As I was doing some research, I clicked on a link from NBA.com that was posted in 2003. It was the number of “current” NBA players from the Mid-American Conference and there were 11. 15 years later the actual current number is 2. Part of the problem is that the conference has fallen in those 15 years. Another problem is how the NBA decides which guys it wants to draft and other dynamics of the league.
I perused some mock drafts and they were exactly what I expected. The vast majority of players that are going to get selected are underclassman from power schools.