Here is the seventh set:
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Here is the sixth set:
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Here is the fifth set:
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Here is set No. 4:
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This comes courtesy of the University of Arizona. It is a listing of the schools with the most NBA draft picks since 1989:

1. ARIZONA 31
2. Duke 29
3. UCLA 28
4. North Carolina 25
5. Connecticut 23
6. Kansas 22

Here is the third set:
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Here is the second set:
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Here is the story I wrote for today’s paper about former UCLA guards Darren Collison and Jrue Holiday being drafted. Both were in New York for the draft.
Also, here’s a story about Collison from the Times-Picayune and one on Holiday from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Collison said he will fly to New Orleans today to meet the coaching staff and the media before returning to Los Angeles tonight.
Holiday said he was traveling to Philadelphia today to meet the media and the coaching staff and would fly back to Los Angeles tonight.

Lots of questions this week, which is a good thing since there will be no Q&A next week because of the July 4 holiday. Not sure how many sets of answers yet, but I’m thinking there will be 15 to 17, so I will post a few sets Saturday.
Now, onto the first set of answers:
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Neither wing Josh Shipp nor power forward/center Alfred Aboya were drafted, but UCLA coach Ben Howland said he expected both to be invited to an NBA summer league camp.
Howland added both players had “high-level European situations” on the table if the NBA didn’t work out.