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Bryce McGowens Drafted by Timberwolves, Headed to Hornets
Nebraska basketball has put another player in the NBA.
One-and-done phenom Bryce McGowens was selected at No. 40 of the 2022 NBA Draft on Thursday night by the Minnesota Timberwolves. That is the 10th pick of the second round.
Though McGowens was officially drafted by Minnesota, ESPN Senior NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski reports the pick is expected to be traded to the Charlotte Hornets.
McGowens gives the Huskers back-to-back seasons with drafted players for the first time Tyronn Lue and Venson Hamilton were taken in 1998 and 1999, respectively. Lue is the last Husker to be taken in the first round, No. 23 overall by the Denver Nuggets.
The Toronto Raptors took Dalano Banton in the second round of the 2021 NBA Draft.
McGowens arrived in Lincoln as a five-star prospect, the highest ranking for a Nebraska recruit since the current rating systems began.
In his lone season under coach Fred Hoiberg, McGowens was a third-team All-Big Ten selection while averaging 16.8 points and 5.1 rebounds a game. He was named the Big Ten Newcomer of the Year by the Associated Press.
History of Huskers selected in the NBA Draft:
- 2022 Bryce McGowens, No. 40 Minnesota Timberwolves
- 2021 Dalano Banton, No. 46 Toronto Raptors
- 2019 Isaiah Roby, No. 45 Detroit Pistons
- 1999 Venson Hamilton, No 50 Houston Rockets
- 1998 Tyronn Lue, No. 23 Denver Nuggets
- 1994 Eric Piatkowski, No. 15 Indiana Pacers
- 1991 Rich King, No. 14 Seattle Supersonics
- 1986 Dave Hoppen, No. 65 Atlanta Hawks
- 1985 Curtis Moore, No. 131 Portland Trail Blazers
- 1982 Jack Moore, No. 189 Kansas City Kings
- 1981 Andre Smith, No. 142 Cleveland Cavaliers
- 1979 Carl McPipe, No. 103 Philadelphia 76ers
- 1976 Jerry Fort, No. 51 Boston Celtics
- 1974 Brendy Lee, No. 168 Atlanta Hawks
- 1972 Chuck Jura, No. 45 Chicago Bulls
- 1972 Mike Peterson, No. 195 Cincinnati Royals
- 1971 Marvin Stewart, No. 33 Philadelphia 76ers
- 1971 Leroy Chalk, No. 201 Boston Celtics
- 1970 Jim Brooks, No. 184 San Diego Rockets
- 1968 Stu Lantz, No. 23 San Diego Rockets
- 1968 Tom Baack, No. 126 Detroit Pistons
- 1967 Willie Campbell, No. 152 Seattle Supersonics
- 1966 Grant Simmons, No. 152 Washington Wizards
- 1960 Herschell Turner, No. 45 Syracuse Nationals
- 1954 Bill Johnson, No. 94 Boston Celtics
- 1952 Jim Buchanan, No. 57 Boston Celtics
- 1951 Bob Pierce, No. 43 Indianapolis Olympians
- 1950 Milt Whitehead, No 78 Chicago Stags
- 1949 Bob Retherford, No. 68 St. Louis Bombers
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