MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head men's basketball coach Jerome Tang met with the media on Friday morning (June 28) to provide a summer update on the team, as the Wildcats welcome 10 new players, including eight Division I transfers, for the 2024-25 campaign.
K-State finished the 2023-24 season with a 19-15 record, including a tie for ninth in the Big 12 with an 8-10 mark, and advanced to the NIT. Among the Wildcats' 19 victories were 4 over Top 25 teams, including 3 in the Top 10. The team has won 45 games in Tang's tenure, including consecutive postseason appearances.
The Wildcats return 3 lettermen (senior David N'Guessan and sophomores Taj Manning and Macaleab Rich) in 2024-25, along with the 10 newcomers, which includes 8 Division I transfers, a junior college All-American (Mobi Ikegwuruka) and a top-50 high school prospect (David Castillo).
The full list of newcomers includes:
Achor Achor (Melbourne, Australia/Greenforest McCalep Academy/Chipola College/Samford)
David Castillo (Bartlesville, Okla./Sunrise Christian Academy [Kan.])
Baye Fall (Dakar, Senegal/ Accelerated Prep [Colo.]/Arkansas)
Brendan Hausen (Amarillo, Texas/Amarillo/ Villanova)
Coleman Hawkins (Sacramento, Calif./Prolific Prep/Illinois)
Mobi Ikegwuruka (Galway, Ireland/Ellsworth [Iowa] Community College)
C.J. Jones (East St. Louis, Ill./East St. Louis/UIC)
Max Jones (Clearwater, Fla./Clearwater/University of Tampa/Cal State Fullerton)
Dug McDaniel (Washington, D.C./St. Paul VI Catholic VI/Michigan)
Ugonna Onyenso (Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria/NBA Africa/Putnam Science Academy/Kentucky)
The non-conference schedule is still being finalized, but the Wildcats will play a 20-game Big 12 schedule that includes 10 home games with NCAA Tournament teams Arizona, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas and Texas Tech as well as Arizona State, Cincinnati, Oklahoma State and West Virginia.