Malik Beasley was with FSU basketball for one year, starting all 34 of the games in a season that ended in the second round of the NIT.
He declared for the NBA Draft, being selected in the first round with the No. 19 overall pick by the Denver Nuggets. He was the first FSU basketball player selected in the first round since Chis Singleton in 2011.
The following season saw the Noles make the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed and the program has been rolling ever since.
is a player Leonard Hamilton could use as an example to recruits that eventually signed with the program, and helped get it to where it is now.