The Cowboys are expected to have their first No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick in program history Thursday night, but Cade Cunningham will be far from the first Poke to ever hear his name called.
Oklahoma State has had 36 NBA (and BAA) Draft picks going back to 1948. The Providence Steam Rollers of the Basketball Association of America (the predecessor to the NBA) took Oklahoma A&M’s A.L. Bennett in the second annual BAA Draft.
A native of Holdenville, Bennett was a two-time All-American under Henry Iba and a member of the Cowboys’ 1946 National Championship team, tallying six points in the Aggies’ 43-40 victory over Kentucky.