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What would you say if i told you UK has never produced a #1 draft pick? would you cry heresy? or maybe burn me at the stake? well surprisingly, its true. UK has never produced a #1 draft pick, however we have produced two #2 picks. The more notable of those 2 was Sam Bowie, who was selected above the best player ever, Michael Jordon (cant let MJ live that one down!). John wall could make history as the sole UK player to be a #1 pick. However the rest of the team could help him make NCAA draft history. There have been 3 teams to have 4 first round draft picks in a single draft, but this year UK has a grad total of 5 projected to go first round, an entire starting line up. This would would go down in the history books as our best draft ever, and possibly as Cal's best too. If John Wall goes as #1, that would make him the 5th coach to coach 2 #1 picks. one of the other five? the great John wooden (maybe theres something special about the name John? John Wall, John Caliapari, John Wooden, ect..) if Michael Gilchrist, Brandon Knight, Enes Kanter, Terrence Jones, or one of Cal's other AMAZING recruits go as #1 in future drafts, that would set him apart in NCAA history, along with UK.

here is an excerpt from my source at http://www.kentucky.com/2010/06/20/1...t-history.html

John Wall figures to make history Thursday night by becoming the first University of Kentucky player to be the first pick in an NBA Draft. That UK has never produced the first player taken in an NBA Draft surprises Sam Bowie, arguably the most notable Wildcat associated with the draft.
"I just assumed with Kentucky's history and tradition, we'd have had a No. 1 pick," Bowie said last week. "And I take pride in knowing a little about Kentucky basketball."
UK can make another bit of history in Thursday's NBA Draft if former teammates DeMarcus Cousins, Patrick Patterson, Daniel Orton and Eric Bledsoe join Wall as first-round selections. No college team has produced more than four first-rounders in a single draft. Three teams have produced four first-rounders in a draft

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