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TheBrianZoubekExperience
06-13-2009, 12:28 PM
Didn't see this posted. Study basically argues that Duke has had the most players drafted and those played have had the most success....on a per pick average Wake is the best.

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft2009/insider/news/story?id=4252038

ndkjr70
06-13-2009, 12:51 PM
Care to give a little snippit to those of us who don't pay for E$PN's terrible college sports writers?

COYS
06-14-2009, 11:55 PM
In short, it says that Duke is tied with UNC for producing All-Stars (4) over the past twenty years and, overall, Duke's draftees meet or exceed their expectations (Boozer helping the exceed expectations part). They also have a well earned rep of being very coachable players with strong court savvy whether they're super athletes (Grant Hill) or players with average physical tools (Battier). Anyway, it's an interesting read.

Also interesting is that Pitino and Calipari have a history of producing under-achieving draft picks.