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.




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