June 23, 2008

Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball - 2008 NBA Draft Primer

Complete ACC NBA Draft Primer in PDF Format

ACC led the 2007 NBA Draft with Six First-Round Selections and Nine Picks Overall The ACC led all conferences with six first-round selections and nine players drafted overall in the 2007 NBA Draft ... six ACC schools had at least one player selected ... Boston College, Georgia Tech and North Carolina each had two selections.

ACC Players in 2007 NBA Draft

1/8 Brandan Wright, UNC to Bobcats
1/12 Thaddeus Young, GT to 76ers
1/14 Al Thornton, FSU to Clippers
1/17 Sean Williams, BC to Nets
1/19 Javaris Crittenton, GT to Lakers
1/22 Jared Dudley, BC to Bobcats
2/37 Josh McRoberts, Duke to Trailblazers
2/44 Reyshawn Terry, UNC to Magic
2/59 D.J. Strawberry, Md. to Suns

First Round Dominance
The ACC has had the most, or tied for the most, first-round picks in the annual NBA draft in four of the last six years and 10 of the last 15 ... the last time that the ACC did not have a player selected in the first round of the NBA draft was 20 years ago (1988) … the ACC holds the all-time record for most first-round selections in a single draft – eight in 1995.

Streaks
Duke has had at least one player selected in each of the past 10 years ... Florida State has had one player selected in each of the past four years ... North Carolina has had five “Lottery Picks” over the last three drafts.

First Round I
A year ago, Georgia Tech and Boston College each had two first-round selections for the first time in their school histories ... with Jared Dudley's selection by the Charlotte Bobcats, 37 of the ACC’s 54 Players of the Year have been drafted in the first round.

First Round II
In 2005, North Carolina tied an NBA record four first-round selections ... Duke had four first-round draft picks in 1999.

1-2-3
Only once in NBA history have the first three players drafted been from the same conference ... in 1986, North Carolina’s Brad Daugherty (Cavaliers), Maryland’s Len Bias (Celtics) and NC State’s Chris Washburn (Warriors) were selected 1-2-3.