Wake Forest Has All Star Bragging Rights

Wake Forest and the ACC will have bragging rights at next months' NBA All Star game... Wake is the only school that can boast more than one all star, with Demon Deacons Chris Paul and Tim Duncan representing the Western Conference.

Of course, bragging rights are relative... the number of players from any one school or conference is dwarfed by the number of 2009 all stars who didn't play college hoops at all. Six all stars (LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Amar'e Stoudemire, Dwight Howard and Rashard Lewis) jumped to the NBA directly from high school, and four more -- Yao Ming, Dirk Nowitzki, Pau Gasol and Tony Parker -- came from overseas.

Here's a look at all of the 2009 All Stars and the schools where they got their start.

Before They Were All Stars

• Photo Gallery: 2009 NBA All Stars as collegians -- take a look back at today's NBA stars when they had more hair, less tattoos, and carried considerably less weight.