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SEC Basketball: 8 players selected in the 2022 NBA Draft

By Matt Melton

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 23: NBA commissioner Adam Silver (L) and Jabari Smith Jr. pose for photos after Smith Jr. was drafted with the 3rd overall pick by the Houston Rockets during the 2022 NBA Draft at Barclays Center on June 23, 2022 in 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 Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 23: NBA commissioner Adam Silver (L) and Jabari Smith Jr. pose for photos after Smith Jr. was drafted with the 3rd overall pick by the Houston Rockets during the 2022 NBA Draft at Barclays Center on June 23, 2022 in 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 Sarah Stier/Getty Images) /
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The 2022 NBA Draft has now officially come and gone, with SEC Basketball ranking among college basketball’s top conferences when it comes to the number of players selected. Which players from the conference were selected on Thursday night, and which team did each land with?

8 SEC Basketball players selected in the 2022 NBA Draft

The SEC saw a total of eight players selected across the first and second rounds of the 2022 NBA Draft on Thursday night, the second most of any conference. The conference trailed only the Big Ten who saw a total of nine players selected, one more than the SEC, with a full breakout of the conference totals listed below.

  • Big Ten – 9
  • SEC – 8
  • ACC – 7
  • Pac-12 – 6
  • Big 12 – 4
  • WCC – 3
  • AAC – 2
  • Mountain West – 1
  • Horizon – 1
  • MAC – 1
  • A-10 – 1
  • Big East – 1

Taking a deeper look as well, the SEC ranked second among all conferences when it comes to players selected in the first round in particular, trailing only the ACC by one. Also included in the first round were two picks each from Auburn and Kentucky, with the Tigers and Wildcats as two of only five schools to see more than one player taken in the first round (joined by Duke (4), Arizona (2), and Kansas (2)).

Listed below is a breakdown of the SEC Basketball players who were selected in the 2022 NBA Draft, beginning with Auburn’s Jabari Smith at No. 3:

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  • PF Jabari Smith (Auburn) – No. 3 overall to Houston Rockets
  • SG Shaedon Sharpe (Kentucky) – No. 7 overall to Portland Trail Blazers
  • PF Tari Eason (LSU) – No. 17 overall to Houston Rockets
  • C Walker Kessler (Auburn) – No. 22 overall to Memphis Grizzlies
  • PG TyTy Washington Jr (Kentucky) – No. 29 overall to Memphis Grizzlies
  • PF Jaylin Williams (Arkansas) – No. 34 overall to Oklahoma City Thunder
  • PG Kennedy Chandler (Tennessee) – No. 38 overall to San Antonio Spurs
  • PG JD Davison (Alabama) – No. 53 overall to Boston Celtics
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