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2008 NBA Draft Review

Freshman went early, seniors went late...

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Derrick Rose and David Stern

Derrick Rose shakes hands with NBA commissioner David Stern after bring named top pick in the 2008 NBA Draft.

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The "One-and-Dones" dominated the early going of the 2008 NBA Draft, with uber-freshman Derrick Rose of Memphis, Michael Beasley of Kansas State, O.J. Mayo of USC and Kevin Love of UCLA going with four of the first five picks.

All told, fourteen freshmen were drafted -- twelve in the first round. Here's a list of all the draftees -- with one-and-dones listed in bold.

First Round

1. Derrick Rose - Memphis (Freshman)

2. Michael Beasley - Kansas State (Freshman)

3. O.J. Mayo - USC (Freshman)

4. Russell Westbrook - UCLA (Sophomore)

5. Kevin Love - UCLA (Freshman)

6. Danilo Gallinari - Italy

7. Eric Gordon - Indiana (Freshman)

8. Joe Alexander - West Virginia (Junior)

9. D.J. Augustin - Texas (Sophomore)

10. Brook Lopez - Stanford (Sophomore)

11. Jerryd Bayless - Arizona (Freshman)

12. Jason Thompson - Rider (Senior)

13. Brandon Rush - Kansas (Junior)

14. Anthony Randolph - LSU (Freshman)

15. Robin Lopez - Stanford (Sophomore)

16. Marreese Speights - Florida (Sophomore)

17. Roy Hibbert - Georgetown (Senior)

18. JaVale McGee - Nevada (Sophomore)

19. J.J. Hickson - NC State (Freshman)

20. Alexis Ajinca - France

21. Ryan Anderson - California (Sophomore)

22. Courtney Lee - Western Kentucky (Senior)

23. Kosta Koufos - Ohio State (Freshman)

24. Serge Ibaka - Congo

25. Nicolas Batum - France

26. George Hill - IUPUI (Junior)

27. Darrell Arthur - Kansas (Sophomore)

28. Donte' Greene - Syracuse (Freshman)

29. D.J. White - Indiana (Senior)

30. J.R. Giddens - New Mexico (Senior)

Round 2

31. Nikola Pekovic - Serbia

32. Walter Sharpe - UAB (Sophomore)

33. Joey Dorsey - Memphis (Senior)

34. Mario Chalmers - Kansas (Junior)

35. DeAndre Jordan - Texas A&M (Freshman)

36. Omer Asik - Turkey

37. Luc-Richard Mbah a Moute - UCLA (Junior)

38. Kyle Weaver - Washington State (Senior)

39. Sonny Weems - Arkansas (Senior)

40. Chris Douglas-Roberts - Memphis (Junior)

41. Nathan Jawai - Australia

42. Sean Singletary - Virginia (Senior)

43. Patrick Ewing, Jr. - Georgetown (Senior)

44. Ante Tomic - Croatia

45. Goran Dragic - Slovenia

46. Trent Plaisted - BYU (Junior)

47. Bill Walker - Kansas State (Freshman)

48. Malik Hairston - Oregon (Senior)

49. Richard Hendrix - Alabama (Junior)

50. DeVon Hardin - California (Senior)

51. Shan Foster - Vanderbilt (Senior)

52. Darnell Jackson - Kansas (Senior)

53. Tadija Dragicevic - Serbia

54. Maarty Leunen - Oregon (Senior)

55. Mike Taylor - NBDL

56. Sasha Kaun - Kansas (Senior)

57. James Gist - Maryland (Senior)

58. Joe Crawford - Kentucky (Senior)

59. Deron Washington - Virginia Tech (Senior)

60. Semih Erden - Turkey

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