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Pac-12 basketball sends 14 to the NBA in the 2017 draft, most ever for the conference

The Pac-12 tied the ACC with the most overall draft picks this year in the 2017 NBA Draft. This included six first round draft picks and the top two picks overall in Markelle Fultz and Lonzo Ball.

WASHINGTON's Markelle Fultz was the No. 1 overall selection by the Philadelphia 76ers, joining UCLA’s Bill Walton in 1974 and Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) in 1969 as top picks from Conference members. Fultz is the first Husky to be taken first overall in the NBA Draft.

WASHINGTON became the first school and the Pac-12 became the first conference to have both No.