Facts and Figures on #iubb in the NBA

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - While former Hoosiers OG Anunoby, Thomas Bryant and James Blackmon, Jr. anxiously waiting to find out what direction their professional basketball futures will take them, here are some facts that you may or may not know regarding former IU players and basketball on the professional level, specifically in the NBA and ABA. Information provided by Basketball Reference.

• Indiana goes into tonight's NBA Draft with the most selections of any program in the Big Ten with 74. The rest of the league is as follows: Illinois (69), Michigan (67), Maryland (64), Michigan State (60), Iowa (54), Minnesota (53), Ohio State (52), Purdue (45), Wisconsin (40), Northwestern (28), Nebraska (26), Rutgers (21) and Penn State (12).

• Indiana has had a Big Ten best 58 former players play in an NBA or ABA game. The rest of the league is as follows: Michigan (47), Michigan State (46), Ohio State (43), Minnesota (41), Illinois and Maryland (40), Purdue (34), Iowa (31), Wisconsin (25), Northwestern (14), Penn State and Nebraska (11) and Rutgers (10).

• Indiana has had 24 former players selected in the first round of the NBA Draft which is tied for the most in the league with Michigan. The rest of the Big Ten is as follow: Ohio State (23), Michigan State (19), Maryland (18), Minnesota (16), Illinois (15), Wisconsin (10), Iowa (9), Purdue (8), Rutgers (3), Nebraska (3), Penn State and Northwestern 0.

• Indiana has had a Big Ten best 4 lottery picks since 2008. The rest of the Big Ten is as follows: Michigan and Ohio State (2), Illinois, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan State each had 1. Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue and Rutgers did not have any.

• Walt Bellamy (1961, Chicago) and Kent Benson (1977, Milwaukee) were selected with the No. 1 pick in their respective drafts.

• Archie Dees (1958, Cincinnati), Scott May (1976, Chicago), Isiah Thomas (1981, Detroit) and Victor Oladipo (2013, Orlando) were all chosen with the No. 2 pick in their draft classes.

• Other top 10 picks include Cody Zeller (2013, Charlotte, 4), Calbert Cheaney (1993, Washington, 6), Quinn Buckner (1976, Milwaukee, 7), Eric Gordon (2008, LA Clippers, 7), Ward Williams (1958, Ft. Wayne, 8) and Noah Vonleh (2014, Charlotte, 9).

• Vonleh was the youngest former Hoosier ever drafted (18.311 yeas of age) and Ward Williams was the oldest (24.325). Randy Wittman and Blab were 23 years old when drafted and Brian Evans, Ray Tolbert, Steve Downing, Greg Graham, Alan Henderson, Kent Benson, Kirk Haston, May, Mike Woodson, and Dees were 22 years old. Gordon was 19 years old and Anunoby and Bryant (19) also are teenagers.

• OG Anunoby is looking to become the first foreign-born Hoosier (England) to be selected in the NBA Draft since Uwe Blab (Germany) in 1985.

• Yogi Ferrell and Troy Williams were the first undrafted Hoosiers to play in the NBA since Eric Anderson (NY Knicks, 1992-93).

• Eric Gordon has had the most lucrative NBA career with guaranteed earnings of more than $123 million in his career. Victor Oladipo is scheduled to earn $105 million, while Cody Zeller will earn $72 million according to latest contract figures. All left prior to completing their eligibility and Oladipo and Zeller are IU graduates.

Below are where former IU players rank among each other in various stats from their NBA careers:

Rk	Player	Games Played
1	Walt Bellamy	1043
2	Isiah Thomas	979
3	Tom Van Arsdale	929
4	Dick Van Arsdale	921
5	Calbert Cheaney	825
6	Jon McGlocklin	792
7	Mike Woodson	786
8	Quinn Buckner	719
9	Kent Benson	680
10	Alan Henderson	652

Rk	Player	Minutes Played/Game
1	Walt Bellamy	37.3
2	Isiah Thomas	36.3
3	Dick Van Arsdale	34.5
4	Eric Gordon	33.5
5	Victor Oladipo	33.2
6	Bill Tosheff	31.2
7	Tom Van Arsdale	30.9
8	George McGinnis	30.7
9	Bob Wilkerson	27.8
10	Slick Leonard	27.3

Rk	Player	Points/Game
1	Walt Bellamy	20.1
2	Isiah Thomas	19.2
3	George McGinnis	17.2
4	Eric Gordon	16.6
5	Dick Van Arsdale	16.4
6	Victor Oladipo	15.9
7	Tom Van Arsdale	15.3
8	Mike Woodson	14.0
9	Jon McGlocklin	11.6
10	Scott May	10.4

Rk	Player	Rebounds/Game
1	Walt Bellamy	13.7
2	George McGinnis	9.8
3	Kent Benson	5.7
4	Cody Zeller	5.6
5	Alan Henderson	5.0
6	Dean Garrett	5.0
7	Victor Oladipo	4.4
8	Tom Van Arsdale	4.2
9	Bob Wilkerson	4.2
10	Dick Van Arsdale	4.1
Minimum 200 games played

Rk	Player	Assists/Game
1	Isiah Thomas	9.3
2	Quinn Buckner	4.3
3	George McGinnis	3.8
4	Victor Oladipo	3.7
5	Bob Wilkerson	3.4
6	Dick Van Arsdale	3.3
7	Bill Tosheff	3.3
8	Slick Leonard	3.3
9	Eric Gordon	3.2
10	Jon McGlocklin	2.9

Rk	Player	Steals/Game
1	Isiah Thomas	1.9
2	Quinn Buckner	1.9
3	George McGinnis	1.7
4	Victor Oladipo	1.5
5	Bob Wilkerson	1.3
6	Mike Woodson	1.2
7	Eric Gordon	1.0
8	Butch Carter	0.9
9	Kent Benson	0.9
10	Scott May	0.8
Minimum 200 games played

Rk	Player	Blocks/Game
1	Dean Garrett	1.0
2	Kent Benson	0.9
3	Cody Zeller	0.8
4	Victor Oladipo	0.5
5	Jared Jeffries	0.5
6	Alan Henderson	0.5
7	George McGinnis	0.4
8	Ray Tolbert	0.4
9	Uwe Blab	0.4
10	Isiah Thomas	0.3
Minimum 200 games played

Rk	Player	Career FG%
1	Walt Bellamy	0.516
2	Randy Wittman	0.501
3	Cody Zeller	0.500
4	Ray Tolbert	0.495
5	Kent Benson	0.493
6	Tom Abernethy	0.492
7	Jon McGlocklin	0.489
8	Dean Garrett	0.480
9	Butch Carter	0.475
10	Alan Henderson	0.469
Minimum 200 games played

Rk	Player	Career 3FG%
1	Eric Gordon	0.380
2	Victor Oladipo	0.346
3	Randy Wittman	0.321
4	Butch Carter	0.307
5	Calbert Cheaney	0.298
6	Isiah Thomas	0.290
7	Greg Graham	0.290
8	Mike Woodson	0.271
9	Jared Jeffries	0.250
10	Kent Benson	0.206
Minimum 200 games played

Rk	Player	Career FT%
1	Jon McGlocklin	0.845
2	Eric Gordon	0.816
3	Mike Woodson	0.813
4	Scott May	0.811
5	Victor Oladipo	0.800
6	Bill Tosheff	0.793
7	Dick Van Arsdale	0.790
8	Butch Carter	0.788
9	Greg Graham	0.775
10	Tom Van Arsdale	0.762
Minimum 200 games played

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