Producing Professional Athletes: B12 Candidates

[UConnJim]

I'm sick and tired of hearing that so and so has a better football program than UConn, or that "we don't want another Kansas football in our conference", so I rehashed the pro sports draft picks by schools rumored to be in the running to go to the Big 12.

NFL Draft Picks (2005 to 2016):

24 Cincinnati
23 UConn
16 USF
14 UCF
12 BYU
9 Houston
7 Memphis

Here is the Big 12 over that time period:

61 Oklahoma
42 Texas
29 TCU
28 Baylor
28 West Virginia
18 Oklahoma St.
18 Texas Tech
16 Kansas St.
10 Iowa St.
9 Kansas

What about the NBA (2005 to 2016)?

15 UConn
9 Memphis
3 Cincinnati
2 USF
1 BYU
1 UCF
0 Houston

MLB (2005 to 2016)?

45 Houston
40 UCF
39 UConn
37 USF
28 BYU
23 Memphis
19 Cincinnati

WNBA (2005 to 2016)?

15 UConn
4 USF
3 BYU
1 Houston
0 Cincinnati
0 Memphis
0 UCF

What about other major professional sports like soccer and hockey?

UConn wins in a landslide.

 

[sportsart]

Somebody go tweet this stuff all over Twitterville.

 

[Exit 4]

And we'll have at least one, probably two more NFL draft picks this year.

 

[UConnDan97]

To touch on the soccer part (if anyone in the Big12 would be listening to that): We just had 2 UConn players in the MLS All-Star game against Arsenal this past month (Blake, Larin).

UConn (def.) - Greatness in everything that you do.

 

[4in16]

To touch on the soccer part (if anyone in the Big12 would be listening to that): We just had 2 UConn players in the MLS All-Star game against Arsenal this past month (Blake, Larin).

UConn (def.) - Greatness in everything that you do.

B12 doesn't have men's soccer, the point of success still stands though.

 

[Slasher]

B12 doesn't have men's soccer, the point of success still stands though.

I wonder if they add it if they add 4 schools that have it...

 

[UC313]

6 student athletes in the olympics as well

Olympics 2016: Colleges With Most Team USA Athletes

3/4 of the way down.

 

[ct06111]

It would be smart if the big12 sponsored men's soccer. Its getting more and more popular across the US
More content/inventory for a potential network.

If they ever did, UConn would help the big12 in a big way.
Normally top 3 in national attendance every year and would probably have the best 23 million $ Soccer Specific Stadium in the potential big12. (It will be better than some MLS stadiums)

UCONNHUSKIES.COM :: University of Connecticut Huskies Official Athletic Site :: UConn Club

 

[TheDoggPound]

And we'll have at least one, probably two more NFL draft picks this year.

More than that. Mikal Myers, JWilliams, Melifonwu & Noel Thomas all have a great shot at being drafted.

Then the next season Tre Bell, Jamar Summers, Carrezola, Fatukasi, perhaps Levenberry or Junior Joseph too.