NBA Draft: Here are the college programs with the most first-round picks
Arizona ranks 11th nationally when it comes to producing top-notch hoops talent.
Top 12 programs with the most first-round selections
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Deandre Ayton emerged as one of the country’s top players and a trendy pick to be taken No. 1 in the NBA draft.
By Justin Spears / Arizona Daily Star
With the NBA Draft on Thursday, several teams, most of them blue bloods, will continue to add names to the fraternity of NBA Draft picks.
For the Arizona Wildcats, the NBA Draft holds a significant amount of weight toward the success of the program because almost every year at least one Wildcat will hear the commissioner call their name.
As Deandre Ayton becomes the most recent first-round selection for the Wildcats, where does Arizona stand among top college basketball programs?
Take a look at the top 12 schools with the most first-round picks.
12. Notre Dame
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Chicago Bulls guard Jerian Grant went to Notre Dame from 2011-2015.
Number of picks: 20
12. UConn
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Ray Allen averaged 19 ppg in three seasons at UConn. He was the Timberwolves' first-round pick at No. 5 overall in 1996.
Number of picks: 20
11. Arizona
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Lauri Markkanen reacts after being selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves as the seventh pick overall during the 2017 draft.
Number of picks: 21
10. Ohio State
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The Trailblazers chose Greg Oden, right, over the likes of Texas' Kevin Durant.
Number of picks: 21
8. Louisville
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Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell was a first-round pick at No. 13 overall.
Number of picks: 24
8. Syracuse
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Carmelo Anthony was the Nuggets' top pick and third overall selection in the 2003 NBA draft.
Number of picks: 24
6. Michigan
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Chris Webber, left, of Michigan and Anfernee Hardaway, right, from Memphis State, pose following a trade after they were selected in the NBA Draft.
Number of picks: 25
6. Indiana
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The Los Angeles Clippers took Eric Gordon in the first round of the 2008 draft.
Number of picks: 25
5. Kansas
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It didn't take long for Kansas' Joel Embiid to become a household name with the 76ers.
Number of picks: 32
4. UCLA
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NBA commissioner David Stern congratulates UCLA's Russell Westbrook after the Sonics took him fourth in 2008.
Number of picks: 38
3. Duke
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Kyrie Irving, of Duke, was the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2011.
Number of picks: 42
2. Kentucky
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Karl-Anthony Towns was the Timberwolves' top pick in the 2015 draft.
Number of picks: 46
1. North Carolina
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North Carolina guard Michael Jordan, left, and Tar Heels coach Dean Smith are shown at a news conference in Chapel Hill, N.C. Jordan went No. 3 overall in 1984.
Number of picks: 49
