By the numbers: Michigan basketball NBA Draft success continues
Michigan Wolverines basketball saw two of its players — wing Caleb Houstan and forward Moussa Diabate — get selected in the 2022 NBA Draft. The duo became Michigan’s second and third one-and-done prospects of the 21st century, joining Ignas Brazdeikis, Houstan’s new teammate, in 2019. Prior to that, the Wolverines’ latest one-and-done player was Jamal Crawford in 2000.
Houstan and Diabate are also fourth-year head coach Juwan Howard‘s third and fourth draft picks during his tenure. He saw wings Franz Wagner and Isaiah Livers get selected in the 2021 draft.
Howard continues to keep the tradition of developing NBA products alive, one that he was a part of as the No. 5 overall pick to Washington in 1994. His predecessor, John Beilein, the winningest coach in program history, sent 11 Wolverines to the draft during his tenure from 2007-19. From 2004 to 2011, a span that included some dark days for the program, Michigan didn’t have a draft pick.
Here’s a look at more numbers to know surrounding U-M and its elite ability to produce NBA talent.
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By the numbers: Michigan and the NBA Draft
6th Is where Michigan ranks nationally in number of all-time first round picks (29), trailing Kentucky (57), North Carolina (53), Duke (53), UCLA (40) and Kansas (35).
9 First-round picks for Michigan basketball since 2013. Despite not having any first-rounders in 2022, that number still stands as the most out of any Big Ten team. Tied in second are Indiana and Michigan State with five. Maryland and Wisconsin have three, Ohio State and Purdue have two and Iowa has one. Six Big Ten teams haven’t had a first-round pick during that span.
14 Draft picks in the last 10 years for Michigan basketball, which also leads the Big Ten. Here’s a look at Big Ten selections since 2013:
| Team | Picks Since 2013 |
| Michigan | 14 |
| Michigan State | 10 |
| Maryland | 8* |
| Indiana | 6 |
| Iowa | 5 |
| Ohio State | 5 |
| Purdue | 5 |
| Nebraska | 3 |
| Wisconsin | 3 |
| Illinois | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| Penn State | 1 |
| Northwestern | 0 |
| Rutgers | 0 |
15 Drafts with multiple Wolverines selected, including Thursday night’s event. That marks two straight, with Wagner and Livers having both been taken in 2021. Michigan has had multiple picks in five of the last 10 and three of the last four events.
65 Overall NBA draft picks for Michigan basketball. The Wolverines have had 29 first-rounders and 12 second-rounders. They’ve seen two players get chosen No. 1 overall — Cazzie Russell in 1966 and Chris Webber in 1993. Six have gone top five, with the last being Juwan Howard (No. 5) in 1994, and 18 have been lottery picks, with the most recent being Wagner in 2021.
Michigan ranks seventh in the country with those 65 picks, trailing UCLA (107), Kentucky (104), UNC (99), Duke (92), Kansas (75) and Arizona (69). Maryland is the only other Big Ten team that slots top 10, but the majority of the Terrapins’ 57 selections came before they joined the league.
