Landry Shamet became just the first Wichita State player selected in first round of the NBA Draft in the last 33 years when the Philadelphia 76ers selected the Kansas City native with the No. 26 overall pick in Thursday's draft in New York.
Shamet, who declared for the draft following his redshirt sophomore season with WSU, averaged 14.9 points and 5.2 assists per game with 44-percent three-point shooting to lead the Shockers. He is the first WSU draft pick since 2014 when the New York Knicks took Cleanthony Early in the second round and the first first-round pick since the Seattle SuperSonics picked Xavier McDaniel No.