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Steve LoganCincinnatiPG - 2 (31)
Roger Mason Jr.VirginiaSG - 3 (32)
Robert ArchibaldIllinoisC - 4 (33)
Vincent YarbroughTennesseeSF - 5 (34)
Dan GadzuricUCLAC - 6 (35)
Carlos BoozerDukePF - 7 (36)
Milos VujanicYugoslaviaPG - 8 (37)
David AndersenAustraliaPF - 9 (38)
Tito MaddoxFresno StatePG - 10 (39)
Rod GrizzardAlabamaSG - 11 (40)Juan NavarroSpainPG
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Mario KasunCroatiaC - 13 (42)Ronald MurrayShawPG
- 14 (43)
Jason JenningsArkansas StateC - 15 (44)Lonny BaxterMarylandPF
- 16 (45)
Sam ClancyUSCPF - 17 (46)Matt BarnesUCLASF
- 18 (47)Jamal SampsonCaliforniaC
- 19 (48)Chris OwensTexasPF
- 20 (49)Peter FehseGermanyPF
- 21 (50)
Darius SongailaWake ForestPF - 22 (51)Federico KammerichsArgentinaPF
- 23 (52)
Marcus TaylorMichigan StatePG - 24 (53)
Rasual ButlerLa SalleSF - 25 (54)Tamar SlayMarshallSF
- 26 (55)
Mladen SekularacYugoslaviaSG - 27 (56)
Luis ScolaArgentinaPF - 28 (57)Randy HolcombSan Diego StateSF
- 29 (58)
Corsley EdwardsCentral ConnecticutPF
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