The Pac-12 notched its first-ever pair of NBA draft picks to go 1-2, when Philadelphia made Fultz the No. 1 pick and the Lakers picked UCLA’s Lonzo Ball second.
But the rest of the draft night was a mixed bag for the conference.
Markkanen went No. 7 as largely expected, but Cal’s Ivan Rabb and UCLA’s Ike Anigbogu slipped out of the first round — after Rabb might have been a lottery pick had he left the Bears as a freshman last year.
The conference did get five players in the first round when UCLA’s T.J. Leaf went No. 18 and Colorado’s Derrick White was No. 29, but the Pac-12 Player of the Year, Dillon Brooks, turned out to be the ninth player taken from the league at No. 45.
The Pac-12 wound up tying its record 12 picks over two rounds when UA’s Kadeem Allen went 53 and Cal’s Jabari Bird went 56.
