Tulane forward Melvin Frazier was chosen by the Orlando Magic with the No. 35 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft on Thursday (June 21).
Frazier, a former Higgins High School standout, entered the draft after bursting onto the scene during his junior season with the Green Wave. He averaged 15.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 2017-18 and was named the American Athletic Conference's Most Improved Player in 2018.
He's the first Tulane basketball player to be selected in the NBA Draft since Jerald Honeycutt in 1997, and fell just short of becoming the first player taken in the first round of the NBA Draft in school history.