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  "tags": [
    "Utah’s big day: Bogut, like Smith, is No. 1",
    "Former No. 1 draft picks headline Utah’s 2020 Hall of Fame class",
    "Bogut at center of attention",
    "Bogut now ready to ‘Buck’ up",
    "Out at U., eligible for NBA",
    "Utah Ute great Andrew Bogut retires after 15 years in professional basketball",
    "Runnin’ Utes still hold enviable place in NBA draft history",
    "Deseret News timeline",
    "We were there: See Deseret News front pages from 45 big moments in Utah, world history"
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  "textContent": "_Editor’s note: This story was originally published on June 28, 2024._\n\n_A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives_.\n\nJune 28, 2005, was a great day to be a Ute.\n\nHeck, my son-in-law would say every day is a great day to be a Ute.\n\nOn this day 21 years ago, University of Utah center Andrew Bogut became the No. 1 pick in the NBA player draft, taken by the Milwaukee Bucks.\n\nThe Deseret News covered the historic event, and noted Utah’s unique claim. Just two months earlier, Utah quarterback Alex Smith became the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft.\n\nOnly 10 schools have ever had a No. 1 pick in the both the NFL and NBA player drafts.\n\nBut only one school has ever had it happen in a single year.\n\nBogut was the consensus 2004-05 National Player of the Year under coach Rick Majerus. While netting a national-best 26 double-doubles that season, he averaged 20.4 points, 12.2 rebounds and shot 62% from the field.\n\nBogut was drafted No. 1 overall by the Milwaukee Bucks after leading the Utes to a 29-6 record and a Sweet 16 appearance in the NCAA tourney.\n\nA starter for many seasons, Bogut won an NBA title in 2015 with the Golden State Warriors. In 2020, the 36-year-old Australian, citing back and ankle injuries, the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent postponement of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, retired from the NBA.\n\nHere are some stories from Deseret News archives:\n\n“Utah’s big day: Bogut, like Smith, is No. 1″\n\n“Former No. 1 draft picks headline Utah’s 2020 Hall of Fame class”\n\n“Bogut at center of attention”\n\n“Bogut now ready to ‘Buck’ up”\n\n“Out at U., eligible for NBA”\n\n“Utah Ute great Andrew Bogut retires after 15 years in professional basketball”\n\n“Runnin’ Utes still hold enviable place in NBA draft history”\n\nAnd FYI, the schools to have players taken first in both drafts include:\n\nKentucky, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, N.C. State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, UCLA ...\n\nand Utah.\n\nDeseret News timeline\n\nWe were there: See Deseret News front pages from 45 big moments in Utah, world history",
  "title": "Deseret News archives: Andrew Bogut taken No. 1 in 2005 NBA draft, joining fellow Ute Alex Smith in spotlight"
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