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Him and Caleb Wilson get to hoop it up 😎

I'm not sure what direction they are going at the 2 but one thing for sure is there will be minutes for him if he shows what they want at that position. Looks like we'll keep Josh so he won't be asked to handle the ball much and when he does it's to get to the rim. I think hella fit well if our system is similar to what was ran in Portland with Splitter.

Looks like he made the right decision to go

Swain made an incredible decision. Feather in SM’s hat right there.

Higher than most expected, but an awesome spot for him. Excited to watch Dailyn as a Bull.

Nice!

Congrats, Dailyn! This definitely seems like it will give Miller a recruiting boost. Or at least major skin on the wall to show recruits?

15th is above expectations and even better than the range Gerry predicted. Good for him!

Much higher than I thought as well. Good for him & best of luck!

Good for Swain, really good for our program!

Congrats to Dailyn and Coach Miller! 🤘

Wish him all the best.

And upside. OTF had outlined that he put on a lot of positive weight and Coach Sean Miller teaches the game the right way as he followed from Xavier. Swains athleticism, handle at his size, unselfishness, defense and upside are fantastic. His shot looks good he will continue to improve and takes high percentage looks.

Nice, definitely better than expected.

Our new front office is all about athleticism. They want to play fast.

First of many for Sean at UT

Surprised he went to chicago but glad he went top 15 and isn't in OKC who absolutely loved him

No. Tyler and his mom love Austin and the brotherhood of the Texas team. Wouldn’t be if mom moves to Austin next year.

Didn't think he would go that early, top 15 pick is good stuff.

Swain made the right decision to not come back to Texas. Salute to him! Will be watching some Bulls games this upcoming season for sure.

I'm not. But can never rule out anything in NIL era

So close to being a lottery pick

😂 I hope he ready to be cursed out for everything even if it ain't his fault.

Think that was Adam Cohen at the draft with Swain

The Chicago Bulls selected Dailyn Swain with the No. 15 overall pick in the first round of the 2026 NBA Draft on Tuesday. The 6-foot-7-inch, 211-pound Swain is the 21st Texas product to be picked in the first round of the draft and the 17th Longhorn to go in the first round since Chris Mihm, who the Bulls took with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2000 draft (later traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers). Swain joins Mihm and LaMarcus Aldridge (No. 2 overall in 2006, later traded to the Portland Trail Blazers) as Chicago first-round picks from the Forty Acres on a night when he became the 20th Longhorn drafted in the last 20 years (Aldridge, P.J. Tucker and Daniel Gibson were selected in the 2006 draft, with Tucker and Gibson going in the second round). Swain is also the first Division I transfer into the Texas program to go in the first round since B.J. Tyler (transferred from DePaul after the 1989-90 season) was taken 20th overall in 1994 by the Philadelphia 76ers. Swain is the first Longhorn first-rounder produced by Sean Miller, making him the first first-year coach in program history to produce a first-round pick. In one season in burnt orange under Miller, who recruited Swain to Xavier out of Columbus, Ohio (Africentric Early College), Swain helped lead Texas to three NCAA Tournament wins before the team’s postseason run of success ended in the Sweet 16. Swain led the Longhorns with 21 assists in four NCAA Tournament games, scoring 53 points and grabbing 28 rebounds, which included a 15-point, 9-rebound effort with five assists in a season-ending 79-77 loss to Purdue. Swain, former NBA MVP Derrick Rose (the No. 1 overall pick by the Bulls in the 2008 draft) of Memphis and former Texas All-Big 12 guard Marcus Carr are the only Division I players in the last 20 years to score at least 10 points and dish out at least three assists in each of their first six career NCAA Tournament games. In a 36-game campaign for Texas, Swain was named SEC Newcomer of the Year and second-team All-SEC while emerging as a difference maker at both ends of the floor. Swain was the only player from a Division I power conference (ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten and SEC) to lead his team in five different major statistical categories, leading the Longhorns in points per game (17.3), rebounds per game (7.5), assists (129), steals (59) and minutes per game (32.8). Swain joined LSU’s Ben Simmons (2015-16) and Tennessee’s Grant Williams (2018-19) as the only SEC players in the last 30 years to average at least 17 points, seven rebounds and three assists per game. Swain shot a career-high 54.2 percent from the field and 34.4 percent from 3-point range, while shooting 81.5 percent from the free-throw line on a career-high 5.6 free-throw attempts per game. View full news story