ABA/NBA BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL DRAFTEES
1972 - 1979
| 1972 | Travis Grant Kentucky State NAIA Champs, 1970, 71, 72 | 6-7 | F | 1-13 | 13 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Sam Siber Texas Tech, Kentucky State | 6-7 | F | 2-6 | 19 | KC-Omaha Kings 1972 NAIA champs |
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| Lloyd Neal Tennessee State | 6-7 | F | 3-1 | 31 | Portland Trail Blazers | |
| George T. Johnson Dillard | 6-11 | C | 5-11 | Golden State Warriors | ||
| Joe Bynes Arkansas AM&N | 5-6 | 69 | Philadelphia 76ers | |||
| Wardell Dyson Shaw | 5-12 | 75 | Phoenix Suns | |||
| Mike Snead Fayetteville State | 7-5 | 102 | Cincinnati Royals | |||
| Curtis Pritchett St. Augustine’s | 7-6 | 103 | Philadelphia 76ers | |||
| Marvin Brown Jackson State | 7-9 | 106 | Baltimore Bullets | |||
| Russell Golden Jackson State | 8-12 8-9 | 25 128 | Phoenix Suns Baltimore Bullets |
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| Charles Kirkland Cheyney State | 8-16 | 129 | Milwaukee Bucks | |||
| Larry Strozier Morehouse | 9-7 | 136 | Atlanta Hawks | |||
| Charles Allen Texas Southern | 11-4 | 160 | Atlanta Hawks | |||
| Marvin Watkins Jackson State | 11-5 | 161 | Baltimore Bullets | |||
| James Green Paine | 12-3 | 169 | Atlanta Hawks | |||
| Phil Stephens South Carolina State | 12-7 | 173 | Boston Celtics | |||
| Kelley Utley Shaw | 13-5 | 179 | Phoenix Suns | |||
| John Thornton South Carolina State | 17-1 | 197 | Chicago Bulls | |||
| 1973 | Caldwell Jones Albany State | 6-11 | C | 2-14 | 32 | San Diego Conquistadors (ABA) |
| E.C. Coleman Houston Baptist | 6-8 | F | 3-16 | 51 | Houston Rockets | |
| William Harris North Carolina A&T | 4-4 | 56 | Seattle Supersonics | |||
| Sterling Wright Lincoln, PA | 6-1 | 87 | Philadelphia 76ers | |||
| Lawrence Lilly Alabama State | 6-14 | 100 | New York Knicks | |||
| James Floyd Alabama State | 6-15 | 101 | New York Knicks | |||
| Charles Edge LeMoyne-Owen | 6-6 | F | 11-5 | 173 | New York Knicks Memphis Tams (ABA) |
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| Sandy Smith Winston-Salem State | 9-7 | 144 | Phoenix Suns | |||
| Lynn Greer Virginia State | 11-5 | 170 | Phoenix Suns | |||
| Chester Davis Morgan State | 13-5 | 187 | Capitol Bullets | |||
| Sam Barber Bethune-Cookman | 16-4 | 202 | Boston Celtics | |||
| 1974 | Leonard Robinson Tennessee State | 6-7 | F/C | 2-4 | 22 | Washington Bullets |
| Aaron James Grambling State | 6-8 | F | 2-10 | 28 | New Orleans Jazz | |
| Talvin Skinner Maryland-Eastern Shore | 6-5 | G | 3-8 | 44 | Seattle SuperSonics | |
| Earl Williams Winston-Salem State | 6-7 | F | 3-13 | 49 | Phoenix Suns | |
| William Gordon Maryland -Eastern Shore | 4-8 | 62 | Seattle Supersonics | |||
| Lawrence Johnson Prairie View A&M | 6-5 | 95 | Houston Rockets | |||
| Betrand du Pont Dillard | 9-8 | 152 | Seattle Supersonics | |||
| Aulcie Perry Bethune-Cookman | 6-10 | C | Virginia Squires (ABA) | |||
| 1975 | Marvin Webster Morgan State | 7-0 | C | 1-3 | 3 | Atlanta Hawks |
| Eugene Short Jackson State | 6-6 | G | 1-9 | 9 | New York Knicks | |
| Bruce Seals Xavier, LA | 6-11 | C | 2-3 | 21 | Seattle Supersonics Utah Stars (ABA) |
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| Mack Coleman Houston Baptist | 4-1 | 55 | New Orleans Jazz | |||
| Andre Hampton Kentucky State | 5-1 | 73 | New Orleans Jazz | |||
| Cliff Pratt Shaw | 5-9 | 81 | Detroit Pistons | |||
| Dwayne Govan Bishop | 5-12 | 84 | Seattle Supersonics | |||
| Henry Ward Jackson State | 6-4 | G | 6-9 | 99 | Cleveland Cavaliers San Antonio Spurs (ABA) |
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| Larry Smith North Carolina A&T | 6-12 | 102 | Seattle Supersonics | |||
| Harvey Carmichael Kentucky State | 8-1 | 127 | New Orleans Jazz | |||
| John Kelley Dillard | 8-9 | 135 | Detroit Pistons | |||
| Robert Rhodes Albany State | 9-15 | 159 | Boston Celtics | |||
| 1976 | Larry Wright Grambling State | 6-5 | G | 1-14 | 14 | Washington Bullets |
| Major Jones Albany State | 6-9 | F | 2-3 | 20 | Houston Rockets | |
| Joe Pace Coppin State | 6-10 | C | 2-14 5-4 | 31 76 | Washington Bullets* Phoenix Suns |
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| John McGill Alcorn State | F | 3-7 | 41 | New York Knicks | ||
| Willie Parr LeMoyne-Owen | G | 4-12 | 63 | |||
| Lewis Linder Kentucky State | 4-16 | 67 | Boston Celtics | |||
| L.C. Mason Alabama State | 5-15 | 83 | Washington Bullets | |||
| Tom Paulin Winston-Salem State | 6-1 | 57 | Chicago Bulls | |||
| Joe Jones Grambling State | 6-7 | 93 | New York Knicks | |||
| Harry Davis Morris Brown | 6-16 | 102 | Cleveland Cavaliers | |||
| Gene Cunningham Norfolk State | 6-18 | 104 | Golden State Warriors | |||
| Ron Barrow Southern | 7-8 | 112 | Milwaukee Bucks | |||
| Calvin Robinson Mississippi Valley State | 9-8 | 148 | New Orleans Jazz | |||
| Ron Johnson North Carolina A&T | 10-11 | 151 | Seattle Supersonics | |||
| Ricky Lewis Alcorn State | 10-10 | 167 | Seattle Supersonics | |||
| 1977 | Alonza Bradley Texas Southern | 6-6 | G | 2-7 | 29 | Indiana Pacers |
| Jim Cooper Alabama State | 4-8 | 74 | Seattle Supersonics | |||
| Larry Williams Texas Southern | 4-9 | 75 | Kansas City Kings | |||
| Roy Smith Kentucky State 1977 NAIA Champions | 4-16 | 82 | Golden State Warriors | |||
| Gerald Cunningham Kentucky State 1977 NAIA Champions | 6-1 | G | 5-1 | 95 | New York Nets | |
| Marvin Jackson Prairie View A&M | 5-7 | 95 | Indiana Pacers | |||
| Al Smith Jackson State | 5-11 | 99 | Cleveland Cavaliers | |||
| Ray Epps Norfolk State | 6-6 | G | 5-16 | 104 | Golden State Warriors | |
| Curvan Lewis Virginia Union | 6-2 | 112 | Buffalo Braves | |||
| George Gibson Winston-Salem State 1967 Div. II Champions | 6-19 | 129 | Philadelphia 76ers | |||
| Robert Lewis Johnson C. Smith | 7-13 | 144 | Detroit Pistons | |||
| Willie High Alabama State | 7-1 | 150 | Denver Nuggets | |||
| 1978 | Purvis Short Jackson State | 6-7 | F | 1-5 | 5 | Golden State Warriors |
| Frankie Sanders Southern | 6-6 | F | 1-20 | 20 | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Terry Sykes Grambling State | 2-15 | 37 | Washington Bullets | |||
| Clemon Johnson Florida A&M | 6-10 | C | 2-22 | 44 | Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Tommie Green Southern | 6-2 | G | 2 | New Orleans Jazz | ||
| Billy Ray Bates Kentucky State 1978 NAIA Champions | 6-4 | G | 3-3 | 47 | Houston Rockets | |
| Harold Robertson Lincoln, PA | 4-16 | 82 | Los Angeles Lakers | |||
| James Sparrow North Carolina A&T | G | 5-4 | 92 | Indiana Pacers | ||
| Greg Green Southern | 2-12 | 100 | New York Knicks | |||
| Carlos Terry Winston-Salem State | 6-4 | G | 5-16 | 104 | Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Gerald Glover Howard | G | 6-10 | 120 | Atlanta Hawks | ||
| Herb Entzninger Johnson C Smith | 7-7 | 138 | Detroit Pistons | |||
| Steve Bayless Central State, Ohio | 9-10 | 180 | Cleveland Cavaliers | |||
| 1979 | Andrew Fields Cheyney State | 6-8 | C | 2-18 | 40 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Sylvester Norris Jackson State | 6-11 | C | 3-19 | 63 | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Lionel Garrett Southern | 4-11 | 77 | San Diego Clippers | |||
| Collie Davis Southern | 6-16 | 124 | Houston Rockets | |||
| Garcia Hopkins Morgan State | 6-20 | 128 | Washington Bullets | |||
| Billy Tucker Tennessee State | 8-5 | 152 | New York Knicks | |||
| Charles Jones Albany State | 6-9 | F | 8-18 | 165 | Phoenix Suns | |
