Khris Middleton, Texas A&M Basketball (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
The Texas A&M Basketball team has never been a high-profile college basketball program. Even when they are competitive, they’ll use an underdog mentality to get wins and advance in the NCAA Tournament.
No player embodies that mentality more than Khris Middleton, a former Aggie basketball star who had to earn his spot in the NBA the hard way.
Middleton was selected in the second round by the Detroit Pistons in 2012. He spent the bulk of his time during his rookie year playing for the Pistons’ D-League affiliate in the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, only managing to see time in 27 games for Detroit’s NBA squad.