There were 76 former ACC players on opening day NBA rosters, headed by 26 from Duke, 14 UNC, 8 Virginia. Seventeen of the ACC’s 18 schools are represented, according to basketball.realgm.com.
Ex-Tar Heels in the NBA: Harrison Barnes, San Antonio; Leaky Black, Sacramento; Tony Bradley, Utah; Harris Ingram, Utah; Cameron Johnson, Denver, Walker Kessler, LA Lakers; Caleb Love, Philadelphia; Pete Nance, Milwaukee; Tyler Nickel, New York; Drake Powell. Brooklyn; Cormac Ryan, Milwaukee; Day’Ron Sharpe, Brooklyn; Coby White, Charlotte; Caleb Wilson, Chicago.
Several UNC transfers like Kessler, Love, Nickel, Ryan could be on multiple school alumni lists.
Late scratches were Henri Veesaar (Atlanta) who suffered a season-ending knee injury in the preseason and RJ Davis who was waived by San Antonio. He’s on the Spurs G League team.
Other ACC alumni on NBA rosters: Florida State, Stanford 7 each; Va. Tech, Pitt 4; Louisville 3, California, Clemson, Ga. Tech, Miami, Syracuse, Miami 2 each, Boston College, Notre Dame, N.C. State 1 apiece, SMU 0.