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A Brief History of Oklahoma State Players Taken in the NBA Draft

The 2018 NBA Draft is tonight, and Oklahoma State will likely not have anyone picked. This is nothing new. In just two of the last seven drafts and three of the last 11 has a Cowboy basketball player gone on to the next level. In this span of time they have, of course, had several players sign as free agents and go on to have successful (John Lucas III) or moderately successful (Stephen Graham) NBA careers.

But it’s always been a bit of a curiosity to me that OSU doesn’t get more guys drafted. Since the Big 12 started (1996-1997), here’s how many players have been drafted from current Big 12 teams (for as long as they’ve been in the Big 12).