1962 NBA Draft

< 1961 NBA Draft ▪ 1963 NBA Draft >

Date: Monday, March 26, 1962
Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 102 (32 played in NBA)
First Overall Pick: Bill McGill (6.7 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: J. Havlicek (131.7), C. Walker (117.4) and J. Lucas (98.4)

All-Stars: 7 (Z. Beaty, L. Chappell, D. DeBusschere, T. Dischinger, J. Havlicek, J. Lucas and C. Walker)

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102 Selections

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			Territorial Picks			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
1	CIN	Jerry Lucas	Ohio State University	11	829	32131	14053	12942	2732	.499	.783	38.8	17.0	15.6	3.3	98.4	.147	-0.1	0.8
2	DET	Dave DeBusschere	University of Detroit Mercy	12	875	31202	14053	9618	2497	.432	.699	35.7	16.1	11.0	2.9	60.8	.093	1.7	2.5
			Round 1			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
3	1	CHZ	Bill McGill	University of Utah	3	158	2507	1613	611	168	.486	.711	15.9	10.2	3.9	1.1	6.7	.128
4	2	NYK	Paul Hogue	University of Cincinnati	2	65	1487	409	461	48	.365	.448	22.9	6.3	7.1	0.7	-1.1	-.036
5	3	STL	Zelmo Beaty	Prairie View A&M University	12	570	18348	9107	5949	839	.469	.750	32.2	16.0	10.4	1.5	58.2	.152	-2.3	-0.1
6	4	SYR	Len Chappell	Wake Forest University	9	591	10596	5621	3113	434	.452	.691	17.9	9.5	5.3	0.7	19.0	.086
7	5	SFW	Wayne Hightower	University of Kansas	5	316	7240	2848	1876	337	.359	.749	22.9	9.0	5.9	1.1	3.7	.025
8	6	LAL	Leroy Ellis	St. John's University	14	1048	27520	10176	8709	1405	.442	.728	26.3	9.7	8.3	1.3	46.3	.081	-0.7	1.9
9	7	BOS	John Havlicek	Ohio State University	16	1270	46471	26395	8007	6114	.439	.815	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	131.7	.136	1.4	12.5
			Round 2			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
10	8	CHZ	Terry Dischinger	Purdue University	9	652	17841	9012	3646	1151	.506	.758	27.4	13.8	5.6	1.8	56.3	.152
11	9	NYK	John Rudometkin	University of Southern California	3	131	1644	822	412	72	.399	.743	12.5	6.3	3.1	0.5	1.0	.030
12	10	STL	Bob Duffy	Colgate University	3	94	1123	400	104	167	.396	.649	11.9	4.3	1.1	1.8	0.5	.022
13	11	DET	Kevin Loughery	St. John's University	11	755	22208	11575	2254	2803	.413	.803	29.4	15.3	3.0	3.7	29.8	.064
14	12	SYR	Chet Walker	Bradley University	13	1032	33433	18831	7314	2126	.470	.796	32.4	18.2	7.1	2.1	117.4	.168	2.3	5.6
15	13	CIN	Bud Olsen	University of Louisville	7	369	4218	1592	1111	293	.423	.553	11.4	4.3	3.0	0.8	3.4	.038
16	14	SFW	Hubie White	Villanova University	2	52	467	171	77	40	.329	.630	9.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	-0.8	-.082
17	15	LAL	Gene Wiley	Wichita State University	4	300	6386	1273	2194	252	.471	.506	21.3	4.2	7.3	0.8	8.4	.063
18	16	BOS	Jack Foley	College of the Holy Cross	1	11	83	53	16	5	.392	.867	7.5	4.8	1.5	0.5	0.1	.057
			Round 3			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
19	17	CHZ	Don Nelson	University of Iowa	14	1053	21685	10898	5192	1526	.480	.765	20.6	10.3	4.9	1.4	74.6	.165	0.6	3.1
20	18	NYK	Bobby Rascoe	Western Kentucky University
21	19	STL	Charlie Hardnett	Grambling State University	3	164	2474	1198	930	103	.423	.647	15.1	7.3	5.7	0.6	3.0	.058
22	20	DET	Harold Hudgens	Texas Tech University
23	21	SYR	Porter Meriwether	Tennessee State University	1	31	268	119	29	43	.393	.697	8.6	3.8	0.9	1.4	0.2	.030
24	22	CIN	Chris Appel	University of Southern California
25	23	SFW	Dave Fedor	Florida State University	1	7	27	6	6	1	.300	.000	3.9	0.9	0.9	0.1	-0.1	-.128
26	24	LAL	John Green	University of California, Los Angeles
27	25	BOS	Jim Hadnot	Providence College
			Round 4			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
28	26	STL	Chico Vaughn	Southern Illinois University	5	327	7049	2921	733	753	.415	.728	21.6	8.9	2.2	2.3	10.4	.071
29	27	NYK	Cliff Luyk	University of Florida
30	28	STL	Jerry Grote	Loyola Marymount University	1	11	33	14	4	4	.545	1.000	3.0	1.3	0.4	0.4	0.1	.175
31	29	DET	Reggie Harding	4	205	5529	1839	1865	343	.413	.607	27.0	9.0	9.1	1.7	5.7	.049
32	30	SYR	Bob McCully	St. Bonaventure University
33	31	CIN	Jack Thobe	Xavier University
34	32	SFW	Garry Roggenburk	University of Dayton
35	33	LAL	Jan Loudermilk	Southern Methodist University
36	34	BOS	Roger Strickland	Jacksonville University	1	1	4	2	0	0	.333	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-.224
			Round 5			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
37	35	CHZ	Cornell Green	Utah State University
38	36	NYK	Bob Burgess	Marshall University
39	37	STL	Tom Hatton	University of Dayton
40	38	DET	Lindbergh Moody	University of South Carolina
41	39	SYR	John Windsor	Stanford University	1	11	68	27	26	2	.370	.875	6.2	2.5	2.4	0.2	0.1	.091
42	40	CIN	Mike Wroblewski	Kansas State University
43	41	SFW	Jack Jackson	Virginia Union University
44	42	LAL	Art Whisnant	University of South Carolina
45	43	BOS	Gary Daniels	The Citadel
			Round 6			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
46	44	CHZ	Bill Hanson	University of Washington
47	45	NYK	Ken Stanley	University of the Pacific
48	46	STL	Jay Carty	Oregon State University	1	28	192	76	58	11	.382	.727	6.9	2.7	2.1	0.4	-0.1	-.017
49	47	DET	Ed Noe	Morehead State University
50	48	SYR	Larry Van Eman	Wichita State University
51	49	CIN	Jerry Foster	Drake University
52	50	SFW	Jim Hudock	University of North Carolina
53	51	LAL	Bucky Keller	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
54	52	BOS	Jim Hooley	Boston College
			Round 7			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
55	53	CHZ	Jack Ardon	Tulane University
56	54	NYK	Richie Swartz	Hofstra University
57	55	STL	Bob McAteer	La Salle University
58	56	DET	John Bradley	Lawrence University
59	57	SYR	Bob Sharpenter	Georgetown University
60	58	CIN	Gary Cunningham	University of California, Los Angeles
61	59	SFW	Howie Montgomery	University of Texas-Pan American	1	20	364	144	69	21	.425	.609	18.2	7.2	3.5	1.1	0.1	.018
62	60	BOS	Clyde Arnold	Duquesne University
			Round 8			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
63	61	CHZ	Larry Pursiful	University of Kentucky
64	62	NYK	Warren Fouts	University of Oklahoma
65	63	STL	Terry Ball	Washington State University
66	64	DET	Mike Rice	Duquesne University
67	65	SYR	Jerry Harkness	Loyola University of Chicago	1	5	59	29	6	6	.433	.375	11.8	5.8	1.2	1.2	0.0	-.017
68	66	CIN	Ed Bento	Loyola Marymount University
69	67	SFW	Bill Kirvin	Xavier University
70	68	LAL	Bill Garner	University of Portland
71	69	BOS	Chuck Chevalier	Boston College
			Round 9			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
72	70	CHZ	Carroll Broussard	Texas A&M University
73	71	NYK	Paul Benec	Duquesne University
74	72	STL	Marvin Trotman	Elizabeth City State University
75	73	DET	Bill Nelson	Hamline University
76	74	SYR	Vince Brewer	Iowa State University
77	75	CIN	Chris Jones	Carson-Newman College
78	76	SFW	Tom Kiefer	Saint Louis University
79	77	LAL	Bill Matson	University of Minnesota
80	78	BOS	Mike Cingiser	Brown University
			Round 10			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
81	79	CHZ	Pete Campbell	Princeton University
82	80	NYK	Ralph Richardson	Eastern Kentucky University
83	81	STL	Charlie Sells	Washington State University
84	82	DET	Glenn Moore	University of Oregon
85	83	CIN	George Knighton	New Mexico State University
86	84	SFW	Ken McComb	University of North Carolina
			Round 11			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
87	85	CHZ	Jeff Slade	Kenyon College	1	3	20	4	7	0	.400	.000	6.7	1.3	2.3	0.0	0.0	-.053
88	86	NYK	Ed Mazria	Pratt Institute
89	87	STL	Tom Chappelle	University of Maine
90	88	CIN	Frank Pinchback	Xavier University
91	89	SFW	Donnie Walsh	University of North Carolina
			Round 12			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
92	90	CHZ	Mel Nowell	Ohio State University	1	39	589	232	67	84	.388	.727	15.1	5.9	1.7	2.2	-0.1	-.006
93	91	STL	John Caveny	LeMoyne College
94	92	SFW	Charles Warren	University of Oregon
			Round 13			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
95	93	CHZ	Tom Kennedy	Lewis University
96	94	STL	Jerry Carlton	University of Arkansas
			Round 14			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
97	95	CHZ	Bob Mahland	Williams College
98	96	STL	Wilky Gilmore	University of Colorado
			Round 15			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
99	97	CHZ	Pat McKenzie	Kansas State University
100	98	STL	Dave Ricerto	University of Rhode Island
			Round 16			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
101	99	CHZ	Norman Majors	Rockhurst University
102	100	STL	Wally Roundsville	California Institute of Technology

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