Tuesday marks the official opening night of the 2023-2024 NBA season. There’s a lot to look forward to across the league, but this season, Razorback fans will have a much larger rooting interest than any previous year.
Ten former [autotag]Arkansas basketball[/autotag] players have made NBA rosters for this season – the most the program has ever had in the league at one time.
In the words of @BPortistime…
🗣️ ARKANSAS IN THE NBA pic.twitter.com/CSNdVJUAd8
— Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball 🐗 (@RazorbackMBB) October 24, 2023
The Razorbacks are just one of ten schools with double-digit NBA players this season – joining Arizona, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Texas, UCLA and Villanova. In fact, the Hogs are tied with Texas for the 7th most players in the league to start this year – trailing only Kentucky (26), Duke (24), UCLA (15), Kansas (12), Michigan and Gonzaga (11 each).
Out of those ten former Hogs in the NBA, six have played for current Razorback coach [autotag]Eric Musselman[/autotag]. That’s just the latest example of how incredible the recruiting has been since Musselman arrived in Fayetteville four years ago.
Let’s take a closer look at every former Razorback on an NBA roster for opening night.