When Kelel Ware’s name is called this week, it will be the the third time in two years a former IU basketball player has been chosen in the NBA Draft.
And when Ware is chosen it will be the first time since 2014 that former Hoosiers were drafted in consecutive years.
Overall, by our count 78 players from Indiana have been chosen in the NBA draft. That includes 27 chosen in the first round (including head coach Mike Woodson), two as the overall number one selection, and four as the overall number two selection.
The Indiana men’s basketball program ranks seventh among all Division I programs with 27 players selected in the first round of the NBA Draft since its inception in 1947. The Hoosiers rank third among Big Ten teams in first-round picks and are one of six conference schools with at least 20 first-round selections.
Indiana has produced two No. 1 overall picks, tied for third in the NCAA.
For the first time since the National Basketball Association shortened the annual draft to two rounds, the event will take place over two nights. Round one will take place at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 26, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and the second round at 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 27, at ESPN’s Seaport District Studios in Manhattan.
Here is the complete list of former IU basketball players chosen in the NBA Draft:
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ALL-TIME IU BASKETBALL PLAYERS CHOSEN IN THE NBA DRAFT
Tom Abernethy
(3rd Round; 43rd pick – L.A. Lakers, 1976)
Steve Alford
(2nd Round; 26th pick– Dallas, 1987)
OG Anunoby
(1st Round; 23rd pick – Toronto, 2017)
Damon Bailey
(2nd Round; 44th pick – Indiana, 1994)
Walt Bellamy
(1st Round; 1st pick – Chicago, 1961)
Kent Benson
(1st Round; 1st pick – Milwaukee, 1977)
Uwe Blab
(1st Round; 17th pick – Dallas, 1985)
Tom Bolyard
(3rd Round; 19th pick – Baltimore, 1963)
Steve Bouchie
(4th Round; 78th pick – Detroit, 1983)
Tony Brown
(7th Round; 141st pick – Indiana, 1983)
Thomas Bryant
(2nd Round; 42nd overall pick – L.A. Lakers, 2017)
Quinn Buckner
(1st Round; 7th pick – Milwaukee, 1976)
Butch Carter
(2nd Round; 37th pick – L.A. Lakers, 1980)
Calbert Cheaney
(1st Round; 6th pick – Washington, 1993)
Wally Choice
(11th Round; 2nd pick – St. Louis, 1956)
Joe Cooke
(6th Round; 94th pick – Cleveland, 1970)
Archie Dees
(1st Round; 2nd pick – Cincinnati, 1958)
Bill DeHeer
(8th Round; 105th pick – San Diego, 1969)
Steve Downing
(1st Round; 17th pick – Boston, 1973)
Jay Edwards
(2nd Round; 33rd pick – L.A. Clippers, 1989)
Brian Evans
(1st Round; 27th pick – Orlando Magic, 1996)
Dick Farley
(2nd Round; 15th pick – Baltimore, 1954)
Bill Garrett
(2nd Round; 16th pick – Boston, 1951)
Dean Garrett
(2nd Round; 38th pick – Phoenix, 1988)
Eric Gordon
(1st Round; 7th pick – L.A. Clippers, 2008)
Greg Graham
(1st Round; 17th pick – Charlotte, 1993)
Steve Green
(2nd Round; 30th pick – Chicago, 1975)
Glen Grunwald
(5th Round; 115th pick – Boston, 1981)
A.J. Guyton
(2nd Round; 32nd pick – Chicago, 2000)
Bubbles Harris
(14th Round; 208th pick – Cleveland, 1971)
Kirk Haston
(1st Round; 16th pick – Charlotte, 2001)
Alan Henderson
(1st Round; 16th pick – Atlanta, 1995)
Jalen Hood-Schifino
(1st Round; 17th pick — Los Angeles Lakers, 2023)
Ron Horn
(2nd Round; 16th pick – St. Louis, 1961)
Trayce Jackson-Davis
(2nd Round; 57th pick — Golden State Warriors)
Jared Jeffries
(1st Round; 11th pick – Washington, 2002)
Ken Johnson
(10th Round; 162nd pick – Cleveland, 1970)
Butch Joyner
(9th Round; 111th pick – Cincinnati, 1968)
Ted Kitchel
(2nd Round; 41st pick – Milwaukee, 1983)
Charles Kraak
(6th Round; 49th pick – Fort Wayne, 1954)
Romeo Langford
(1st Round; 14th pick – Boston, 2019)
John Laskowski
(2nd Round ; 32nd pick– Chicago, 1975)
Bob “Slick” Leonard
(2nd Round; 10th pick – Baltimore, 1954)
Scott May
(1st Round; 2nd pick – Chicago, 1976)
George McGinnis
(2nd Round; 22nd pick – Philadelphia, 1973)
Jon McGlocklin
(3rd Round; 24th pick – Cincinnati, 1965)
Sam Miranda
(7th Round – Rochester, 1952)
Dick Neal
(11th Round; 4th pick – Boston, 1957)
Victor Oladipo
(1st Round; 2nd pick – Orlando, 2013)
Andrae Patterson
(2nd Round; 46th pick– Minnesota, 1998)
Wayne Radford
(2nd Round; 27th pick – Indiana, 1978)
Frank Radovich
(2nd Round; 14th pick – St. Louis, 1960)
Jimmy Rayl
(3rd Round; 22nd pick – Cincinnati, 1963)
Steve Risley
(8th Round; 108th pick – Phoenix, 1981)
John Ritter
(8th Round; 125th pick – Cleveland, 1973)
Don Schlundt
(2nd Round; 14th pick – Syracuse, 1955)
Lou Scott
(5th Round; 37th pick – Baltimore, 1954)
Keith Smart
(2nd Round; 41st pick – Golden State, 1988)
Jerry Stuteville
(8th Round – Indianapolis, 1950)
Daryl Thomas
(6th Round; 120th pick – Sacramento, 1987)
Isiah Thomas
(1st Round; 2nd pick – Detroit, 1981)
Jim Thomas
(2nd Round; 40th pick – Indiana, 1983)
Ray Tolbert
(1st Round; 18th pick – New Jersey, 1981)
Bill Tosheff
(4th Round; 32nd pick – Indianapolis, 1951)
Landon Turner
(10th Round; 225th pick – Boston, 1982)
Dick Van Arsdale
(2nd Round ; 10th pick – New York, 1965)
Tom Van Arsdale
(2nd Round; 11th pick – Detroit, 1965)
Noah Vonleh
(1st Round; 9th pick – Charlotte, 2014)
Lou Watson
(3rd Round – Chicago, 1950)
D.J. White
(1st Round; 29th pick– Detroit, 2008)
Bob Wilkerson
(1st Round, 11th pick – Seattle, 1976)
Bob Wilkinson
(12th Round; 84th pick – St. Louis, 1960)
Ward Williams
(1st Round; 8th pick – Fort Wayne, 1948)
Randy Wittman
(1st Round; 22nd pick – Washington, 1983)
Mike Woodson
(1st round; 12th pick – New York, 1980)
Bracey Wright
(2nd Round; 4th pick – Memphis, 2005)
Joby Wright
(2nd Round; 18th pick– Seattle, 1972)
Cody Zeller
(1st Round; 4th pick– Charlotte, 2013)
*Basketball Reference also includes Lee McCullough as an IU basketball player chosen in the draft, but he played for Indiana University – Pennsylvania and does not appear in the IU Bloomington media guide.
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