Rutgers is struggling this season despite having two potential top-five draft picks in Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey. According to Sportradar, 15 teams have produced two top-five picks in the same year. Here’s how they’ve done:
1969 UCLA (national champ): Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (No. 1), Lucius Allen (No. 3)
1979 Michigan State (No. 2 seed, national champ): Magic Johnson (1), Greg Kelser (4)
1984 North Carolina (No. 1 seed, Sweet 16): Michael Jordan (3), Sam Perkins (4)
1995 North Carolina (No. 2 seed, Final Four): Jerry Stackhouse (3), Rasheed Wallace (4)
1998 North Carolina (No. 1 seed, Final Four): Antawn Jamison (4), Vince Carter (5)
2002 Duke (No. 1 seed, Sweet 16): Jay Williams (2), Mike Dunleavy (3)
2004 UConn (No. 2 seed, national champ): Emeka Okafor (2), Ben Gordon (3)
2005 North Carolina (No. 1 seed, national champ): Marvin Williams (2), Raymond Felton (5)
2007 Ohio State (No. 1 seed, national runner-up): Greg Oden (1), Mike Conley (4)
2008 UCLA (No. 1 seed, Final Four): Russell Westbrook (4), Kevin Love (5)
2010 Kentucky (No. 1 seed, Elite Eight): John Wall (1), DeMarcus Cousins (5)
2012 Kentucky (No. 1 seed, national champ): Anthony Davis (1), Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (2)
2013 Indiana (No. 1 seed, Sweet 16): Victor Oladipo (2), Cody Zeller (4)
2014 Kansas (No. 2 seed, lost in round of 32): Andrew Wiggins (1), Joel Embiid (3)
2019 Duke (No. 1 seed, Elite Eight): Zion Williamson (1), RJ Barrett (3)
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