The race to be the first basketball player selected from a college in the Lone Star State should not involve much drama during Thursday’s NBA draft (6 p.m., ESPN).
Most mock drafts and NBA scouts agree that former Texas center Jarrett Allen, who averaged 13.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game in his lone season with the Longhorns, will be the first college prospect from the state selected by an NBA team. Allen shot 56.6 percent from the field last season as a 6-foot-11 freshman, scoring in double digits 25 times for a Longhorns’ team that posted an 11-22 record.