Bruised Egos: Three Additional All-Americans Go Undrafted by NBA
June 29th, 2012 - 11:11
Cast aside primarily because of the influx of foreigners, West Virginia forward Kevin Jones became the ninth NCAA consensus All-American in the last 10 years to go undrafted by the NBA. Jones was a second-team All-American. Two years ago, Sherron Collins (Kansas) and Scottie Reynolds (Villanova) became the initial NCAA consensus first-team All-Americans not to be selected in the NBA draft.
The NBA draft was reduced to seven rounds in 1985, three rounds in 1988 and to its present two rounds in 1989. Centers Bill Spivey of Kentucky and Sherman White of LIU, All-Americans in the early 1950s, went undrafted by the NBA allegedly because of possible repercussions stemming from a game-fixing scandal.
Another recent West Virginia forward shunned by the NBA was Kevin Pittsnogle in 2006. Missouri's Marcus Denmon and Purdue's Robbie Hummel narrowly avoided joining Xavier's Tu Holloway and Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor on the following alphabetical list of All-Americans who weren't selected in the NBA draft:
| Undrafted All-American | Pos. | School | A-A Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Bell | G | Michigan State | 2001 |
| Melvin Booker | G | Missouri | 1994** |
| Joe Capua | G | Wyoming | 1956 |
| Sherron Collins | G | Kansas | 2009** and 2010* |
| Erwin Dudley | F-C | Alabama | 2002 |
| Jason Gardner | G | Arizona | 2002 and 2003** |
| Ben Hansbrough | G | Notre Dame | 2011** |
| Udonis Haslem | C | Florida | 2001 and 2002 |
| Bobby Joe Hill | G | Texas Western | 1966 |
| Terrell "Tu" Holloway | G | Xavier | 2011 |
| Kevin Houston | G | Army | 1987 |
| Keith "Mister" Jennings | G | East Tennessee State | 1991** |
| Kevin Jones | F | West Virginia | 2012** |
| Brandin Knight | G | Pittsburgh | 2002 |
| Byron Larkin | G | Xavier | 1988 |
| Chris Lofton | G | Tennessee | 2007** and 2008** |
| John Lucas III | G | Oklahoma State | 2004 |
| Billy McCaffrey | G | Vanderbilt | 1993** |
| Jerel McNeal | G | Marquette | 2009 |
| DeMarcus Nelson | G-F | Duke | 2008 |
| Kevin Pittsnogle | F | West Virginia | 2006 |
| Mike Pratt | F | Kentucky | 1974 |
| Hollis Price | G | Oklahoma | 2003** |
| Jacob Pullen | G | Kansas State | 2011 |
| Allan Ray | G | Villanova | 2006** |
| Dexter Reed | G | Memphis State | 1977 |
| Scottie Reynolds | G | Villanova | 2010* |
| Bill Ridley | G | Illinois | 1956 |
| Juan "Pepe" Sanchez | G | Temple | 2000 |
| Jon Scheyer | G | Duke | 2010** |
| Shea Seals | F-G | Tulsa | 1997 |
| Ron Slay | F | Tennessee | 2003 |
| Charles Smith | G | Georgetown | 1989 |
| Jordan Taylor | G | Wisconsin | 2011 |
| Max Williams | G | Southern Methodist | 1960 |
| Andre Woolridge | G | Iowa | 1997 |
*NCAA consensus first-team All-American.
**NCAA consensus second-team All-American.
NOTE: Bell, Booker, Collins, Hansbrough, Haslem, Jennings, Sanchez and Smith went on to play in the NBA after signing as
free agents. Pratt played in the ABA.