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37 former Pac-12 Men's Basketball standouts on 2022 NBA Playoffs rosters

Apr 15, 2022
Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports

SAN FRANCISCO - With the 2022 NBA Playoffs officially tipping off on Saturday, April 16, Pac-12 Men's Basketball will be represented by all 12 programs and 37 former standouts in the postseason. It's the most former Pac-12 players in the NBA Playoffs since also having 37 in 2018.

When the 2021-22 regular season began in October, there were 66 former Pac-12 standouts across 26 of the NBA's 30 franchises. 

Among Conference members, UCLA and USC lead all programs with six former players apiece on Playoffs rosters, followed by ARIZONA with five, and OREGON, STANFORD and WASHINGTON each with four.

FORMER STUDENT-ATHLETES ON 2022 NBA PLAYOFFS ROSTERS BY CONFERENCE

  Conference Former Student-Athletes Avg. per Membership
1. SEC 45 3.2
2. ACC 42 2.8
3. Pac-12 37 3.1
4. Big 12 26 2.6
5. Big East 21 2.1
6. Big Ten 21 1.5

FORMER STUDENT-ATHLETES ON 2022 NBA PLAYOFFS ROSTERS BY PAC-12 TEAMS

  Team Former Student-Athletes
T1. UCLA 6
T1. USC 6
3. Arizona 5
T4. Oregon 4
T4. Stanford 4
T4. Washington 4
7. Colorado 3
T9. Arizona State 1
T9. California 1
T9. Oregon State 1
T9. Utah 1
T9. Washington State 1

FORMER PAC-12 STUDENT-ATHLETES ON 2022 NBA PLAYOFFS ROSTERS

Team Former Student-Athletes
Atlanta Hawks (2) Onyeka Okongwu - USC; Delon Wright - UTAH
Boston Celtics (3) Jaylen Brown - CAL; Payton Pritchard - ORE; Derrick White - COLO
Brooklyn Nets (0) None
Chicago Bulls (5) Lonzo Ball - UCLA; Troy Brown Jr. - ORE; DeMar DeRozan - USC; Zach LaVine - UCLA; Nikola Vucevic - USC
Dallas Mavericks (4) Marquese Chriss - WASH; Spencer Dinwiddie - COLO; Josh Green - ARIZ; Dwight Powell - STAN
Denver Nuggets (2) Aaron Gordon - ARIZ; Zeke Nnaji - ARIZ
Golden State Warriors (4) Andre Iguodala - ARIZ; Kevon Looney - UCLA; Gary Payton II - OSU; Klay Thompson - WSU
Memphis Grizzlies (5) Kyle Anderson - UCLA; Dillon Brooks - ORE; De'Anthony Melton - USC; Tyrell Terry - STAN; Ziaire Williams - STAN
Miami Heat (1) Dewayne Dedmon - USC
Milwaukee Bucks (2) Jrue Holiday - UCLA; Brook Lopez - STAN
Minnesota Timberwolves (4) Jaden McDaniels - WASH; Jordan McLaughlin - USC; Jaylen Nowell - WASH; McKinley Wright IV - COLO
New Orleans Pelicans (0) None
Philadelphia 76ers (2) James Harden - ASU; Matisse Thybulle - WASH
Phoenix Suns (2) Deandre Ayton - ARIZ; Aaron Holiday - UCLA
Toronto Raptors (1) Chris Boucher - ORE
Utah Jazz (0) None