There have been 56 Cincinnati Bearcats drafted into the ranks of the NBA. Some of them include long-time NBA stalwarts like Oscar Robertson, Kenyon Martin, Jason Maxiell and Pat Cummings. However, the pool of Bearcats in the league has been diluted recently, with Sean Kilpatrick one of the only players in the NBA to have formerly worn red and black.
However, Kilpatrick wasn’t even drafted. He had to grind his way through the D-League to get to where he is now. The last Bearcat to take a quicker road to the NBA was Lance Stephenson, who was drafted in the second round and 40th overall in 2010 by the Indiana Pacers.