A historic streak for Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari has come to an end.

After going 17 consecutive years with one of his players being selected in the first round of the NBA Draft, Calipari and the Razorbacks were shut out Wednesday night in Brooklyn, New York.

Adou Thiero was the lone Hog who had a chance to go within the first 30 picks. Now, the former Arkansas forward will wait and hear his name called Thursday night in the second round. He will likely be one of the first players taken, according to draft projections from national outlets.

Thiero, Boogie Fland and Zvonimir Ivisic were all viewed as potential first-round picks, but Fland and Ivisic transferred to new schools after a lone season in Fayetteville. Fland could be a first-round pick in 2026, depending on his upcoming season with Florida, while Ivisic will try and boost his draft stock at Illinois.

Calipari’s streak began in 2008 while he was coaching Memphis. Derrick Rose went No. 1 overall to the Chicago Bulls fresh off a Final Four appearance and a national championship loss to Kansas. Tyreke Evans went fourth overall in 2009, and Calipari took his coaching talents to Kentucky the next season.

He turned Big Blue Nation into a recruiting powerhouse and went on to have 37 Wildcats drafted in the first round across the next 15 years. Twenty-five of those draft picks went in the lottery.

Kentucky also did not have a player selected in Wednesday’s first round.

Earlier this week, Caliapri appeared on the Pat McAfee Show and went out of his way to highlight the success of his players in the NBA.

“Can I throw a humble brag out there? My guys have made $6 billion in the NBA. Six billion,” he said.

Thiero will be the next player adding to that number, but he won’t do so as a first-round pick.

Jackson Fuller covers Arkansas football, basketball and baseball for the Southwest Times Record, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at jfuller@gannett.com or follow him @jacksonfuller16 on X, formerly known as Twitter.Â