2009 NBA Draft: Area Colleges

2009 NBA Draft Preview
Thursday June 25

Area Colleges

In 1978, the New Orleans Jazz selected Jeff Covington from Youngstown State University in the fourth round. That same draft produced future stars such as Larry Bird (Celtics), Reggie Theus (Bulls), Maurice Cheeks (76ers), and Michael Cooper (Lakers). Although Covington never played a regular season game in the NBA, number fifty-five is heralded as the greatest player in school history. Covington is the school’s all-time leading scorer (2,424) and is second in rebounding. In 1978, Jeff was named the Division II Player of the Year. The Washington D.C. product was inducted into the Youngstown State University Hall of Fame in 1988.

Players Drafted From Area Colleges

Draft	Round	Team	Name	College
1991	2	Minnesota	Myron Brown	Slippery Rock
1984	8	New York	Ricky Tunstall	Youngstown State
1978	4	New Orleans	Jeff Covington	Youngstown State
1970	15	LA Lakers	Will Teague	Youngstown State
1969	7	Baltimore	Jeff Claypool	Grove City
1969	18	Milwaukee	Ken Hall	Westminster
1968	15	Cincinnati	Mike Drepling	Westminster
1964	5	Philadelphia	Lou Skurcenski	Westminster
1964	12	Cincinnati	Fred Jones	Youngstown State
1963	6	LA Lakers	Warren Salade	Westminster
1960	8	Detroit	Mike Yugovich	Youngstown State
1952	---	Baltimore	Mike Magula	Youngstown State

NBA Draft Preview: Part 1 of 3

Saturday June 20 - Area Colleges

Sunday June 21 - Ohio State & Pitt

Monday June 22 - Cleveland Cavaliers