Mikel Brown Jr. says Louisville basketball is “building a beast”

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The youngest player on the Louisville men’s basketball roster just might be its most emphatic voice.

Mikel Brown Jr. is 19 years old. He’s a freshman point guard. He hasn’t played a minute of college basketball. He hasn’t even put the uniform on yet. But if belief were bricks, he’d already have a new arena half-built.

“Man, we’re building a beast,” he said Sunday afternoon.

It was supposed to be a basketball camp he was putting on for local kids. Turns out, it was a warning.

Brown has only practiced with the Cardinals in practice for a matter of weeks. But he already sounds like he’s spent years running Pat Kelsey’s locker room, filling whiteboards and water bottles at the same time. He's got all the tools: Team USA credentials, zip-code speed, and a quote gam