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Territorial Picks Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Cincinnati Royals Tom Thacker University of Cincinnati 218 2187 721 522 222 .371 .482 10.0 3.3 2.4 1.0
Round 1 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 New York Knickerbockers Art Heyman Duke University 147 3019 1519 414 346 .427 .679 20.5 10.3 2.8 2.4
2 Baltimore Bullets Rod Thorn West Virginia University 466 10376 5012 1463 1214 .433 .723 22.3 10.8 3.1 2.6
3 San Francisco Warriors Nate Thurmond Bowling Green State University 964 35875 14437 14464 2575 .421 .667 37.2 15.0 15.0 2.7
4 Detroit Pistons Eddie Miles Seattle University 605 15681 8120 1860 1225 .440 .747 25.9 13.4 3.1 2.0
5 St. Louis Hawks Gerry Ward Boston College 169 2049 542 294 237 .356 .639 12.1 3.2 1.7 1.4
6 Philadelphia 76ers Tom Hoover Villanova University 100 1270 350 425 56 .413 .591 12.7 3.5 4.3 0.6
7 Los Angeles Lakers Roger Strickland Jacksonville University 1 4 2 0 0 .333 4.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
8 Boston Celtics Bill Green Colorado State University
Round 2 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
9 New York Knickerbockers Jerry Harkness Loyola University of Chicago 5 59 29 6 6 .433 .375 11.8 5.8 1.2 1.2
10 Baltimore Bullets Gus Johnson University of Idaho 582 20140 9944 7379 1541 .440 .699 34.6 17.1 12.7 2.6
11 San Francisco Warriors Gary Hill Oklahoma City University 79 1118 370 130 110 .371 .637 14.2 4.7 1.6 1.4
12 Detroit Pistons Jerry Smith Furman University
13 Los Angeles Lakers Jim King University of Tulsa 607 11187 4377 1500 1412 .418 .782 18.4 7.2 2.5 2.3
14 St. Louis Hawks Leland Mitchell Mississippi State University
15 Philadelphia 76ers Hershell West Grambling State University
16 Los Angeles Lakers Mel Gibson Western Carolina University 9 53 13 4 6 .300 .500 5.9 1.4 0.4 0.7
17 St. Louis Hawks Ken Saylors Arkansas Tech University
Round 3 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
18 New York Knickerbockers Bill O'Connor Canisius College
19 Baltimore Bullets Tom Bolyard Indiana University
20 San Francisco Warriors Steve Gray Saint Mary's College of California
21 Detroit Pistons Mike McCoy University of Miami
22 Cincinnati Royals Jimmy Rayl Indiana University
23 St. Louis Hawks Bill Burwell University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
24 Philadelphia 76ers Jerry Greenspan University of Maryland 25 329 122 83 11 .388 .724 13.2 4.9 3.3 0.4
25 Los Angeles Lakers Lyle Harger University of Houston
26 Boston Celtics Chuck Kriston Valparaiso University
Round 4 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
27 New York Knickerbockers Nate Cloud University of Delaware
28 Baltimore Bullets Nolen Ellison University of Kansas
29 San Francisco Warriors Dave Downey University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
30 Detroit Pistons Dave Erickson Marquette University
31 Cincinnati Royals Ken Charlton University of Colorado
32 St. Louis Hawks Waite Bellamy Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
33 Philadelphia 76ers Ray Flynn Providence College
34 Los Angeles Lakers Layton Johns Auburn University
35 Boston Celtics Connie McGuire Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Round 5 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
36 New York Knickerbockers Joe McDermott Belmont Abbey College
37 Baltimore Bullets Ron Glaser Marquette University
38 San Francisco Warriors Don Turner Southwestern College
39 Detroit Pistons Bill Small University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
40 Cincinnati Royals Mac Herndon Bradley University
41 St. Louis Hawks Tony Yates University of Cincinnati
42 Philadelphia 76ers Tony Cerkvenik Arizona State University
43 Los Angeles Lakers Larry Jones University of Toledo 95 2235 854 241 270 .400 .815 23.5 9.0 2.5 2.8
44 Boston Celtics W. D. Stroud Mississippi State University
Round 6 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
45 New York Knickerbockers Jim Kerwin Tulane University
46 Baltimore Bullets Ken Siebel University of Wisconsin
47 San Francisco Warriors Gene Shields Santa Clara University
48 Detroit Pistons Reggie Harding 205 5529 1839 1865 343 .413 .607 27.0 9.0 9.1 1.7
49 Cincinnati Royals Jim McCormack West Virginia University
50 St. Louis Hawks Al Santio University of Maryland
51 Philadelphia 76ers Vince Brewer Iowa State University
52 Los Angeles Lakers Warren Salade Westminster College of Pennsylvania
53 Boston Celtics Vinnie Ernst Providence College
Round 7 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
54 New York Knickerbockers Bob Woolard Wake Forest University
55 Baltimore Bullets Larry Brown University of North Carolina
56 San Francisco Warriors Don Clemetson Stanford University
57 Detroit Pistons Ira Harge University of New Mexico
58 Cincinnati Royals Hunter Beckman University of Memphis
59 St. Louis Hawks Ken Rohloff North Carolina State University 2 7 0 0 1 .000 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.5
60 Philadelphia 76ers Bill Brown Howard Payne University
61 Los Angeles Lakers Gordie Martin University of Southern California
62 Boston Celtics Herb Magee Philadelphia University
Round 8 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
63 New York Knickerbockers Freddie Crawford St. Bonaventure University 297 5047 2031 746 610 .446 .595 17.0 6.8 2.5 2.1
64 Baltimore Bullets Dick Riesback Iowa State University
65 San Francisco Warriors Harry Dinnell Pepperdine University
66 Detroit Pistons Gary Silc Northern Michigan University
67 St. Louis Hawks Harold Strothers Texas A&M University
Round 9 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
68 New York Knickerbockers Ray Cronk Lakeland College
69 Baltimore Bullets Ron Jackson University of Wisconsin
70 San Francisco Warriors Chuck White University of Idaho
71 Detroit Pistons Ernie Durston Seattle University
72 St. Louis Hawks Frank Davis Oklahoma Christian University
Round 10 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
73 New York Knickerbockers Gerald Glur Furman University
74 Baltimore Bullets M. C. Thompson DePaul University
75 St. Louis Hawks Carl Ritter Southeast Missouri State University
Round 11 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
76 New York Knickerbockers Orbie Bowling University of Tennessee
77 St. Louis Hawks Marv Straw Iowa State University
Round 12 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
78 New York Knickerbockers Bob Walter Baldwin-Wallace College
79 St. Louis Hawks Hugh Evans North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Round 13 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
80 New York Knickerbockers Jerry Szachara Cornell University
81 St. Louis Hawks Gary McFarland Central Missouri State University
Round 14 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
82 New York Knickerbockers Bill Raftery LaSalle University
Round 15 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
83 New York Knickerbockers Ron Pickett Eastern Kentucky University