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2014 ACC NBA Draft Primer
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
7:00 p.m., ESPN
ACC NBA Draft Selections by School, 1949-2013
Overall First Round
School Selections Selections Last First Round Selection Year
Boston College 32 9 Reggie Jackson 2011
Clemson 26 7 Trevor Booker 2010
Duke 80 33 Mason Plumlee 2013
Florida State 40 10 Chris Singleton 2011
Georgia Tech 43 18 Iman Shumpert 2011
Maryland 59 18 Alex Len 2013
Miami 19 4 Shane Larkin 2013
North Carolina 102 45 Reggie Bullock 2013
NC State 63 15 J.J. Hickson 2008
Notre Dame 36 20 Ryan Humphrey 2002
Pittsburgh 20 5 Steven Adams 2013
South Carolina* 15 3 John Roche 1971
Syracuse 43 20 Michael Carter-Williams 2013
Virginia 34 7 Cory Alexander 1995
Virginia Tech 25 1 Dell Curry 1986
Wake Forest 39 13 Al-Farouq Aminu 2010
*Former Member
ACC leads with 117 first-round picks since 1986
Since 1986, the ACC has produced 117 first-round selections in the annual NBA draft – 25 more than the Big East and 38 more than the Pac-12.
1st Round Selections (1986-2013)
Big Pac Big Big
Year ACC East SEC 12 10 12
1986 6 3 4 0 3 x
1987 5 2 2 4 2 x
1988 0 4 4 0 1 x
1989 3 2 0 4 5 x
1990 4 3 4 1 5 x
1991 4 5 1 2 1 x
1992 6 3 6 4 1 x
1993 6 3 4 2 1 x
1994 4 4 1 3 3 x
1995 *8 1 3 5 3 x
1996 2 6 6 1 1 x
1997 2 2 2 3 3 4
1998 4 2 2 3 2 4
1999 6 4 2 2 1 0
2000 1 2 5 2 4 4
2001 3 4 2 2 3 1
2002 4 3 2 3 2 2
2003 4 3 1 1 1 3
2004 1 2 0 3 2 2
2005 7 2 1 3 2 4
2006 3 7 4 2 2 1
2007 6 2 3 4 4 3
2008 1 3 2 7 3 4
2009 7 4 0 6 1 2
2010 5 4 5 1 1 7
2011 5 3 2 3 1 6
2012 6 5 *8 3 2 3
2013 4 4 3 3 4 1
Totals 117 92 79 77 64 51
*denotes NBA record
ACC Draft Notes
With four first-round selections in last year’s draft, the ACC extended its streak of having at least one first-round selection to 25 consecutive NBA drafts. Over the past five years (2009-2013), the ACC leads all conferences with 27 first round drafts picks; the Big East (20) is second, followed by the Big 12 (19), SEC (18), Pac-12 (16) and the Big Ten (9).
Led by Maryland’s Alex Len, the No. 5 overall selection by the Phoenix Suns, the ACC had eight players selected in the 2013 NBA Draft. Four ACC players were selected in the first round, matching the totals of the Big East and the Big Ten.
Duke led all ACC schools with two selections, including first-round selection Mason Plumlee No. 22 overall by the Brooklyn Nets. In all, seven ACC schools had players drafted. The Blue Devils have had at least one player selected in 14 of the past 16 NBA drafts.
The ACC extended its streak of having at least one first-round selection to 25 consecutive NBA drafts. Florida State has had at least one player selected in eight of the last 10 years.
Over the past seven years, the ACC has accounted for 18 percent (47 of 269) of the college players selected in the first round.
With four first-round picks in the 2013 draft, the ACC extended its streak of having at least one first-round draft pick to 25 consecutive NBA drafts.
The ACC has had the most or has tied for the most first-round picks in the NBA draft in five of the last 11 years and in 12 of the last 20.
North Carolina has had 10 “Lottery Picks” over the last eight years … 26 of the last 31 Tar Heels selected in the NBA Draft have gone in the first round. At No. 5 overall, Maryland’s Alex Len was the highest Terp drafted since Steve Francis was the No. 2 overall pick in 1999.
ACC Players in 2013 NBA Draft
1/5 Alex Len, Md. Phoenix
1/18 Shane Larkin, UM Dallas
1/22 Mason Plumlee, Duke Brooklyn
1/25 Reggie Bullock, UNC LA Clippers
2/35 Glen Rice, Jr., GT Philadelphia
2/46 Erick Green, VT Utah
2/48 Ryan Kelly, Duke LA Lakers
2/52 Lorenzo Brown, NCS Minnesota
1/11 Michael Carter-Williams, Syr. Philadelphia
1/12 Steven Adams, Pitt Oklahoma City
2013 NBA Draft by Conference
First Round Overall
ACC 4 ACC 8
Big East 4 Pac-12 7
Big Ten 4 Big East 6
Pac 12 3 Big 10 5
SEC 3 Big 12 5
Mnt. West 2 Mnt. West 4
Big 12 1 SEC 4
Patriot 1 Patriot 2
West Coast 1 Big West 1
Horizon 1
Ohio Valley 1
Sun Belt 1
Summit 1
West Coast 1
Top of the Class
The ACC leads all conferences with 10 No. 1 overall picks in the annual NBA Draft … six different ACC schools have had at least one No. 1 overall selection … Duke leads all ACC schools with three No. 1 picks … Maryland and North Carolina have each had two No. 1 overall picks while NC State, Virginia and Wake Forest have had one each … Duke’s Art Heyman was the ACC’s first No. 1 overall pick when he was selected by the New York Knicks in the 1963 draft.
ACC No. 1 Overall Selections
1963 Art Heyman, Duke Knicks
1975 David Thompson, NC State Lakers
1976 John Lucas, Maryland Rockets
1982 James Worthy, North Carolina Lakers
1983 Ralph Sampson, Virginia Rockets
1986 Brad Daugherty, North Carolina Cavaliers
1995 Joe Smith, Maryland Warriors
1997 Tim Duncan, Wake Forest Spurs
1999 Elton Brand, Duke Bulls
2011 Kyrie Irving, Duke Cavaliers
No. 1 Overall Selections by Conference
Atlantic Coast 10
Big Ten 9
Big East 3
SEC 3
Southern 3
Big Eight 2
Big West 2
Pacific-10 2
Big 12 1
Colonial 1
Conference USA 1
Metro 1
Mountain States 1
Mountain West 1
Southwest 1
Independents 10
By Yearly Conference Membership
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