Comparing Duke And Kentucky's Draft Success Over The Last 10 Years
by Glenn Logan on Jun 23, 2011 5:30 PM EDT
in Kentucky Wildcats Basketball
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PrintJohn Clay had this post up earlier today, in which he did all the legwork of comparing the two schools, so I claim no credit at all for the idea. But John's post left me unsatisfied, so I went ahead and did a little bit more.
As you can see from his post above, both schools have been very successful in getting players into the NBA. But who is getting their players drafted higher, on average? Here are the numbers:
| Year | Kentucky | Duke | ||
| Player | Draft pos. | Player | Draft pos. | |
| 2010 | John Wall | 1 | ||
| 2010 | DeMarcus Cousins | 5 | ||
| 2010 | Patrick Patterson | 14 | ||
| 2010 | Eric Bledsoe | 18 | ||
| 2010 | Daniel Orton | 29 | ||
| 2009 | Jodie Meeks | 41 | Gerald Henderson | 12 |
| 2008 | Joe Crawford | 56 | ||
| 2007 | Josh McRoberts | 37 | ||
| 2006 | Rajon Rondo | 24 | Shelden Williams | 5 |
| 2006 | J.J. Redick | 11 | ||
| 2005 | Daniel Ewing | 32 | ||
| 2004 | Luol Deng | 7 | ||
| 2004 | Chris Duhon | 39 | ||
| 2003 | Keith Bogans | 43 | Dahantay Jones | 20 |
| 2002 | Tayshaun Prince | 23 | Jay Williams | 2 |
| 2002 | Mike Dunleavy | 3 | ||
| 2002 | Carlos Boozer | 35 | ||
| 2001 | Shane Battier | 6 | ||
| Averages | 25.4 | 17.42 | ||
| Count | 10 | 12 | ||
Duke had great success earlier in the decade with six straight years of putting players in the NBA, and having one year (2002) where they not only won the national championship, but they wound up getting four of their players drafted. Over this decade, Duke has not only placed two more players in the NBA than Kentucky, but their average draft position is almost 8 spots higher.
Kentucky, of course, was hit or miss before Calipari came, and didn't have a single year in which more than one player was drafted. Last year not only wiped that clean with 5 players drafted in the first round, but also it brought the schools back to near parity in a statistic that the Blue Devils had been utterly dominating.
After this year and next, that pre-Calipari trend is likely to be completely reversed.
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Duck, here comes Forty.
I woke up feeling BLUE this morning. It's gonna be a great day.
I still don't quite understand Forty
He saids he has three favorite teams Purdue – Cincinnati – UK and that he roots for them all equally. I know Purdue is his alma mater so I would think that if the schools, UK and PU, ever met on the hardwood or grass that he would probably be pulling for the BoilerMakers over the Cats.
I for one have only one school I root for – UK, but admit I have some passing interest in other Kentucky schools but not much. I cannot divide or share my loyalty when it comes down to the Cats.
A man is nothing more than a summation of his scars!
I can just see Forty swinging a blue and white bat that has Tubby's picture on it. hehe
No offense meant Forty. hehehe
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