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Lowe: A Look Back at LSU in Basketball Drafts

So the graphics on Twitter keep counting down to the 2016 NBA Draft on Thursday and we wait to see how things play out.

But what has already played out and what you are seeing on Twitter (@LSUBasketball) is a look back at some of the top draft choices for LSU in its basketball history.

It’s been pretty good.

A total 54 Tigers have been drafted since the start of the professional leagues we’ve come to know today. Of those, 14 have been first-round picks.

Joe Dean was the first person chosen in the first round of the 1952 draft by the Indianapolis Olympians.