Kansas State has two former players on opening day NBA rosters, as Michael Beasley (Milwaukee Bucks) and Rodney McGruder (Miami Heat) debuted for their respective teams on Wednesday.
The Heat travel to Orlando, while the Bucks host the Charlotte Hornets.
K-State is one of six Big 12 teams with multiple NBA players, joining Baylor, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas. It marks the first time multiple Wildcats have been on NBA teams since Beasley (Miami), Bill Walker (Miami) and Cartier Martin (Detroit) all played in the league during the 2014–15 season.
Beasley, who is entering his ninth NBA season, played the final 20 games of the 2015–16 season with the Houston Rockets after a stint with the Shandong Golden Stars of the Chinese Basketball Association.