{"id":125340,"date":"2025-06-26T04:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T04:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/125340\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T04:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T04:52:11","slug":"2025-nba-draft-which-college-teams-conferences-produced-the-most-first-round-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/125340\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NBA Draft: Which college teams, conferences produced the most first-round picks?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duke<\/a> topped the charts on Wednesday night with the most players picked from any college during the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft<\/a>. All three Blue Devils who were selected came off the board within the first 10 picks, headlined by No. 1 overall selection Cooper Flagg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Flagg’s selection earned the ACC some bragging rights, as it became just the sixth time ever<\/a> that a single conference has produced both the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft<\/a> and NBA Draft in the same year. Miami quarterback Cam Ward was picked first by the Tennessee Titans in April’s NFL Draft. But despite the league’s strong contingent of Duke representation, it was actually the Big Ten that had the most selections of any conference across the first 30 picks.<\/p>\n

Illinois<\/a> and Rutgers<\/a> led the way with two selections apiece, and the Big Ten accounted for exactly one-third of first-rounders who played college basketball. Rutgers’ haul was particularly impressive, as the Scarlet Knights produced No. 2 pick Dylan Harper<\/a> and No. 5 pick Ace Bailey<\/a>. Though Rutgers was clearly talented, it struggled under the weight of its youth to a 15-17 record in the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n

The first 11 players selected all played college basketball during the 2024-25 season, showcasing how the college game has once again become the primary destination for NBA-bound talent. But there was still a noteworthy contingent of international talent taken Wednesday, including three French players who all came off the board in the 11-20 range.<\/p>\n

Below is a breakdown of how college teams and conferences were represented in Wednesday’s first round.<\/p>\n

Big Ten (8)<\/p>\n

Illinois (2): Kasparas Jakucionis<\/a>, WIll Riley<\/a>
Maryland<\/a> (1): Derik Queen<\/a>
Michigan<\/a> (1): Danny Wolf<\/a>
Michigan State (1): Jase Richardson<\/a>
Penn State<\/a> (1): Yanic Konan Niederhauser<\/a>
Rutgers (2): Dylan Harper, Ace Bailey<\/p>\n

International: (6)<\/p>\n

China (1): Yang Hansen
France (3): Nolan Traore, Joan Beringer, Noa Essengue
Israel (1): Ben Saraf
Spain (1): Hugo Gonzalez<\/p>\n

SEC (5)<\/p>\n

Florida<\/a> (1): Walter Clayton Jr<\/a>.
Georgia<\/a> (1): Asa Newell<\/a>
Oklahoma<\/a> (1): Jeremiah Fears<\/a>
South Carolina<\/a> (1): Collin Murray-Boyles<\/a>
Texas<\/a> (1): Tre Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n

ACC (4)<\/p>\n

Duke (3): Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel<\/a>, Khaman Maluach<\/a>
North Carolina<\/a> (1): Drake Powell<\/a><\/p>\n

Big 12 (3)<\/p>\n

Arizona<\/a> (1): Carter Bryant<\/a>
Baylor<\/a> (1): VJ Edgecombe<\/a>
BYU<\/a> (1): Egor Demin<\/a><\/p>\n

Big East (2)<\/p>\n

Georgetown<\/a> (1): Thomas Sorber<\/a>
UConn<\/a> (1): Liam McNeeley<\/a><\/p>\n

Mountain West (2)<\/p>\n

Colorado State<\/a> (1): Nique Clifford<\/a>
Washington State<\/a> (1): Cedric Coward<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Duke topped the charts on Wednesday night with the most players picked from any college during the first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[224,1982,975,7,2399,25363,3294,978,3522,217,964,2199,6133,225,1042,803,11972,997,691,226,227,950,4167,6721,7367,960,983,229,958,968,921,4717,1043,12,231,772,1544,854,1770,2400,8628,4716,4252,2398,954,952,971,2130,8835,982,10948],"class_list":{"0":"post-125340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-ace-bailey","9":"tag-arizona-wildcats","10":"tag-asa-newell","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-baylor-bears","13":"tag-bryant-bulldogs","14":"tag-byu-cougars","15":"tag-carter-bryant","16":"tag-cedric-coward","17":"tag-college-basketball","18":"tag-collin-murray-boyles","19":"tag-colorado-state-rams","20":"tag-connecticut-huskies","21":"tag-cooper-flagg","22":"tag-danny-wolf","23":"tag-derik-queen","24":"tag-drake-bulldogs","25":"tag-drake-powell","26":"tag-duke-blue-devils","27":"tag-dylan-harper","28":"tag-egor-demin","29":"tag-florida-gators","30":"tag-georgetown-hoyas","31":"tag-georgia-bulldogs","32":"tag-illinois-fighting-illini","33":"tag-jase-richardson","34":"tag-jeremiah-fears","35":"tag-kasparas-jakucionis","36":"tag-khaman-maluach","37":"tag-kon-knueppel","38":"tag-liam-mcneeley","39":"tag-maryland-terrapins","40":"tag-michigan-wolverines","41":"tag-nba-draft","42":"tag-ncaa","43":"tag-ncaa-basketball","44":"tag-ncaab","45":"tag-nique-clifford","46":"tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","47":"tag-oklahoma-sooners","48":"tag-penn-state-nittany-lions","49":"tag-rutgers-scarlet-knights","50":"tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","51":"tag-texas-longhorns","52":"tag-thomas-sorber","53":"tag-tre-johnson","54":"tag-vj-edgecombe","55":"tag-walter-clayton-jr","56":"tag-washington-state-cougars","57":"tag-will-riley","58":"tag-yanic-konan-niederhauser"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}