So on UW's run in the NCAA tourney, every team they played against after the first round had a player that was drafted in the NBA draft. They played against 13 players that were drafted, and had 2 for a total of 15. The NBA only drafts 60 players, and 14 of those were foreign players. Of the 15 players, 11 were picked in the first 24 picks, and 8 in the top 13.
Oregon- Joseph Young #43
North Carolina JP Tokoto #58
Arizona Stanley Johnson #8, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson #23
Kentucky Karl-Anthony Towns #1, Willie Cauley-Stein #6, Trey Lyles #12, Devin Booker #13, Andrew Harrison #44, Dakari Johnson #48
Duke Jahlil Okafor #3, Justice Winslow #10, Tyus Jones #24
Good stuff. UW played 7 more NBA draft picks than any other team in the tournament (at least among sweet 16 teams):
ReplyDeleteTeam NBA Picks Played
Wisconsin 13
Michigan St. 6
Gonzaga 6
Notre Dame 6
West Virginia 6
North Carolina St. 5
Kentucky 4
Duke 3
Arizona 3
Xavier 3
Wichita St. 3
Utah 3
North Carolina 3
Louisville 0
Oklahoma 0
UCLA 0