Ex-Huskies Marquese Chriss, DeJounte Murray Projected Lottery Picks

From potentially producing the No.3 overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft to having two lottery selections, expect the Washington Huskies men's basketball program to get significant air time Thursday.

Marquese Chriss, a 6'10 forward, and DeJounte Murray, a 6'5 combo guard, are the only two prospects who declared early from UW. Point guard Andrew Andrews is the lone graduating senior who has also garnered interest from several NBA teams.

Of the two early declares, Chriss' stock has gone through the roof over the past month. The Ringer called Chriss the draft's biggest gamble, with several mock drafts having him going No.3 overall to the Boston Celtics. The ex-Husky forward told Rivals he is already in New York and will be in the green room for the draft.

Both Murray and Chriss will be in the green room for the draft.

ESPN's latest mock draft has Chriss going No.4 overall to the Phoenix Suns, while having Murray at No.10 overall to the Milwaukee Bucks. Romar has never had two players selected by lottery pick teams in the same draft in his time at Washington.

Murray has worked out for the Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns among others. His stock too has risen over the past month, all the way from being slotted as a second-round pick.

The NBA Draft begins Thursday at 4 p.m. Pacific, shown live on ESPN and on Yahoo! Sports through The Vertical.com.