Ja Morant is 2nd overall pick.

by **jsaluki080** » June 21st, 2019, 6:15 am

Congrats to Morant.

Got me thinking. Has the MVC ever had a player drafted that high? I’m guessing Larry Bird. I heard Bird was offered a contract a year early, but was that done via a draft pick? Anybody else? I’m too lazy to look it all up in google and would rather have a small discussion anyways.

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by **AD1770** » June 21st, 2019, 6:37 am

1951 Gene Melchiorre (Bradley), 1972 LaRue Martin (Loyola), and 1973 Doug Collins (Illinois State) all went first overall in their drafts.

Larry Bird was taken with the sixth pick overall.

:Cheers:

by **jsaluki080** » June 21st, 2019, 6:45 am

AD1770 wrote:1951 Gene Melchiorre (Bradley), 1972 LaRue Martin (Loyola), and 1973 Doug Collins (Illinois State) all went first overall in their drafts.

Larry Bird was taken with the sixth pick overall.

Doug Collins was a #1 pick?? No way!! That’s awesome.
By chance, would you know where Frazier was pick at?

by **BigMacAttack** » June 21st, 2019, 7:01 am

jsaluki080 wrote:
AD1770 wrote:1951 Gene Melchiorre (Bradley), 1972 LaRue Martin (Loyola), and 1973 Doug Collins (Illinois State) all went first overall in their drafts.

Larry Bird was taken with the sixth pick overall.

Doug Collins was a #1 pick?? No way!! That’s awesome.
By chance, would you know where Frazier was pick at?

5th

by **BigMacAttack** » June 21st, 2019, 7:07 am

BigMacAttack wrote:
jsaluki080 wrote:
AD1770 wrote:1951 Gene Melchiorre (Bradley), 1972 LaRue Martin (Loyola), and 1973 Doug Collins (Illinois State) all went first overall in their drafts.

Larry Bird was taken with the sixth pick overall.

Doug Collins was a #1 pick?? No way!! That’s awesome.
By chance, would you know where Frazier was pick at?

5th in 1967. Jerry Sloan of Evansville went 4th in 1965.

by **Majik45** » June 21st, 2019, 8:09 am

The most recent pick in the top 10 was probably Patrick O'Bryant at pick number 9 in 2006. He was pretty much a bust in the NBA, but probably the only top 10 pick from the Valley this century.

by **BuBrave2006** » June 21st, 2019, 9:41 am

Majik45 wrote:The most recent pick in the top 10 was probably Patrick O'Bryant at pick number 9 in 2006. He was pretty much a bust in the NBA, but probably the only top 10 pick from the Valley this century.

Doug McDermott went pick 11...he 75% counts.

by **DUBulldog** » June 21st, 2019, 10:19 am

Collins and LaRue Martin were #1 picks.....but their teams weren’t in the MVC at the time. Same with Walt Frazier. Wes Unseld was the 2nd pick in the draft when Louisville was in MVC. Benoit Benjamin and Xavier McDaniel went #3 and #4 in the same year.

by **musiccitybulldog** » June 21st, 2019, 11:15 am

Murray State can find players and coaches. Always competitive. Morant, Payne, Canaan all in the last six years.

by **glm38** » June 21st, 2019, 5:59 pm

AD1770 wrote:1951 Gene Melchiorre (Bradley), 1972 LaRue Martin (Loyola), and 1973 Doug Collins (Illinois State) all went first overall in their drafts.

Larry Bird was taken with the sixth pick overall.

Bird undoubtedly would have been a #1 but he was picked a year early.