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Trivia Time: Which school produced the most players in the 2016 NBA playoffs?

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Now that March Madness has come and go, I’m sure some of you will turn to the pros and root for your favorite players from your alma mater or favorite college team.  Ever wonder how many players from your school are actively playing in the 2016 NBA playoffs?

Out of the 16 remaining teams in the tournament, the total players come out to 243 players currently on active rosters for NBA playoff teams.  40 of the players either entered the draft straight from high school (back when it was still allowed) or came from overseas.  So that leaves 203 players that are currently still playing for the trophy that played in college in the U.S.  Let’s see if your school produced the most winners in the 2016 NBA Playoffs.

Schools With Most Players in 2016 NBA Playoffs

School Number of Players
North Carolina 13
UCLA 10
Duke 10
Kentucky 8
Kansas 8
Arizona 7
Florida 7
Texas 6
Wake Forest 5
Connecticut 4
Washington 4
Michigan 4
Utah 3
Syracuse 3
Ohio State 3
Georgia Tech 3
Tennessee 3
Marquette 3
Villanova 3
Wisconsin 3
Michigan State 3
California 2
Oklahoma State 2
Virginia Commonwealth 2
Arkansas 2
Saint Mary’s 2
Fresno State 2
Arizona State 2
Illinois 2
Creighton 2
Indiana 2
Pittsburgh 2
Louisville 2
Stanford 2
LSU 2
USC 2
Colorado 2
Virginia 2
Washington State 2
Western Kentucky 2
Alabama 2
Texas A&M 1
Belmont 1
Clemson 1
Marshall 1
Davidson 1
Maryland 1
Detroit 1
Miami (FL) 1
Rhode Island 1
Boston College 1
St. John’s 1
Charleston 1
Dayton 1
Harvard 1
UNLV 1
Westchester CC 1
Louisiana Tech 1
Houston 1
Providence 1
Central Michigan 1
Rider 1
Eastern Washington 1
San Diego State 1
North Carolina State 1
Kansas State 1
Northeastern 1
Temple 1
Notre Dame 1
Bucknell 1
Georgetown 1
Blinn College 1
Oklahoma 1
Lehigh 1
Georgia 1
Vanderbilt 1
Old Dominion 1
Georgia State 1
Oregon 1
Gonzaga 1
IUPUI 1
Cincinnati 1
Weber State 1
Minnesota 1
Western Carolina 1
Missouri 1
Western Michigan 1
Murray State 1
Xavier 1
Nevada 1
Boston University 1

Complete Players List

Source: ESPN          
Team NAME POS AGE COLLEGE 2015-2016 SALARY
Cleveland LeBron James SF 31 $22,970,500
Houston Dwight Howard C 30 $22,359,364
Memphis Marc Gasol C 31 $19,688,000
Miami Goran Dragic PG 29 $14,783,000
Charlotte Al Jefferson C 31 $13,500,000
San Antonio Tony Parker PG 33 $13,437,500
Charlotte Nicolas Batum SG 27 $13,125,306
Oklahoma City Serge Ibaka PF 26 $12,250,000
Boston Amir Johnson PF 28 $12,000,000
Indiana Monta Ellis SG 30 $10,300,000
Atlanta Tiago Splitter C 31 $9,756,250
Dallas Dirk Nowitzki PF 37 $8,333,334
San Antonio Boris Diaw C 34 $7,500,000
Golden State Shaun Livingston PG 30 $5,543,725
Dallas Zaza Pachulia C 32 $5,200,000
Cleveland J.R. Smith SG 30 $5,000,000
Boston Jonas Jerebko PF 29 $5,000,000
Cleveland Timofey Mozgov C 29 $4,950,000
Toronto Jonas Valanciunas C 23 $4,660,482
Indiana C.J. Miles SF 29 $4,394,225
Indiana Ian Mahinmi C 29 $4,000,000
Atlanta Thabo Sefolosha SF 31 $4,000,000
Toronto Luis Scola PF 35 $2,900,000
Toronto Bismack Biyombo C 23 $2,814,000
San Antonio Manu Ginobili SG 38 $2,814,000
Golden State Leandro Barbosa SG 33 $2,500,000
Houston Donatas Motiejunas PF 25 $2,288,205
Toronto Lucas Nogueira C 23 $1,842,000
Atlanta Dennis Schroder PG 22 $1,763,400
Toronto Bruno Caboclo SF 20 $1,524,000
Houston Clint Capela PF 21 $1,242,720
San Antonio Boban Marjanovic C 27 $1,200,000
Atlanta Walter Tavares C 24 $1,000,000
LA Clippers Pablo Prigioni PG 38 $947,726
Miami Amar’e Stoudemire PF 33 $947,276
Miami Gerald Green SF 30 $947,276
Houston Josh Smith C 30 $947,276
Dallas Salah Mejri C 29 $525,093
Golden State Anderson Varejao PF 33 $289,755
Miami Dorell Wright SF 30 n/a
San Antonio Danny Green SG 28 North Carolina $10,000,000
Charlotte Marvin Williams PF 29 North Carolina $7,000,000
Portland Ed Davis C 26 North Carolina $6,980,802
Memphis Brandan Wright PF 28 North Carolina $5,464,000
Memphis Vince Carter SG 39 North Carolina $4,088,019
Dallas Raymond Felton PG 31 North Carolina $3,950,313
Golden State Harrison Barnes SF 23 North Carolina $3,873,398
Boston Tyler Zeller C 26 North Carolina $2,616,975
Detroit Reggie Bullock SF 25 North Carolina $1,252,440
Memphis P.J. Hairston SF 23 North Carolina $1,201,440
Charlotte Tyler Hansbrough PF 30 North Carolina $947,276
Golden State James Michael McAdoo SF 23 North Carolina $845,059
Indiana Ty Lawson PG 28 North Carolina $211,744
Cleveland Kyrie Irving PG 24 Duke $16,407,501
Miami Luol Deng SF 31 Duke $10,151,612
LA Clippers J.J. Redick SG 31 Duke $7,085,000
Portland Gerald Henderson SG 28 Duke $6,000,000
Miami Josh McRoberts PF 29 Duke $5,543,725
Oklahoma City Kyle Singler SF 27 Duke $4,500,000
LA Clippers Austin Rivers PG 23 Duke $3,110,796
Miami Justise Winslow SF 20 Duke $2,481,720
Portland Mason Plumlee C 26 Duke $1,415,520
Cleveland Kevin Love PF 27 UCLA $19,689,000
Oklahoma City Russell Westbrook PG 27 UCLA $16,744,218
Houston Trevor Ariza SF 30 UCLA $8,193,030
Memphis Matt Barnes SF 36 UCLA $3,542,500
Memphis Jordan Adams SG 21 UCLA $1,404,600
San Antonio Kyle Anderson SF 22 UCLA $1,142,880
Golden State Kevon Looney SF 20 UCLA $1,131,960
LA Clippers Luc Richard Mbah a Moute PF 29 UCLA $947,276
Toronto Norman Powell SG 22 UCLA $650,000
Cleveland Dahntay Jones SG 35 Duke n/a
Memphis Jordan Farmar PG 29 UCLA n/a
Detroit Marcus Morris PF 26 Kansas $5,000,000
Oklahoma City Nick Collison PF 35 Kansas $3,750,000
LA Clippers Paul Pierce SF 38 Kansas $3,376,000
Atlanta Kirk Hinrich SG 35 Kansas $2,854,940
Cleveland Sasha Kaun C 30 Kansas $1,276,000
Golden State Brandon Rush SF 30 Kansas $1,270,964
LA Clippers Cole Aldrich C 27 Kansas $1,100,602
Portland Cliff Alexander PF 20 Kansas $525,093
Oklahoma City Enes Kanter C 23 Kentucky $16,407,500
Charlotte Michael Kidd-Gilchrist SF 22 Kentucky $6,331,404
Detroit Jodie Meeks SG 28 Kentucky $6,270,000
Toronto Patrick Patterson PF 27 Kentucky $6,268,675
Houston Terrence Jones PF 24 Kentucky $2,489,530
Boston James Young SG 20 Kentucky $1,749,840
Charlotte Aaron Harrison SG 21 Kentucky $525,093
Oklahoma City Nazr Mohammed C 38 Kentucky $222,888
Golden State Andre Iguodala SF 32 Arizona $11,710,456
Cleveland Channing Frye PF 32 Arizona $8,193,029
Indiana Jordan Hill C 28 Arizona $4,000,000
Detroit Stanley Johnson SF 19 Arizona $2,841,960
Indiana Solomon Hill SF 25 Arizona $1,358,880
Houston Jason Terry SG 38 Arizona $947,276
Cleveland Richard Jefferson SF 35 Arizona $947,276
Dallas Chandler Parsons SF 27 Florida $15,361,500
Atlanta Al Horford C 29 Florida $12,000,000
Houston Corey Brewer SG 30 Florida $8,229,375
Golden State Marreese Speights C 28 Florida $3,815,000
Miami Udonis Haslem PF 35 Florida $2,854,940
Dallas David Lee PF 32 Florida $2,085,671
San Antonio Matt Bonner C 36 Florida $947,276
Oklahoma City Kevin Durant SF 27 Texas $20,158,622
San Antonio LaMarcus Aldridge PF 30 Texas $19,689,000
Cleveland Tristan Thompson C 25 Texas $14,260,870
Boston Avery Bradley PG 25 Texas $7,730,337
Toronto Cory Joseph PG 24 Texas $7,000,000
Indiana Myles Turner PF 20 Texas $2,357,760
LA Clippers Chris Paul PG 30 Wake Forest $21,468,695
Portland Al-Farouq Aminu SF 25 Wake Forest $8,042,895
Atlanta Jeff Teague PG 27 Wake Forest $8,000,000
San Antonio Tim Duncan C 39 Wake Forest $5,250,000
Toronto James Johnson PF 29 Wake Forest $2,500,000
Charlotte Kemba Walker PG 25 Connecticut $12,000,000
Detroit Andre Drummond C 22 Connecticut $3,272,091
Charlotte Jeremy Lamb SG 23 Connecticut $3,034,356
Dallas Charlie Villanueva PF 31 Connecticut $947,276
LA Clippers Jamal Crawford SG 36 Michigan $5,675,000
Oklahoma City Mitch McGary PF 23 Michigan $1,463,040
Atlanta Tim Hardaway Jr. SG 24 Michigan $1,304,520
Indiana Glenn Robinson III SG 22 Michigan $1,100,000
Boston Isaiah Thomas PG 27 Washington $6,912,869
Charlotte Spencer Hawes PF 27 Washington $6,110,034
Toronto Terrence Ross SF 25 Washington $3,553,917
LA Clippers C.J. Wilcox SG 25 Washington $1,159,680
Miami Chris Bosh PF 32 Georgia Tech $22,192,730
Cleveland Iman Shumpert SG 25 Georgia Tech $8,988,765
Oklahoma City Anthony Morrow SG 30 Georgia Tech $3,344,000
Miami Dwyane Wade SG 34 Marquette $20,000,000
Dallas Wesley Matthews SG 29 Marquette $16,407,500
Boston Jae Crowder SF 25 Marquette $6,796,117
Golden State Draymond Green PF 26 Michigan State $14,260,870
Memphis Zach Randolph PF 34 Michigan State $9,638,555
LA Clippers Branden Dawson SF 23 Michigan State $525,093
Memphis Mike Conley PG 28 Ohio State $9,588,426
Boston Evan Turner SG 27 Ohio State $3,425,510
Boston Jared Sullinger C 24 Ohio State $2,569,260
Oklahoma City Dion Waiters SG 24 Syracuse $5,138,430
LA Clippers Wesley Johnson SF 28 Syracuse $1,100,602
Indiana Rakeem Christmas PF 24 Syracuse $1,007,026
Detroit Tobias Harris SF 23 Tennessee $16,000,000
Miami Josh Richardson SG 22 Tennessee $525,093
Cleveland Jordan McRae SG 25 Tennessee $111,196
Golden State Andrew Bogut C 31 Utah $13,800,000
Toronto Delon Wright PG 23 Utah $1,509,360
San Antonio Andre Miller PG 40 Utah $250,750
Toronto Kyle Lowry PG 30 Villanova $12,000,000
Oklahoma City Randy Foye SG 32 Villanova $3,135,000
Detroit Darrun Hilliard SF 23 Villanova $600,000
Dallas Devin Harris PG 33 Wisconsin $4,053,446
Charlotte Frank Kaminsky III C 23 Wisconsin $2,612,520
Houston Sam Dekker SF 21 Wisconsin $1,646,400
Cleveland Mo Williams PG 33 Alabama $2,100,000
Memphis JaMychal Green PF 25 Alabama $845,059
Houston James Harden SG 26 Arizona State $15,756,438
LA Clippers Jeff Ayres PF 28 Arizona State $111,444
Houston Patrick Beverley PG 27 Arkansas $6,486,486
Miami Joe Johnson SF 34 Arkansas $261,894
Portland Allen Crabbe SG 24 California $947,276
Charlotte Jorge Gutierrez PG 27 California $189,455
Oklahoma City Andre Roberson SG 24 Colorado $1,210,800
Detroit Spencer Dinwiddie PG 23 Colorado $845,059
Atlanta Kyle Korver SG 35 Creighton $5,746,479
Detroit Anthony Tolliver PF 30 Creighton $3,000,000
Indiana Paul George SF 25 Fresno State $17,120,106
Miami Tyler Johnson SG 23 Fresno State $845,059
Dallas Deron Williams PG 31 Illinois $5,378,974
Portland Meyers Leonard PF 24 Illinois $3,075,880
Charlotte Cody Zeller C 23 Indiana $4,204,200
Portland Noah Vonleh PF 20 Indiana $2,637,720
Boston Terry Rozier PG 22 Louisville $1,824,360
Houston Montrezl Harrell PF 22 Louisville $1,000,000
Memphis Jarell Martin PF 21 LSU $1,230,840
Boston Jordan Mickey PF 21 LSU $1,170,960
Memphis Tony Allen SG 34 Oklahoma State $5,158,539
Boston Marcus Smart PG 22 Oklahoma State $3,431,040
Oklahoma City Steven Adams C 22 Pittsburgh $2,279,040
Atlanta Lamar Patterson SG 24 Pittsburgh $525,093
San Antonio Patty Mills PG 27 Saint Mary’s $3,578,947
Cleveland Matthew Dellavedova PG 25 Saint Mary’s $1,147,276
Oklahoma City Josh Huestis SF 24 Stanford $1,140,240
Dallas Dwight Powell PF 24 Stanford $845,059
Toronto DeMar DeRozan SG 26 USC $10,050,000
Atlanta Mike Scott PF 27 Virginia $3,333,333
Dallas Justin Anderson SG 22 Virginia $1,449,000
Charlotte Troy Daniels SG 24 Virginia Commonwealth $947,276
Golden State Klay Thompson SG 26 Washington State $15,501,000
Detroit Aron Baynes C 29 Washington State $6,500,000
Charlotte Courtney Lee SG 30 Western Kentucky $5,675,000
Dallas Jeremy Evans SF 28 Western Kentucky $1,100,602
Memphis Alex Stepheson PF 28 USC n/a
Miami Briante Weber PG 23 Virginia Commonwealth n/a
Golden State Ian Clark SG 25 Belmont $947,276
Memphis Chris Andersen PF 37 Blinn College $5,000,000
Detroit Reggie Jackson PG 26 Boston College $13,913,044
Atlanta Mike Muscala PF 24 Bucknell $947,276
Portland Chris Kaman C 33 Central Michigan $5,016,000
Houston Andrew Goudelock PG 27 Charleston $200,600
Memphis Lance Stephenson SF 25 Cincinnati $9,000,000
Houston K.J. McDaniels SG 23 Clemson $3,189,794
Golden State Stephen Curry PG 28 Davidson $11,370,786
Portland Brian Roberts PG 30 Dayton $2,854,940
Indiana Rodney Stuckey PG 29 Eastern Washington $7,000,000
LA Clippers Jeff Green SF 29 Georgetown $9,650,000
Detroit Kentavious Caldwell-Pope SG 23 Georgia $2,891,760
Boston R.J. Hunter SG 22 Georgia State $1,148,640
Boston Kelly Olynyk C 25 Gonzaga $2,165,160
Charlotte Jeremy Lin PG 27 Harvard $2,139,000
San Antonio Jonathon Simmons SG 26 Houston $525,093
Indiana George Hill PG 29 IUPUI $8,000,000
Houston Michael Beasley SF 27 Kansas State $306,527
Portland C.J. McCollum SG 24 Lehigh $2,525,160
Atlanta Paul Millsap PF 31 Louisiana Tech $18,671,659
Miami Hassan Whiteside C 26 Marshall $981,348
Detroit Steve Blake PG 36 Maryland $2,170,465
Cleveland James Jones SG 35 Miami (FL) $947,276
Atlanta Kris Humphries PF 31 Minnesota $1,000,000
Toronto DeMarre Carroll SF 29 Missouri $13,600,000
Oklahoma City Cameron Payne PG 21 Murray State $2,021,520
Dallas JaVale McGee C 28 Nevada $1,270,964
Detroit Lorenzo Brown PG 25 North Carolina State $111,444
Dallas J.J. Barea PG 31 Northeastern $4,290,000
Portland Pat Connaughton SG 23 Notre Dame $625,093
LA Clippers Blake Griffin PF 27 Oklahoma $18,907,726
Atlanta Kent Bazemore SF 26 Old Dominion $2,000,000
Indiana Joe Young PG 23 Oregon $1,007,026
Memphis Bryce Cotton PG 23 Providence $700,902
Toronto Jason Thompson PF 29 Rider $245,177
San Antonio Kawhi Leonard SF 24 San Diego State $16,407,500
Portland Maurice Harkless SF 22 St. John’s $2,894,059
Indiana Lavoy Allen PF 27 Temple $4,050,000
LA Clippers DeAndre Jordan C 27 Texas A&M $19,689,000
Detroit Joel Anthony C 33 UNLV $2,500,000
Golden State Festus Ezeli C 26 Vanderbilt $2,008,748
Portland Damian Lillard PG 25 Weber State $4,236,287
Portland Luis Montero SG 23 Westchester CC $525,093
San Antonio Kevin Martin SG 33 Western Carolina $200,600
Indiana Shayne Whittington PF 25 Western Michigan $845,059
San Antonio David West PF 35 Xavier $1,499,187
Boston John Holland SG 27 Boston University n/a
Memphis Ray McCallum PG 24 Detroit n/a
Memphis Xavier Munford PG 23 Rhode Island n/a
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