Tennessee braces for Jordan Brown, upstart Louisiana

Jordan Brown once was a five-star recruit that Tennessee coach Rick Barnes envisioned as a fixture on the Volunteers' front line.

Now Barnes is hoping the former McDonald's All-American doesn't help engineer an upset when 13th-seeded Louisiana faces fourth-seeded Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament's East Region on Thursday at Orlando, Fla.

The 6-foot-11 Brown initially chose Nevada and transferred to Arizona one year late