{"id":501771,"date":"2025-12-28T20:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T20:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/501771\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T20:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T20:21:11","slug":"florida-basketballs-thomas-haugh-among-top-10-on-nba-draft-big-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/501771\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida basketball&#8217;s Thomas Haugh among top 10 on NBA draft big board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is still nearly half a year until the 2026 NBA draft, but after close to two months of men&#8217;s college basketball action, the June amateur selection process is starting to come into focus.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/teams\/florida-gators\/1407\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida Gators;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Florida Gators<\/a> sent a trio of guards into the professional league last year, with Walter Clayton Jr. going at No. 18 overall to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/utah-jazz\/26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Utah Jazz;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Utah Jazz<\/a>, Alijah Martin at No. 39 to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/toronto-raptors\/28\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Toronto Raptors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Toronto Raptors<\/a> and Will Richard at No. 56 to the Golden State Warriors. According to CBS Sports&#8217; latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/news\/nba-draft-big-board-2026-prospect-rankings-byu-aj-dybantsa-duke-cameron-boozer-kansas-darryn-peterson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2026 NBA draft big board;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">2026 NBA draft big board<\/a>, the Orange and Blue can expect to send another three into the NBA this summer once again.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The highest-ranked player on the list is forward Thomas Haugh, who has broken out this season after moving from the 4 to the 3 position, landing at No. 10 overall. In a dozen games played so far, the junior out of New Oxford, Pennsylvania, has played an SEC-high 33.7 minutes per game, notching 17.3 points, 6.3 rebounds (4.1 defensive, 2.2 offensive) and 2.3 assists per outing.<\/p>\n<p>Next up is forward\/center Alex Condon, who comes in at No. 34 \u2014 not too far off his projected spot back in 2025 mocks. While he has not quite made the significant steps forward many had expected, the junior from Australia is still averaging 14.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game in a full-loaded frontcourt.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, there is Boogie Fland, who has not lived up to the expectations of the Gator Nation so far \u2014 but in fairness to him, Clayton, Martin and Richard left some massive shoes to fill. His production has dropped overall in comparison to his freshman campaign with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/teams\/arkansas-razorbacks\/1293\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Arkansas Razorbacks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Arkansas Razorbacks<\/a> last year, most notably shooting a dismal 23.1% beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Fland cracked the top 60 at No. 51 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>CBS Sports Big Board Top 10<\/p>\n<p>Rank<\/p>\n<p>Player<\/p>\n<p>School<\/p>\n<p>Position<\/p>\n<p>Height<\/p>\n<p>Weight<\/p>\n<p>Class<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>Darryn Peterson<\/p>\n<p>Kansas<\/p>\n<p>PG<\/p>\n<p>6-6<\/p>\n<p>205<\/p>\n<p>Fr<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>AJ Dybantsa<\/p>\n<p>BYU<\/p>\n<p>SF<\/p>\n<p>6-9<\/p>\n<p>215<\/p>\n<p>Fr<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Cameron Boozer<\/p>\n<p>Duke<\/p>\n<p>PF<\/p>\n<p>6-9<\/p>\n<p>250<\/p>\n<p>Fr<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Caleb Wilson<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina<\/p>\n<p>PF<\/p>\n<p>6-10<\/p>\n<p>215<\/p>\n<p>Fr<\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Brown<\/p>\n<p>Louisville<\/p>\n<p>PG<\/p>\n<p>6-4<\/p>\n<p>190<\/p>\n<p>Fr<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Nate Ament<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee<\/p>\n<p>PF<\/p>\n<p>6-10<\/p>\n<p>207<\/p>\n<p>Fr<\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>Kingston Flemings<\/p>\n<p>Houston<\/p>\n<p>PG<\/p>\n<p>6-4<\/p>\n<p>190<\/p>\n<p>Fr<\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>Jayden Quaintance<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky<\/p>\n<p>C<\/p>\n<p>6-10<\/p>\n<p>255<\/p>\n<p>So<\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>Koa Peat<\/p>\n<p>Arizona<\/p>\n<p>PF<\/p>\n<p>6-8<\/p>\n<p>235<\/p>\n<p>Fr<\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Haugh<\/p>\n<p>Florida<\/p>\n<p>SF<\/p>\n<p>6-9<\/p>\n<p>215<\/p>\n<p>Jr<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Gators Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/gatorswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/gators\/mens-basketball\/2025\/12\/28\/florida-basketball-nba-draft-big-board-haugh-condon-fland\/87936168007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida basketball&#039;s Haugh, Condon, Fland on NBA draft big board;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Florida basketball&#8217;s Haugh, Condon, Fland on NBA draft big board<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is still nearly half a year until the 2026 NBA draft, but after close to two months&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3518,7,11508,950,164,6,12,2463,476,427,2130,17879],"class_list":{"0":"post-501771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-draft","8":"tag-alijah-martin","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-cbs-sports","11":"tag-florida-gators","12":"tag-golden-state-warriors","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-draft","15":"tag-thomas-haugh","16":"tag-toronto-raptors","17":"tag-utah-jazz","18":"tag-walter-clayton-jr","19":"tag-will-richard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115799056973203362","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501771","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=501771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}