / 90-121), No. 4 3-point field goals attempted (95), No. 5 3-point field goal percentage (34.7% / 33-95). Freshman – Game (since 2004-05):No. 1 points (30), No. 3 points (25), T-No. 1 field goals made (11), T-No. 5 field goals made (9), T-No. 1 field goal attempts (18), T-No. 3 field goal percentage (72.7% / 8-11), T-5 3-point field goal percentage (66.7% / 4-6), No. 1 free throws made (10), No. 2 free throws made (9 – twice), No. 1 free throw attempts (13), No. 2 free throw attempts (11), No. 3 free throw attempts (10), No. 1 free throw percentage (90.0% / 9-10), No. 2 free throw percentage (81.8% / 9-11), No. 5 rebounds (12), No. 1 assists (10), T-No. 5 blocked shots (3 – twice), No. 1 minutes played (44). Conference Stats – Among ACC players in ACC games: No. 5 steals (1.4).Season: Started 29 of 33 games played ... Notched the program's second triple double with 11 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists against South Carolina State ... Two double-doubles with the game against SC State and 14 points and 12 rebounds against George Washington ... Scored 30 points against No. 9/6 North Carolina, 25 points vs. No. 10/11 Duke and 21 points vs. No. 6 North Carolina ... Averaged 11.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.5 blocks in 31.9 minutes per game ... Totaled 391 points, 186 rebounds, 106 assists, 49 steals and 18 blocks in 1053 minutes ... Hit 45.9 percent (134-292) from the field, 34.7 percent (33-95) from three and 74.4 percent (90-121) at the line ... Led or tied for team high in scoring six games, rebounds nine times, assists 16 times, steals in 14 games and blocked shots six times ... Scored in double digits in 20 games ... Hit multiple 3-pointers in nine games ... Notched at least one 3-pointer in 21 outings ... Recorded double-digit rebounds twice ... Blocked a shot in 12 games ... Multiple assists in 22 outings, with three-plus in 17 games ... Season highs: 30 points vs. North Carolina, 1/28; 12 rebounds vs. George Washington, 12/22; 10 assists vs. South Carolina State, 12/6; three steals five times; three blocked shots twice; 44 minutes at Virginia, 2/20 ... One of three Miami players to start all 18 ACC games ... In ACC play averaged 12.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.7 blocks in 33.6 minutes ... In ACC play totaled 228 points, 85 rebounds, 61 assists, 26 steals and 13 blocks in 604 minutes ... Connected on 46.4 percent (78-168) from the field, 40.0 percent (22-55) from three and 73.5 percent (50-68) at the line ... In two ACC Tournament games, averaged a team-high 13.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 0.5 steals in 30.5 minutes per game ... Shot 10-19 from the field, 2-8 from three and 4-4 at the line ... In one NCAA Tournament game, had 11 points, two rebounds, four assists and three steals in 34 minutes ... Hit 3-6 from the field, 1-3 from three and 4-6 at the line.

Prior to Miami

2016 Jordan Brand Classic All-American … Five-star shooting guard at Vermont Academy in Saxton's River, Vermont ... Ranked No. 30 by ESPN, No. 44 per Scout and No. 49 by Rivals ... Competed nationally at Nike Basketball Academy, the NBPA Top 100 Camp and Nike Elite 100 … Won 2016 New England Prep School Basketball Class AA State Tournament … Named 2016 NEPSAC Tournament MVP … First Team All-NEPSAC … Second Team All-EYBL performer playing for Boston Amateur Basketball Club ... With BABC at the Peach Jam in 2015, averaged 15.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.0 steals, 1.8 assists and 1.4 blocks per game … Multi-sport athlete at Wakefield High School two years … Played wide receiver and strong safety on the football team ... Also played baseball and JV soccer … Transferred to Vermont Academy after sophomore season … Chose Miami over Indiana, Arizona, UConn, Georgetown, Michigan and Louisville, among others.

Personal

Born Aug. 15, 1996 in Boston … Son of Roberta Brown and Bruce Brown … Brother to 10 siblings … Cousin of Jalen Adams, who plays at UConn … Boasts a 6-9 wingspan … Started playing basketball at age six, first dunk was in eighth grade.