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ACC, Pac-12 lead the way with seven draft picks apiece

2013 NBA Draft

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 27: Alex Len (R) of Maryland poses for a photo with NBA Commissioner David Stern after Len was drafted #5 overall in the first round by the Phoenix Suns during the 2013 NBA Draft at Barclays Center on June 27, 2013 in in the Brooklyn Bourough of New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

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Once any draft is completed, more than a few people like to check out which conferences had the highest number of picks. In Thursday’s NBA Draft the ACC and Pac-12 shared the top spot, with each conference having seven players selected.

*Note - This does not count Glen Rice Jr., who played in the D-League last year after being dismissed from the Georgia Tech program late in the 2011-12 season.

With its four first-round draft picks the ACC saw its streak of having at least one player selected in the first round move to 25 consecutive years. Maryland’s Alex Len, the 5th overall selection, led the way for the ACC with Duke (Mason Plumlee and Ryan Kelly) being the lone ACC team to see multiple players selected.

North Carolina now has an ACC-leading 45 draft picks with the Los Angeles Clippers’ selection of guard Reggie Bullock. The ACC was one of three conferences to have four players picked in the first round, with the Big East and Big Ten being the others.

As for the Pac-12, UCLA guard Shabazz Muhammad (14th overall, headed to Minnesota via trade) was the first of seven players selected on the night. Following the Pac-12 were the Big East (six selections), Big Ten (five), SEC (five), Big 12 (four) and Mountain West (four).

The Mountain West’s four selections are a record for the conference, and the league can also claim its second top overall draft pick (UNLV forward Anthony Bennett) since its inception in 1999. Utah’s Andrew Bogut (2005) was the first.

Outside of the conferences noted above, only the Patriot League (Lehigh’s C.J. McCollum and Bucknell’s Mike Muscala) could claim multiple draft picks this year. Before Thursday, the last Patriot League player to be selected was Colgate’s Adonal Foyle in 1997.

Raphielle can be followed on Twitter at @raphiellej.