WICHITA EAGLE REPORTS OUR MAN MIKE ENJOYED HIMSELF SOME CATs HOOPS, DUG PLAY
Michael Beasley returned to Bramlage Coliseum and watched his first game as a Kansas State basketball fan on Saturday. It’s safe to say the former K-State star enjoyed the experience. The Wildcats treated him like royalty as he sat in the front row alongside The Flush. They also put on a show for him as they whooped rival Kansas 81-73 in a game that felt more lopsided than the final score.
Dug McDaniel was at the center of many of those jaw-dropping plays, and Beasley noticed. He couldn’t contain himself as he watched the K-State point guard drive to the basket and bank home an unlikely layup in the second half as a pair of KU defenders tried to stop him. Beasley was so impressed by that play, and others, that he routinely rose from his seat and showed McDaniel love by nodding his head and shouting words of encouragement. At one point, he was so fired up that he moved within inches of the playing surface and a security guard had to ask him to take a seat.
“His creativeness with the ball is amazing,” Beasley said afterward. “He made one pass where he made the whole building think he was passing straight and instead he bounced it between two people and (Max Jones) hit a three from the corner. He is an electric player.”
Many were impressed with McDaniel after the way he played in this game. The Michigan transfer flirted with a triple-double on his way to 15 points, 11 assists and six rebounds.
