Gary Parrish of CBS Sports is reporting that Lorenzo Brown will not play tonight, barring a miracle. Considering that Miami’s Reggie Johnson was not expected to return for weeks before miraculously appearing in warmups for Duke’s game against Miami in January, I’ll remain suspicious until we see Brown in street clothes. Still, it looks like Brown will at the very least be in less than 100% form as he’s practiced sparingly, if at all, this week.

North Carolina State point guard Lorenzo Brown will miss Thursday night’s game against Duke barring “a miracle,” a source told CBSSports.com Thursday afternoon.