Jalen Marquis Brunson (Jalen Brunson) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association.
Brunson attended and played college basketball for Villanova University, where he was the National Player of the Year as a junior and won two national championships.
Brunson began his college career as the 2015–16 Big East Conference Preseason Freshman of the Year and was a Big East All-Freshman Team selection following the season.
As a starter, Brunson helped the 2015–16 Wildcats win the championship game of the 2016 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament.
As a sophomore, Brunson was a unanimous 2016–17 All-Big East first team selection for the 2016–17 Wildcats.
As a junior, Brunson was the National Player of the Year and a Consensus first-team 2018 All-Americans and he helped the 2017–18 Wildcats win the championship game of the 2018 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament to give Villanova their second National Championship in three years.
Brunson holds the IHSA playoff single-game and the IHSA Class 4A championship game scoring records and set the USA Basketball single-game assist record for the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.
Brunson earned the MVP of the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Cup for the gold medal-winning Team USA.
ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7u7PRZ6WerF%2Bau3DDyKSgaKKRobKvecGrrKern6N6pLvLpZygnV2staLAjKyaoaefoXqltcNmoZqklaN6o77Up6qopl2cvG7Azmg%3D