Proviso East guard Brown commits to Michigan State

Proviso East's Shannon Brown, regarded as one of the top 10basketball prospects in the nation, ended a recruiting battle betweensome of the leading college programs by making an oral commitment toMichigan State on Friday.

Brown, a 6-3 guard, chose Michigan State over Illinois, Duke,Kansas, Cincinnati and Louisville. He also had considered Notre Dame,Marquette and Iowa.

"I felt comfortable with [coach] Tom Izzo," Brown said. "It wasn'tan easy choice. It was a hard decision not to go to Illinois with[former Proviso East teammate] Dee Brown. But they didn't have anymore …