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Tuesday, Jun. 22
Past No. 1 picks
YEAR |
TEAM |
PLAYER |
COLLEGE |
1947 |
Pittsburgh |
Clifton Neeley |
Texas Western |
1948 |
Providence |
Andy Tonkovich |
Marshall |
1949 |
Providence |
Howie Shannon |
Kansas State |
1950 |
Boston |
Charlie Share |
Bowling Green |
1951 |
Baltimore |
Gene Melchiorre |
Bradley |
1952 |
Milwaukee |
Mark Workman |
West Virginia |
1953 |
Philadelphia |
Ernie Beck |
Pennsylvania |
1954 |
Baltimore |
Frank Selvy |
Furman |
1955 |
Milwaukee |
Dick Ricketts |
Duquesne |
1956 |
Rochester |
Sihugo Green |
Duquesne |
1957 |
Cincinnati |
Rod Hundley |
West Virginia |
1958 |
Minneapolis |
Elgin Baylor |
Seattle |
1959 |
Cincinnati |
Bob Boozer |
Kansas State |
1960 |
Cincinnati |
Oscar Robertson |
Cincinnati |
1961 |
Chicago |
Walt Bellamy |
Indiana |
1962 |
Chicago |
Bill McGill |
Utah |
1963 |
New York Knicks |
Art Heyman |
Duke |
1964 |
New York Knicks |
Jim Barnes |
Texas Western |
1965 |
San Francisco |
Fred Hetzel |
Davidson |
1966 |
New York Knicks |
Cazzie Russell |
Michigan |
1967 |
Detroit |
Jimmy Walker |
Providence |
1968 |
San Diego |
Elvin Hayes |
Houston |
1969 |
Milwaukee |
Lew Alcindor |
UCLA |
1970 |
Detroit |
Bob Lanier |
St. Bonaventure |
1971 |
Cleveland |
Austin Carr |
Notre Dame |
1972 |
Portland |
LaRue Martin |
Loyola (Ill.) |
1973 |
Philadelphia |
Doug Collins |
Illinois State |
1974 |
Portland |
Bill Walton |
UCLA |
1975 |
Atlanta |
David Thompson |
North Carolina State |
1976 |
Houston |
John Lucas |
Maryland |
1977 |
Milwaukee |
Kent Benson |
Indiana |
1978 |
Portland |
Mychal Thompson |
Minnesota |
1979 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Earvin Johnson |
Michigan State |
1980 |
Golden State |
Joe Barrry Carroll |
Purdue |
1981 |
Dallas |
Mark Aguirre |
DePaul |
1982 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
James Worthy |
North Carolina |
1983 |
Houston |
Ralph Sampson |
Virginia |
1984 |
Houston |
Akeem Olajuwon |
Houston |
1985 |
New York Knicks |
Patrick Ewing |
Georgetown |
1986 |
Cleveland |
Brad Daugherty |
North Carolina |
1987 |
San Antonio |
David Robinson |
Navy |
1988 |
Los Angeles Clippers |
Danny Manning |
Kansas |
1989 |
Sacramento |
Pervis Ellison |
Louisville |
1990 |
New Jersey |
Derrick Coleman |
Syracuse |
1991 |
Charlotte |
Larry Johnson |
UNLV |
1992 |
Orlando |
Shaquille O'Neal |
LSU |
1993 |
Orlando |
Chris Webber |
Michigan |
1994 |
Milwaukee |
Glenn Robinson |
Purdue |
1995 |
Golden State |
Joe Smith |
Maryland |
1996 |
Philadelphia |
Allen Iverson |
Georgetown |
1997 |
San Antonio |
Tim Duncan |
Wake Forest |
1998 |
Los Angeles Clippers |
Michael Olowokandi |
Pacific |
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