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Draft skims cream of league's talent pool
From C-USA reports
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Dajuan Wagner
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Steve Logan
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Conference USA will be looking for some new hoops superstars
to emerge next season now that the league's best rookie and its most
celebrated veteran are headed for the play-for-pay arena.
Memphis guard Dajuan Wagner, the conference's 2002 freshman of the year, and
Cincinnati guard Steve Logan, its two-time player of the year, were selected
in Wednesday night�s NBA Draft. Wagner was taken with the
sixth overall selection by the Cleveland Cavaliers, marking the sixth time
in the league�s seven-year history that at least one of its teams' players
was picked among the first 10 selections.
 Golden State took
Logan with the first pick of the second round, the 29th overall choice. It
marked the sixth consecutive season that at least one Cincinnati player has
been selected in the first or second round of the NBA Draft. The only other
program that has accomplished that feat is UCLA. Wagner
averaged 21.2 points last season, scoring a school record 762 points, and
was named to the All-Conference USA first team. He also gained a spot on The
Sporting News All-Freshman team. Wagner was named the Most
Valuable Player of the Owens Corning NIT, leading Memphis to its first
post-season championship and C-USA�s first national title.
Logan, was a consensus All-American after leading the Bearcats in scoring
with a 22.0 average and became only the second player in C-USA history to
repeat as the league�s player of the year. Logan also received the Frances
Pomeroy Naismith Award as the top player in the nation six feet tall or
shorter. In going to the Warriors, Logan will join three
other former C-USA stars on the Golden State roster. Former Bearcat
All-American Danny Fortson, 1998 National Freshman of the Year Larry Hughes
of Saint Louis and ex-Memphis forward Cedric Henderson are all on the team's
roster.
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CONFERENCE USA�S ALL-TIME NBA DRAFTEES
2002
Player College Pro Team Round Overall
Dajuan Wagner Memphis Cleveland Cavaliers 1st 6th
Steve Logan Cincinnati Golden State Warriors 2nd 29th
2001
Player College Pro Team Round Overall
Rodney White Charlotte Detroit Pistons 1st 9th
Steven Hunter DePaul Orlando Magic 1st 15th
Bobby Simmons DePaul Seattle Sonics 2nd 42nd
Alton Ford Houston Phoenix Suns 2nd 51st
Kenny Satterfield Cincinnati Dallas Mavericks 2nd 54th
Maurice Jeffers Saint Louis Sacramento Kings 2nd 55th
2000
Kenyon Martin Cincinnati New Jersey Nets 1st 1st
DerMarr Johnson Cincinnati Atlanta Hawks 1st 6th
Quentin Richardson DePaul Los Angeles Clippers 1st 18th
Pete Mickeal Cincinnati New York Knicks 2nd 58th 1999
Galen Young Charlotte Milwaukee Bucks 2nd 48th
Melvin Levett Cincinnati Detroit Pistons 2nd 54th 1998
Larry Hughes Saint Louis Philadelphia 76ers 1st 8th
Ruben Patterson Cincinnati Los Angeles Lakers 2nd 31st
DeMarco Johnson Charlotte New York Knicks 2nd 38th 1997
Danny Fortson Cincinnati Milwaukee Bucks 1st 10th
Cedric Henderson Memphis Cleveland Cavaliers 2nd 45th
Chris Crawford Marquette Atlanta Hawks 2nd 51st
DeJuan Wheat Louisville Los Angeles Lakers 2nd 52nd
1996
Lorenzen Wright Memphis Los Angeles Clippers 1st 7th
Samaki Walker Louisville Dallas Mavericks 1st 9th |
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