BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- It was, as expected, a weird draft. Three guys (Skal Labissiere, Dejounte Murray and Deyonta Davis) fell way below their projected pick range. The international desires hit an all-time first-round high. Adam Silver relished in the booing as any red-blooded commissioner should.
In terms of college hoops, here's the final tally. Thirteen leagues had at least one player selected.
Breakdown by conference:
ACC: 8
SEC: 7
Big 12: 6
Big Ten: 6
Pac-12: 5
Big East: 4
Mountain West: 2
AAC: 1
Atlantic 10: 1
Big Sky: 1
Horizon: 1
WAC: 1
WCC: 1
Breakdown by team (31 in all):
Kentucky: 3
California: 2
Iowa State: 2
Maryland: 2
Michigan State: 2
North Carolina: 2
Oklahoma: 2
Providence: 2
Syracuse: 2
UNLV: 2
Vanderbilt: 2
Washington: 2
Baylor: 1
Connecticut: 1
Duke: 1
Florida State: 1
Gonzaga: 1
LSU: 1
Kansas: 1
Louisville: 1
Marquette: 1
Michigan: 1
New Mexico State: 1
Notre Dame: 1
Oakland: 1
Purdue: 1
Saint Joe's: 1
Seton Hall: 1
Utah: 1
Virginia: 1
Weber State: 1
International players selected: 26
Fun facts and nuggets:
- Ben Simmons became the third Australian-born player to be taken No. 1, joining Kyrie Irving (2011) and Andrew Bogut (2005). Both of those guys just played in the NBA Finals.
- Last time Philly had the No. 1 pick? Twenty years ago. Allen Iverson.
- Buddy Hield is the fourth lottery pick to come from Oklahoma in the past 30 years. The three previous ones were really good: Wayman Tisdale (1985), Stacey King (1989) and Blake Griffin (2009). The last time a guy from the Bahamas was taken this high? 1978. Mychal Thompson.
- This is fairly shocking: Denzel Valentine going 14th to the Bulls is the highest draft pick for a Michigan State player in 15 years. Jason Richardson went No. 5 in 2001.
- Jamal Murray is the 14th lottery pick from Kentucky since John Calipari got there. That's an unreal amount of lottery picks over seven season.
- Jakob Poeltl is the first player from Austria to ever be drafted.
- Taurean Prince, who went 12th, is only the second lottery pick ever from Baylor. Ekpe Udoh was the first to break through, back in 2010.
- Tonight, a record 14 players born internationally were taken in the first round. It was far and away the biggest draft for foreign prospects ever.
