Underclassmen in 2000-2001 NBA Draft
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Thirty-three division I players (17 juniors, 10 sophomores and 6 freshmen), 8 junior college players, and 6 high school seniors forfeited the remainder of their college eligibility and declared for the 2001 NBA Draft which took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on June 27.
Players are listed in alphabetical order; first round selections in bold type, high school players in italics.
| Cl | Drafted by | Overall Pick |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Arenas, Arizona | So. | Golden State | 31 |
| B. Armstrong, Pepperdine | Jr. | New Jersey | 23 |
| Malcolm Battles, New Mexico | Jr. | not drafted | — |
| Tavorris Bell, Rhode Island | Jr. | not drafted | — |
| Preston Bennett, Grayson CC | Fr. | not drafted | — |
| Michael Bradley, Villanova | Jr. | Toronto | 17 |
| Jamison Brewer, Auburn | So. | Indiana | 41 |
| K. Brown, Okaloosa-Walton CC | So. | Boston | 11 |
| Kwame Brown, Glynn Acad. | HS | Washington | 1 |
| SirValiant Brown, George Wash. | So. | not drafted | — |
| Nick Burwell, Orange CC | So. | not drafted | — |
| Tyson Chandler, Dominguez | HS | L.A. Clippers | 2 |
| Ousmane Cisse, St. Jude Cath. | HS | Denver | 47 |
| Jason Collins, Stanford | So. | Houston | 18 |
| Omar Cook, St. John's | Fr. | Denver | 32 |
| Eddy Curry, Thorwood HS (Ill.) | HS | Chicago | 4 |
| Samuel Dalembert, Seton Hall | So. | Philadelphia | 26 |
| Greedy Daniels, TCU | Jr. | not drafted | — |
| DeSagana Diop, Oak Hill Acad. | HS | Cleveland | 8 |
| Maurice Evans, Texas | Jr. | not drafted | — |
| Benjamin Eze, Col.of S. Idaho | Fr. | not drafted | — |
| Alton Ford, Houston | Fr. | Phoenix | 51 |
| Joseph Forte, North Carolina | So. | Boston | 21 |
| Jerry Green, UC-Irvine | Jr. | not drafted | — |
| Eddie Griffin, Seton Hall | Fr. | New Jersey | 7 |
| Rob Griffin, Iowa | Jr. | not drafted | — |
| Rashid Hardwick, E. Okla. St. | Fr. | not drafted | — |
| Trenton Hassell, Austin Peay | Jr. | Chicago | 30 |
| Kirk Haston, Indiana | Jr. | Charlotte | 16 |
| Draper Housley, Lee College | So. | not drafted | — |
| Steven Hunter, DePaul | So. | Orlando | 15 |
| Richard Jefferson, Arizona | Jr. | Houston | 13 |
| Joe Johnson, Arkansas | So. | Boston | 10 |
| Tony Key, Centennial HS (Calif.) | HS | not drafted | — |
| D.A. Layne, Georgia | Jr. | not drafted | — |
| Zach Marbury, Rhode Island | Jr. | not drafted | — |
| Jamario Moon, Meridian CC | So. | not drafted | — |
| Troy Murphy, Notre Dame | Jr. | Golden State | 14 |
| Zach Randolph, Michigan St. | Fr. | Portland | 19 |
| Jason Richardson, Mich. St. | So. | Golden State | 5 |
| Kenny Satterfield, Cincinnati | So. | Dallas | 54 |
| Bobby Simmons, DePaul | Jr. | Seattle | 42 |
| Will Solomon, Clemson | Jr. | Vancouver | 33 |
| Clifton Terry, Kennedy-King Col. | So. | not drafted | — |
| Gerald Wallace, Alabama | Fr. | Sacramento | 25 |
| Rodney White, Charlotte | Fr. | Detroit | 9 |
| Michael Wright, Arizona | Jr. | New York | 39 |
Note: Twenty-one players who initially declared themselves eligible for the 2001 NBA Draft withdrew their names before the June 20 deadline. The list of players who pulled their names back included Keith Bogans and Tayshaun Price of Kentucky, Sam Clancy of USC and Tito Maddox of Fresno State.
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