While Austin asked earlier who the best ballplayer to ever come out of your school was, it got me thinking about how much representation some schools have in the League. Just because your squad annually makes it to the Final Four, doesn’t necessarily mean that their alumnae are pulling in an NBA paycheck.
Currently there are five schools with more than 10 players from their program on NBA opening night rosters – two with 11, two with 12 and one with a ridiculous 14.
Can you name all five schools and who reps their alma mater in the League?
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November 12th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
givemedanumba says:
uconn
arizona
ucla
unc
florida
???
November 12th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Big T says:
I’m going to UCONN is #1… followed by UCLA, Duke, NC, and Arizona.
Maybe throw Florida or Texas in the mix?
November 12th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
R Dub says:
UNC
KANSAS
DUKE
UCONN
ARIZONA
November 12th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
ampli2de says:
UNC
DUKE
KANSAS
UCONN
USC
November 12th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
heavy d says:
Duke is #1 (Grant Hill, Shavlik Randolph, DeMarcus Nelson, Mike Dunleavy Jr, Elton Brand, Shane Battier, Carlos Boozer, Dahntay Jones, JJ Redick, Shelden Williams, Josh McRoberts, Loul Deng, Corey Maggette, and ???) I can name 13 on them.
I’m sure UNC is on the list as well
I’ll round out with Florida, Arizona, and UCONN.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
heavy d says:
My god. I forgot Chris Duhon. That’s 14. Good luck on naming the other teams and their players.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
doc says:
We gonna do it like that heavy D UNC-Crackhouse,Sheed,Mcginnis or is he cut,Felton,Mcants,May,Marvin,Vince,Jamison,Haywood,I dont know anymore off the top of the dome.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
sans says:
UNC–Stack, Sheed, Vince, Brandan Wright, Rashad McCants, Marvin Williams, Sean May, Ray Felton,
Duke–EB, Shavlik, JJ, Dunleavy, Duhon, Deng, Dude on GS, Josh McRoberts
UCLA–Boom, Westbrook, MbuahMbauh, Kevlar, Kapono
Arizona–Channing Frye, Jerryd Bayless, Damon Stoudamire, Bibby, Salim, RJ, Gil, Luke Walton,
FL–Horford, Miller, Noah, Brewer, David Lee
UCONN–Rip, RayRay, Emeka, Villanueva, Gordon
Kansas–Chalmers, Pierce, Arthur, Rush, Simeon (is he still around?), Julian Wright, Collison, Hinrich, Gooden, Jacque,
I know I missed a grip of players, but I’d go:
KU
UNC
Duke
Zona
UCLA
November 12th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
sans says:
Man, I knew one of the Wiz froncourt was on there, but I can’t believe I forgot Jamison….Haywood is acceptable, but forgetting NPOY Antwan is stupid of me.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
mavid says:
Duke, UNC, Kansas, Arizona, UConn
Maybe Kentucky and UCLA too
would be my guesses
November 12th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
sans says:
i don’t care at all about forgetting duke players…
November 12th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
NT says:
duke has 14
uconn and ucla have 12
kansas and unc have 11
pretty sure
November 12th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Aron says:
@heavy d
Good job! You got the first team. What about the others?
November 12th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Aron says:
@NT
Solid. Can you follow suit and name ‘em? sans gave you a nice head start.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Drink the Haterade (KB24 Chip 09) says:
UConn
Allen, Ray
Armstrong, Hilton
Boone, Josh
Butler, Caron
Gay, Rudy
Gordon, Ben
Hamilton, Richard
Marshall, Donyell
Okafor, Emeka
Villanueva, Charlie
Voskuhl, Jake
Williams, Marcus
Duke
Grant Hill, Shavlik Randolph, DeMarcus Nelson, Mike Dunleavy Jr, Elton Brand, Shane Battier, Carlos Boozer, Dahntay Jones, JJ Redick, Shelden Williams, Josh McRoberts, Loul Deng, Corey Maggette and Chris Duhon
UCLA–
Jason Kapono, Jordan Farmar,Matt Barnes,Baron Davis,Earl Watson,Trevor Ariza, Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Aaron Affalo, Dan Gadzuric
UNC–VC, Jamison, Rasheed, Stack, Haywood, McCants, Wright, Williams, May, Felton, David Noel
Kansas–Truth, Reaf LAfrentz, Gooden, Collison, J Wright, Chalmers, B Rush, Darrell Arther, Sasha Kaun, Darnell Jackson, Jauque Vaughan,
November 12th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
heckler...formerly 'yallallreadyknow' says:
Arizona?
November 12th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Chi-City says:
@ post #15
Nice copy and paste…
I don’t think Jake Voshkul was on an opening day roster…but i think Kevin Ollie was
November 12th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Drink the Haterade (KB24 Chip 09) says:
hey nobody could come up with all that off the top of the dome.Gimmie some credit I had to take time to look all that ish up. Anyways I had to take some body off and it was either Jake or Kevin, I thought Kevin was coaching
November 12th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Chi-City says:
LOL!!
I’m just giving you sh*t fam…
@ Dime, What about ‘Zona? Did they not have 10 on opening day rosters?
Terry
Bibby
RJ
Gil
Iggy
Frye
Walton
Bayless
Adams
Salim? Or was he cut just b4 opening day?
November 12th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Aron says:
@Drink the Haterade
Nice job, but some of those dudes - Sasha Kaun - are not in the L.
@Chi-City
Zona had 9
November 12th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Bondzai says:
Some summer there should be an alumni tournament.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Drink the Haterade (KB24 Chip 09) says:
@ Aron– So when you gonna tell us the answer
November 12th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
QuEsT??? says:
number one is UCLA, DUKE, ARIZONA, UCONN
November 12th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
QuEsT??? says:
FORGOT KANSAS
November 12th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
QuEsT??? says:
FORGOT KANSAS
November 12th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
QuEsT??? says:
u cant seriously expect us to name every single player from every school, lol whats the list though?
November 12th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Chi-City says:
UCONN and Duke have already been answered…
NC (i think) is:
Vince
Jamison
Haywood
McCants
May
Felton
B Wright
M Williams
J Williams
‘Sheed
& Stackhouse
I can only think of 10 for Kansas:
Pierce
LaFrentz
Gooden
Hinrich
Chalmers
Arthur
J Wright
B Rush
N Collison
Vaughn
November 12th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
A-Slam says:
in terms of highschools, you gotta say oak hill academy hands down
November 12th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Heavy D says:
Sorry, I couldn’t do anymore off the top of my head. I tried UNC and only got 9 at the time (forgot Haywood and Jawad). I knew I’d be short on the others as well, so I just stuck with what I knew.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
NYC Streetball says:
1) North Carolina
2) Kentucky
3) Kansas
4) Arizona
5) Connecticut
November 12th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Three Stacks says:
Historically speaking, no one can touch UCLA and UNC when it comes to producing pro ball players.