June 27, 2008

WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-- USC's O.J. Mayo was taken by Minnesota with the third pick overall in the 2008 NBA Draft, followed immediately by UCLA teammates Russell Westbrook to Seattle and Kevin Love to Memphis to lead a record seven Pac-10 players drafted in the first round. The previous high for the Pac-10 was five first round selections, which occurred twice - 1979 and 2001. The 12 Pac-10 players selected overall were the most by the Conference in the first two rounds in the history of the NBA draft, passing the 11 selections of the 2001 draft.

With STANFORD's Brook Lopez selected 10th by the New Jersey and ARIZONA's Jerryd Bayless picked 11th by Indiana, Pac-10 players comprised five of the 14 lottery picks. Stanford's Robin Lopez was chosen 15th by Phoenix and CALIFORNIA's Ryan Anderson selected 21st by New Jersey to round out the NBA's first round raid of Pac-10 talent.

The 12 picks overall were the most among all conferences, followed by the Big 12's nine and the Southeastern's six.

PAC-10 PLAYERS DRAFTED
First Round
3.	O.J. Mayo, USC             Minnesota
4.	Russell Westbrook, UCLA    Seattle
5.	Kevin Love, UCLA           Memphis
10.	Brook Lopez, Stanford      New Jersey
11.	Jerryd Bayless, Arizona    Indiana
15.	Robin Lopez, Stanford      Phoenix
21.	Ryan Anderson, California  New Jersey
Second Round
37.	Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, UCLA  Milwaukee
38.	Kyle Weaver, Washington State   Charlotte
48.	Malik Hairston, Oregon          Phoenix
50.	DeVon Hardin, California	Seattle
54.	Maarty Leunen, Oregon           Houston
SELECTIONS BY CONFERENCE
1.	Pac-10          12
2.	Big 12          9
3.	Southeastern	6
4.	Atlantic Coast	4
	Big East
	Conference USA
7.	Big Ten         3
8.	Mountain West	2
9.	Metro Atlantic 	1
	Summit
	Sun Belt
	Western Athletic
OTHER SELECTIONS
	Foreign countries   11
	NBDL                1