Hoyas in the Draft

By Hoya Hoops

The 2008 NBA Draft takes place tonight, and once again a Georgetown Hoya is poised to be taken in the first round. Roy Hibbert is set to join a long list of Hoyas drafted to play in the NBA. Here is that list:

1980
Player	Position Drafted	Team
John Duren	19th Pick of the First Round	Utah
Craig Shelton	5th Pick of the Second Round (28th)	Atlanta

1982
Player	Position Drafted	Team
Eric “Sleepy” Floyd	13th Pick of the First Round	New Jersey

1985
Player	Position Drafted	Team
Patrick Ewing	1st Pick of the First Round	New York
Billy Martin	2nd Pick of the Second Round (26th)	Indiana

1986
Player	Position Drafted	Team
David Wingate	20th Pick of the Second Round (44th)	Philadelphia
Michael Jackson	23rd Pick of the Second Round (47th)	New York

1987
Player	Position Drafted	Team
Reggie Williams	4th Pick of the First Round	LA Clippers

1991
Player	Position Drafted	Team
Dikembe Mutombo	4th Pick of the First Round	Denver

1992
Player	Position Drafted	Team
Alonzo Mourning	2nd Pick of the First Round	Charlotte

1995
Player	Position Drafted	Team
Don Reid	29th Pick of the Second Round (58th)	Detroit

1996
Player	Position Drafted	Team
Allen Iverson	1st Pick of the First Round	Philadelphia
Jerome Williams	19th Pick of the First Round	Detroit
Othella Harrington	1st Pick of the Second Round (30th)	Houston

1998
Player	Position Drafted	Team
Jahidi White	14th Pick of the Second Round (43rd)	Washington

2001
Player	Position Drafted	Team
Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje	21th Pick of the Second Round (49th)	Portland

2003
Player	Position Drafted	Team
Mike Sweetney	9th Pick of the First Round	New York

2007
Player	Position Drafted	Team
Jeff Green	5th Pick of the First Round	Boston

Note: Prior to 1989, there were as many as ten rounds of the draft. For this reason, we only include here players drafted in the first two rounds.

Topics: Hoya History
June 26th, 2008, 12:23 pm Comments Off

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