The SEC rode a robust second spherical to the highest of the charts within the 2025 NBA Draft, because the convention completed with 13 complete alternatives. Eight of 29 gamers chosen on Thursday evening got here from the league, which was in second place behind the Huge Ten after Wednesday’s first spherical.
Florida led the convention with three picks, as all three beginning guards from the Gators’ nationwide championship crew have been chosen. A complete of 9 SEC groups produced draft alternatives following a banner yr for the convention, which positioned a file 14 groups within the NCAA Match.
Behind the SEC was the Huge Ten, which had 10 gamers chosen, with Rutgers and Illinois producing two every. However when it comes to sheer quantity, one school basketball program stood tall above the remainder, as all 5 starters from Duke’s 2024-25 crew have been chosen.
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The Blue Devils produced three of the primary 10 picks, together with No. 1 total choose Cooper Flagg. Guards Sion James and Tyrese Proctor have been taken within the second spherical on Thursday to make Duke the nineteenth program to have 5+ gamers drafted in a single yr.
The primary 11 gamers chosen all performed school basketball through the 2024-25 season, showcasing how the faculty recreation has as soon as once more grow to be the first vacation spot for premier NBA-bound expertise. However there was nonetheless a noteworthy contingent of non-college expertise taken, as 13 gamers from worldwide leagues got here off the board over the course of the draft.
Beneath is a breakdown of how school groups, conferences and international locations have been represented within the draft.
SEC (13)
Arkansas (1): Adou Thiero
Auburn (1): Johni Broome
Florida (3): Walter Clayton Jr., Alijah Martin, Will Richard
Georgia (1): Asa Newell
Kentucky (2): Koby Brea, Amari Williams
Oklahoma (1): Jeremiah Fears
South Carolina (1): Collin Murray-Boyles
Tennessee (2): Chaz Lanier, Jamai Mashack
Texas (1): Tre Johnson
Huge Ten (10)
Illinois (2): Kasparas Jakucionis, WIll Riley
Maryland (1): Derik Queen
Michigan (1): Danny Wolf
Michigan State (1): Jase Richardson
Northwestern (1): Brooks Barnhizer
Penn State (1): Yanic Konan Niederhauser
Rutgers (2): Dylan Harper, Ace Bailey
Wisconsin (1): John Tonje
ACC (8)
Duke (5): Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel, Khaman Maluach, Sion James, Tyrese Proctor
Florida State (1): Jamir Watkins
North Carolina (1): Drake Powell
Stanford (1): Maxime Raynaud
Huge East (5)
Creighton (1): Ryan Kalkbrenner
Georgetown (2): Thomas Sorber, Micah Peavy
Marquette (1): Kam Jones
UConn (1): Liam McNeeley
Huge 12 (4)
Arizona (1): Carter Bryant
Baylor (1): VJ Edgecombe
BYU (1): Egor Demin
West Virginia (1): Javon Small
Mountain West (2)
Colorado State (1): Nique Clifford
Nevada (1): Kobe Sanders
Atlantic 10 (2)
Saint Joseph’s (1): Rasheer Fleming
VCU (1): Max Shulga
WCC (1)
Washington State (1): Cedric Coward
Convention USA (1)
Liberty (1): Taelon Peter
Worldwide: (13)
Australia (3): Rocoo Zikarsky, Alex Toohey, Lachlan Olbrich
China (1): Yang Hansen
France (5): Nolan Traore, Joan Beringer, Noa Essengue, Noah Penda, Mohamed Diawara
Israel (1): Ben Saraf
Senegal (1): Saliou Niang
Serbia (1): Bogoljub Markovic
Spain (1): Hugo Gonzalez