List of Texas Tech Red Raiders in the NBA Draft

Tony Battie, drafted in 1997, is Texas Tech's only player drafted in the first round.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team, representing Texas Tech University, has had 23 players drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the league began holding drafts in 1947. Tony Battie, taken fifth overall in the 1997 draft, is Texas Tech's only player drafted in the first round. The Seattle SuperSonics (now the Oklahoma City Thunder) have drafted 3 Red Raiders, more than any other NBA franchise.

Each NBA franchise seeks to add new players through an annual draft. The NBA uses a draft lottery to determine the first three picks of the NBA draft; the 14 teams that did not make the playoffs the previous year are eligible to participate. After the first three picks are decided, the rest of the teams pick in reverse order of their win–loss record.^[1]^[2] To be eligible for the NBA Draft, a player in the United States must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft and must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class.^[3] From 1967 until the ABA–NBA merger in 1976, the American Basketball Association (ABA) held it own draft.^[4]

Drafts

American Basketball Association

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	Position	ABA team^{[A 1]}	Notes
1971	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	Knolle, GeneGene Knolle^{[A 2]}		Dallas Chaparrals	5000000000000000000♠—

National Basketball Association

Main article: National Basketball Association Draft

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	NBA team^{[A 1]}	Notes
1947	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	Head, GarlandGarland Head	New York Knicks	5000000000000000000♠—
1953	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	Nolen, PaulPaul Nolen	Baltimore Bullets	5000000000000000000♠—
1956	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	Carpenter, GeneGene Carpenter	Rochester Royals	5000000000000000000♠—
1956	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	Reed, JimJim Reed	St. Louis Hawks	5000000000000000000♠—
1959	8	4	57	Hill, LeonLeon Hill	Minneapolis Lakers	5000000000000000000♠—
1962	3	4	20	Hudgens, HaroldHarold Hudgens	Detroit Pistons	5000000000000000000♠—
1971	7	3	105	Knolle, GeneGene Knolle^{[A 2]}	Portland Trail Blazers	5000000000000000000♠—
1972	15	5	192	Lowery, GregGreg Lowery	Chicago Bulls	5000000000000000000♠—
1975	6	11	101	Johnson, WilliamWilliam Johnson	Houston Rockets	5000000000000000000♠—
1976	4	6	57	Bullock, RickRick Bullock	New York Knicks	5000000000000000000♠—
1978	3	8	52	Russell, MikeMike Russell	Kansas City Kings	5000000000000000000♠—
1979	3	6	50	Huston, GeoffGeoff Huston	New York Knicks	5000000000000000000♠—
1980	10	13	212	Williams, KentKent Williams	Seattle SuperSonics	5000000000000000000♠—
1982	2	19	42	Taylor, JeffJeff Taylor	Houston Rockets	5000000000000000000♠—
1982	5	18	110	Swannegan, ClarenceClarence Swannegan	Seattle SuperSonics	5000000000000000000♠—
1985	4	16	86	Jennings, BubbaBubba Jennings	Dallas Mavericks	5000000000000000000♠—
1985	6	21	137	Anderson, QuentinQuentin Anderson	Milwaukee Bucks	5000000000000000000♠—
1986	4	23	93	Benford, TonyTony Benford	Boston Celtics	5000000000000000000♠—
1995	2	19	48	Davis, MarkMark Davis	Minnesota Timberwolves	5000000000000000000♠—
1996	2	12	41	Sasser, JasonJason Sasser	Sacramento Kings	5000000000000000000♠—
1997	1	5	5	Battie, TonyTony Battie	Denver Nuggets	5000000000000000000♠—
1998	2	20	49	Carr, CoryCory Carr	Atlanta Hawks	5000000000000000000♠—
2004	2	6	35	Emmett, AndreAndre Emmett	Seattle SuperSonics	5000000000000000000♠—

Notes

1 2 This is the team that drafted the player, not their most recent team.
1 2 Gene Knolle was drafted in the 1971 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers and in the 1971 AFA Draft by the Dallas Chaparrals.

References

General

"NBA Draft Picks From Texas Tech University". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2011-08-13.

Specific

↑ "Evolution of the Draft and Lottery". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
↑ Dengate, Jeff (2007-05-16). "Let the Ping-Pong Balls Fall". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
↑ "Article X, Section 1(b)(i)". 2005 NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement. National Basketball Players Association. Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
↑ Pluto, Terry (1990). Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association. New York City, New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 432. ISBN 1-4165-4061-X. Retrieved 2009-12-05.

Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball

Venues	Livestock Judging Pavilion (1925–1927) Tech Gymnasium (1927–1956) Lubbock Municipal Coliseum (1956–1999) United Supermarkets Arena (1999–present)

Culture & lore	Raider Red The Masked Rider "Fight, Raiders, Fight" "The Matador Song" Guns Up Knight School

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

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