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OU's Benson Likely to be Drafted by NBA Tonight

Draft starts at 7; Benson predicted to be picked in second round.

Oakland University's Keith Benson is likely to be drafted in tonight's NBA draft.

Benson, of Farmington Hills, would be the first player in the 13-year history of OU as a Division 1 athletics department to be selected in the draft. At 6' 11", Benson won the in 2010 and 2011 as part of the winningest senior class in OU history with 91 wins.

NBA.com projects Benson as being taken in the second round of the draft, at 44, by the Golden State Warriors. The draft, held in Newark, N.J., will be nationally televised live tonight at 7 on ESPN and ESPN3.com.

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