McCain picked by 76ers in first round of NBA Draft

BROOKLYN, NY – Duke men’s basketball was added to NBA Draft history as a freshman on Wednesday night at Barclays Center Jared McCain was selected in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 16th overall pick.

The Blue Devils have had at least one first-round selection in 13 of the last 14 drafts. With McCain’s selection, Duke extended its streak of at least one freshman to eleven consecutive years.

Wednesday night was also remarkable for the second-year head coach Jon Scheyer, who now has three first-round draft picks as the Blue Devils’ lead mentor. Duke has produced 23 first-round picks since Scheyer joined the coaching staff in 2013-14.

Duke is among the most productive college basketball programs when it comes to generating picks in the NBA Draft. Currently, it boasts 110 total selections. This makes it one of four college programs of all time that have made more than 100 choices.

Duke in the NBA draft

• Duke has produced a total of 110 all-time NBA Draft picks, including 56 first-rounders.
• Dereck Vivid II And Dariq Whitehead were the first two draft picks and the first two first-rounders under head coach Jon Scheyerselected in 2023.
• Duke has produced 56 first-round selections in NBA Draft history, including 23 since Scheyer joined the coaching staff in 2013-14.
• The Blue Devils have had at least one player selected in 25 of the last 27 NBA Drafts, including 41 first-round selections during that span.
• Jared McCain became the third Blue Devil selected with pick No. 16 and joined Jim Spanarkel (1979) and AJ Griffioen (2022).
• McCain is the first Blue Devil selected by Philadelphia since the 76ers used the No. 3 pick Jahlil Okafor of 2015.
• Duke players have been selected by 29 of the 30 current NBA franchises, with only the Toronto Raptors never having drafted a Blue Devil.
• The franchise that has fielded the most Blue Devils is Detroit with nine, followed by seven for Chicago, six each for Golden State and Boston, and five each for Atlanta and New York.

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