OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton University men's basketball center Justin Patton met the media on Monday morning in Omaha as the redshirt freshman discussed Thursday's upcoming NBA Draft in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Patton is expected to be a first-round pick, which would make him the program's second first-round pick in the last four years. Creighton's last selection in the NBA Draft came in 2014, when Doug McDermott went 11th overall in the First Round to the Denver Nuggets. McDermott now plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder, and is currently joined in the NBA by fellow Creighton alums Kyle Korver (Cleveland Cavaliers) and Anthony Tolliver, who spent last season with the Sacramento Kings.