USF in the NBA

Left photo: KC Jones (25) dishes a pass to Bill Russell (6). Right: Bill Cartwright (24) drives to the basket against Patrick Ewing. — photo: KC Jones (25) dishes a pass to Bill Russell (6). Right: Bill Cartwright (24) drives to the basket against Patrick Ewing.

USF’s All-Time NBA Draft Selections

Player	Team	Year	Round	Overall Pick
Paul Napolitano	St. Louis Bombers	1947	NA	NA
Abel Rodriguez	Washington Capitals	1947	NA	NA
Don Lofgran	Syracuse Nationals	1950	NA	NA
Joe McNamee	Rochester Royals	1950	NA	NA
K.C. Jones	Boston Celtics	1956	2^nd	NA
Bill Russell	St. Louis Hawks	1956	1^st	3^rd
Carl Boldt	Detroit Pistons	1957	7^th	50^th
Mike Farmer	New York Knicks	1958	1^st	3^rd
Gene Brown	Boston Celtics	1958	5^th	39^th
Dave Lee	San Francisco Warriors	1964	7^th	59^th
Ollie Johnson	Boston Celtics	1965	1^st	7^th
Joe Ellis	San Francisco Warriors	1966	2^nd	13^th
Erwin Mueller	Chicago Bulls	1966	2^nd	20^th
Russ Gumina	Boston Celtics	1966	8^th	76^th
Art Wilmore	San Francisco Warriors	1968	9^th	113^th
Dennis Black	Baltimore Bullets	1968	16^th	192^nd
Pete Cross	Seattle Supersonics	1970	2^nd	23^rd
John Burks	Golden State Warriors	1972	8^th	126^th
Byron Jones	Boston Celtics	1973	5^th	86^th
Mike Quick	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	1973	6^th	93^rd
Phil Smith	Golden State Warriors	1974	2^nd	29^th
Kevin Restani	Cleveland Cavaliers	1974	3^rd	39^th
Eric Fernsten	Cleveland Cavaliers	1975	4^th	62^nd
Tony Styles	Golden State Warriors	1975	15^th	106^th
Howard Smith	Golden State Warriors	1976	9^th	157^th
Marlon Redmond	Golden State Warriors	1977	3^rd	80^th
James Hardy	New Orleans Jazz	1978	1^st	11^th
Winford Boynes	New Jersey Nets	1978	1^st	13^th
Doug Jemison	New Jersey Nets	1978	7^th	132^nd
Chubby Cox	Chicago Bulls	1978	8^th	159^th
Bill Cartwright	New York Knicks	1979	1^st	3^rd
Billy Reid	Indiana Pacers	1979	5^th	98^th
Billy Reid	Golden State Warriors	1980	9^th	182^nd
Quintin Dailey	Chicago Bulls	1982	1^st	7^th
Wallace Bryant	Chicago Bulls	1982	2^nd	30^th
John Hegwood	San Diego Clippers	1982	9^th	186^th

USF’s All-Time NBA Players

Winford Boynes	New Jersey Nets, 1978-80
	Dallas Mavericks, 1980-81
Wallace Bryant	Chicago Bulls, 1983-85
	Dallas Mavericks, 1985-86
	Los Angeles Clippers, 1985-86
Bill Cartwright	New York Knicks, 1979-87
	Chicago Bulls, 1988-94
	Seattle Sonics, 1994-94
Chubby Cox	Washington Bullets, 1982-83
Pete Cross	Seattle Sonics, 1970-72
	Kansas City-Omaha Kings, 1972-73
	Seattle Sonics, 1972-73
Quintin Dailey	Chicago Bulls, 1982-86
	Los Angeles Clippers, 1986-89
	Seattle Sonics, 1989-92
Joe Ellis	San Francisco / Golden State Warriors, 1966-74
Mike Farmer	New York Knicks, 1958-60
	Cincinnati Royals, 1960-61
	St. Louis Hawks, 1962-66
Eric Fernsten	Cleveland Cavaliers, 1975-76
	Chicago Bulls, 1976-77
	Boston Celtics, 1979-82
	New York Knicks, 1983-84
James Hardy	New Orleans Jazz, 1978-79
	Utah Jazz, 1979-82
K.C. Jones	Boston Celtics, 1958-67
Fred Lacour	St. Louis Hawks, 1960-62
	San Francisco Warriors, 1962-63
Don Lofgran	Syracuse Nationals, 1950-51
	Indianapolis Olympians, 1951-52
	Milwaukee Hawks, 1952-54
Joe McNamee	Rochester Royals, 1950-51
	Baltimore Bullets, 1951-52
Erwin Mueller	Chicago Bulls, 1966-68
	Los Angeles Lakers, 1968
	Chicago Bulls, 1968-69
	Seattle Sonics, 1969-70
	Detroit Pistons, 1969-72
Paul Napolitano	Minneapolis Lakers, 1947-48
	Indianapolis Jets, 1948
Marlon Redmond	Kansas City Kings, 1978-80
	Philadelphia 76ers, 1979
	Kansas City Kinds, 1979
Billy Reid	Golden State Warriors, 1980-81
Kevin Restani	Milwaukee Bucks, 1974-77; 1978-79
	Kansas City Kings, 1977-78
	San Antonio Spurs, 1979-81
	Cleveland Cavaliers, 1981-82
Bill Russell	Boston Celtics, 1956-69
Fred Scolari	Washington Capitals, 1946-51
	Syracuse Nationals, 1951
	Baltimore Bullets, 1951-53
	Syracuse Nationals, 1951-53
	Boston Celtics, 1954-55
Phil Smith	Golden State Warriors, 1974-80
	San Diego Clippers, 1980-82
	Seattle Sonics, 1982-83
Guy Williams	Washington Bullets, 1984-85
	Golden State Warriors, 1985-86

NBA Most Valuable Players

Bill Russell

1958, 1961-63, 1965

All-Star Game Appearances

Bill Russell (12)	1958-69
Fred Scolari (2)	1952-53
Phil Smith (2)	1976-77
Bill Cartwright (1)	1980

All-Star Game Head Coaches

K.C. Jones (5)

1975; 1984-87

NBA Head Coaches (5)

Jim Brovelli	Washington, 1999
Bill Cartwright	Chicago,
Mike Farmer	Baltimore, 1966
K.C. Jones	Washington, 1973-76; Boston 1983-88; Seattle 1990-92
Bill Russell	Boston 1966-69; Seattle 1973-77; Sacramento, 1987-88
Fred Scolari	Baltimore Bullets, 1951-52

NBA Championships (31)

Joe McNamee (1)	Rochester, 1951
Bill Russell (11)	Boston (Player) - 1957, ’59, ’60, ’61, ’62, ’63, ’64, ’65, ’66
	Boston (Head Coach) - 1968, ‘69
K.C. Jones (12)	Boston, 1959, ’60, ’61, ’62, ’63, ’64, ’65, ‘66
	Los Angeles (Assistant Coach) – 1971
	Boston (Head Coach) – 1981
Phil Smith (1)	Golden State, 1975
Eric Fernsten (1)	Boston, 1981
Bill Cartwright (5)	Chicago (Player) – 1991, ’92, ‘93
	Chicago (Assistant Coach) – 1997, ‘98

Schedule

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