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Four Big 12 players were selected in the 2025 NBA Draft, with three Conference players going within the first 14 picks of the first round. This marks the 26th consecutive year the Big 12 has produced a first-round draft pick and the 12th straight draft day with multiple first-rounders from the Conference, while it is the first time since 2014 the Big 12 had three lottery picks.
Baylor’s VJ Edgecombe was selected third overall by the Philadelphia 76ers, making it five consecutive years that a BU player was picked in the first round. The Big 12 Freshman of the Year, he becomes the highest draft selection from the Conference since Cade Cunningham (Oklahoma State/Detroit) went first overall in 2021, and the highest Baylor player ever selected.
BYU’s Egor Demin was picked by the Brooklyn Nets with the eighth overall selection. The Big 12 All-Freshman team selection is the first Cougar selected in the lottery since Jimmer Fredette in 2011, and the first since BYU joined the Big 12 for the 2023-24 season.
Arizona’s Carter Bryant, who was taken 14th overall by the San Antonio Spurs, finished the Big 12’s first trio of lottery picks since Andrew Wiggins (Kansas), Joel Embiid (Kansas) and Marcus Smart (Oklahoma State). Bryant is the fifth first-round pick from Arizona in the 2020s, and the first since 2022.
West Virginia's Javon Small, a First Team All-Big 12 selection, was taken 48th by the Memphis Grizzlies. Small becomes the first Mountaineer since 2021 to be drafted, and the third WVU player in the Big 12 era. With a total of four overall selections, this marks the 10th consecutive NBA Draft that the Big 12 had at least four players taken.
Big 12 Selections in the 2025 NBA Draft
Round 1
3. VJ Edgecombe (Baylor), Philadelphia
8. Egor Demin (BYU), Brooklyn
14. Carter Bryant (Arizona), San Antonio
Round 2
48. Javon Small (West Virginia), Memphis