MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang continued to build his 2023-24 roster with the signing of 2022 BIG EAST All-Freshman and All-Tournament Team member Arthur Kaluma (Glendale, Ariz./Dream City Christian/Creighton) to a Financial Aid Agreement on Wednesday (June 21).
A 6-foot-7, 225-pound forward, Kaluma arrives at K-State after an impressive 2-year stint (2021-23) at Creighton, where he helped the Bluejays to 47 wins, including 26 in BIG EAST play, a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances (2022, 2023) and the school's first trip to the Elite Eight in 2022-23.
As a one-time transfer, Kaluma is immediately eligible and will have two years remaining starting in 2023-24. He had applied for early entry into the NBA Draft before withdrawing in late May.
Kaluma is the second impactful transfer signed by Tang, joining 2023 Conference USA Player of the Year and NIT Most Outstanding Player Tylor Perry (Fort Coffee, Okla./Spiro/Coffeyville CC/North Texas), who inked with the Wildcats on May 5. Both appear in the top-20 in several transfer rankings, including ESPN and CBS Sports.
The newcomers join 6 returners for the Wildcats, which include a pair of 36-game starters in senior Nae'Qwan Tomlin (10.4 ppg., 5.9 rpg.) and junior Cam Carter (6.5 ppg., 3.0 rpg.) as well as senior David N'Guessan (6.4 ppg., 3.5 rpg.), who saw action in 29 games with 18 starts in 2022-23.
K-State posted a 26-10 overall record, including a tie for third place with an 11-7 mark in Big 12 play, and advanced to its 13th Elite Eight in 2022-23 under Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year Jerome Tang.