Texas and the NBA Draft

The 2005 NBA Draft will be held on Tuesday, June 28 at historic Madison Square Garden. ESPN will provide start-to-finish coverage of the draft beginning at 6 p.m. Central.

Since the NBA Draft began in 1947, a total of 30 Longhorns have heard their names called. Texas has produced six first-round picks and eight second-round selections.

UT has had five draft picks in the last six years, including a current streak of three consecutive years with a draftee. Chris Owens was taken with the 48th pick by Milwaukee (then traded to Memphis on draft night) in 2002, while T.J. Ford was selected with the eighth pick by Milwaukee in 2003. Last year, Royal Ivey continued the streak as he was tabbed the 37th pick by Atlanta.

Texas & The NBA Draft
Total Draftees: 30

Year-by-Year NBA Draftees (Official draft results were unavailable until 1949. The draft began in 1947.) YEAR PLAYER ROUND TEAM 1957 Raymond Downs 6 St. Louis 1960 Jay Arnette 2 Cincinnati 1961 Albert Almanza 7 Los Angeles Lakers 1965 Larry Franks 14 Cincinnati 1973 B.G. Brosterhous 8 Chicago 1974 Larry Robinson 4 Houston 1976 Dan Krueger 8 Houston 1978 Gary Goodner 5 Houston Jim Krivacs 6 Kansas City 1979 Johnny Moore 2 Seattle Tyrone Branyan 7 San Antonio 1980 Ron Baxter 4 Los Angeles Lakers 1982 LaSalle Thompson 1 Kansas City 1984 Bill Wendlandt 8 Denver 1985 Carlton Cooper 6 Dallas Mike Wacker 7 Utah 1986 John Brownlee 4 Los Angeles Clippers 1987 Patrick Fairs 5 Washington Raynard Davis 7 San Antonio 1990 Travis Mays 1 Sacramento Lance Blanks 1 Detroit 1991 Joey Wright 2 Phoenix 1994 B.J. Tyler 1 Philadelphia Albert Burditt 2 Houston 1995 Terrence Rencher 2 Washington 1999 Kris Clack 2 Boston 2000 Chris Mihm 1 Chicago* 2002 Chris Owens 2 Milwaukee# 2003 T.J. Ford 1 Milwaukee 2004 Royal Ivey 2 Atlanta *traded to Cleveland on draft night; # traded to Memphis on draft night

First-Round Selections (6) NAME YEAR PICK TEAM T.J. Ford 2003 8th Milwaukee Chris Mihm 2000 7th Chicago* B.J. Tyler 1994 20th Philadelphia Travis Mays 1990 14th Sacramento Lance Blanks 1990 26th Detroit LaSalle Thompson 1982 5th Kansas City *traded to Cleveland on draft night

Second-Round Selections (8) NAME YEAR PICK TEAM Royal Ivey 2004 37th Atlanta Chris Owens 2002 48th Milwaukee# Kris Clack 1999 55th Boston Terrence Rencher 1995 32nd Washington Albert Burditt 1994 53rd Houston Joey Wright 1991 50th Phoenix Johnny Moore 1979 43rd Seattle Jay Arnette 1960 9th Cincinnati #traded to Memphis on draft night

Longest Span Without a Pick 7 years, Larry Franks in 1965 to B.G. Brosterhous in 1973.

By Round RD NO. PLAYER 1st 6 Lance Blanks, T.J. Ford, Travis Mays, Chris Mihm, LaSalle Thompson, B.J. Tyler 2nd 8 Jay Arnette, Albert Burditt, Kris Clack, Royal Ivey, Johnny Moore, Chris Owens, Terrence Rencher, Joey Wright 4th 3 Ron Baxter, John Brownlee, Larry Robinson 5th 2 Patrick Fairs, Gary Goodner 6th 3 Carlton Cooper, Raymond Downs, Jim Krivacs 7th 4 Albert Almanza, Tyrone Branyan, Raynard Davis, Mike Wacker 8th 3 B.G. Brosterhous, Dan Krueger, Bill Wendlandt 14th 1 Larry Franks

By Team TEAM NO. PLAYER Houston 4 Albert Burditt, Gary Goodner, Dan Krueger, Larry Robinson K.C./Sacramento 3 Jim Krivacs, Travis Mays, LaSalle Thompson Chicago 2 B.G. Brosterhous, Chris Mihm Cincinnati 2 Jay Arnette, Larry Franks L.A. Lakers 2 Albert Almanza, Ron Baxter Milwaukee 2 T.J. Ford, Chris Owens San Antonio 2 Tyrone Branyan, Raynard Davis Washington 2 Patrick Fairs, Terrence Rencher Atlanta 1 Royal Ivey Boston 1 Kris Clack Dallas 1 Carlton Cooper Detroit 1 Lance Blanks Denver 1 Bill Wendlandt L.A. Clippers 1 John Brownlee Philadelphia 1 B.J. Tyler Phoenix 1 Joey Wright St. Louis 1 Raymond Downs Seattle 1 Johnny Moore Utah 1 Mike Wacker

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