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Saturday / November 23.

ACC leads the way with 13 NBA Draft picks, including six lottery picks; SEC, Pac-12 next in line

By ADAM ZAGORIA

The ACC made history Thursday night by seeing 13 players get drafted including a record six in the lottery.

The SEC and Pac-12 each had 12 players chosen.

Duke and North Carolina each had three players chosen in the first round, with Duke becoming just the second program ever to see three guys taken in the first 10 picks after Florida in 2007.

North Carolina also had three players chosen in the first round, while reigning NCAA champion Virginia had two. Virginia Tech and Florida State each had one player chosen.

The six lottery picks by the ACC is the most ever by one conference:

No. 1 – Zion Williamson (Duke) – New Orleans

No. 3 – R.J. Barrett (Duke) – Knicks

No. 4 – De’Andre Hunter (UVA) – Atlanta

No. 7 – Coby White (UNC) – Chicago

No. 10 – Cam Reddish (Duke) – Atlanta

No. 11 – Cam Johnson (UNC) – Phoenix

Other first-round picks:

No. 17 – Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Virginia Tech, Brooklyn Nets       

No. 24   Ty Jerome, Virginia    Philadelphia 76ers       

No. 25   Nassir Little, North Carolina, Portland Trailblazers       

No. 27   Mfiondu Kabengele, Florida State, Brooklyn Nets        

No. 48   Terance Mann, Florida State, Los Angeles Clippers       

No. 55   Kyle Guy, Virginia, New York Knicks       

No. 59   Dewan Hernandez, Miami Toronto Raptors

SELECTIONS BY CONFERENCE
1. ACC – 13 – 10 first round
2. SEC – 12 – 6 first round
3. Pac-12 – 6 – 2 first round
    Big Ten – 6 – 2 first round
5. Big 12 – 4 – 2 first round
6. Mountain West – 3 – 0 first round
7. Colonial – 2 – 0 first round
    Ohio Valley – 2 – 2 first round
    West Coast – 2 – 2 first round
10. Big East – 1 – 0 first round
      Ivy League – 1 – 0 first round 

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