Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Once again my over active imagination got me thinking....which school had the most first round draft picks combined among the three major sports (football, basketball and baseball) following the 2006-2007 school/athletic year? So here is the breakdown of schools with more than one combined:

Florida 6 (2 NFL 3 NBA 1 MLB)
Ohio State 5 (2 NFL 3 NBA)
Ga Tech 4 (1 NFL 2 NBA 1 MLB)
LSU 4 (all NFL)
Miami 3 (all NFL)
Texas 3 (2 NFL 1 NBA)
Tennessee 3 (2 NFL 1 MLB)
Wisconsin 2 (1 NFL 1 NBA)
Clemson 2 (1 NFL 1 MLB)
FSU 2 (1 NFL 1 NBA)
USC 2 (1 NFL 1 NBA)
Boston College 2 (both NBA)
Vanderbilt 2 (both MLB)

Not surprisingly, the top two on the list are also the two schools who finished first and second in the BCS and NCAA Basketball Tournament. Interestingly, only 2 schools Florida and Georgia Tech had at least one pick in each of the 3 drafts.

So, the next question is can a pattern be established? In the 2005/2006 school year the breakdown is:

Texas 5 (2 MLB 1 NBA 2 NFL)
Ohio State 5 (all NFL)
FSU 4 (all NFL)
UConn 4 (all NBA)
NC State 4 (1 NBA 3 NFL)
Memphis 3 (2 NBA 1 NFL)
USC 3 (1 MLB 2 NFL)

Washington 2 (1 MLB 1 NBA)
UNC 2 (both MLB)
Clemson 2 (1 MLB 1 NFL)
LSU 2 (1 NBA 1 NFL)
Duke 2 (all NBA)
Nova 2 (all NBA)
S. Carolina 2 (1 NBA 1 NFL)
Mich State 2 (all NBA)
UCLA 2 (1 NBA 1 NFL)

Interestingly only Ohio State, Texas, FSU, LSU and USC appear on both lists. In 2005, Utah produced the #1 overall pick in both the NBA and NFL drafts. What does all of this mean? You tell me.

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