K-State basketball will miss top outside shooter Abdi Bashir after foot surgery
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- K-State will miss Abdi Bashir after surgery to repair a stress fracture.
- He led K-State with 67 made 3-pointers and averaged 11.3 points per game.
- Coaches will rely on reserve guards Castillo, CJ Jones and Andrej Kostic.
The Kansas State men’s basketball team played without its top outside shooter when it hosted Utah in a Big 12 matchup Tuesday at Bramlage Coliseum.
It may be a while before he suits up again for the Wildcats.
Abdi Bashir, a 6-foot-7 shooting guard who began his college basketball career at Monmouth, had surgery to repair a stress fracture in his foot Tuesday. K-State coach Jerome Tang confirmed the injury after the Wildcats defeated the Utes 81-78.
Bashir is expected to remain on the sideline for 4 to 6 weeks while he recovers. That timeline would crack the door open for him to play again at some point in March. But he could miss the remainder of the season.
“After the Oklahoma State game, we had Abdi’s foot X-rayed, and he had a stress fracture,” Tang said. “So he had surgery today and he is out.”
His absence will be felt. Bashir leads the Wildcats with 67 made 3-pointers on 151 attempts this season. He is averaging 11.3 points 2.3 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game.
Bashir played until the bitter end of K-State’s previous game, an 84-83 loss at Oklahoma State, so it is unclear when or how he suffered his foot injury. But he was listed as “probable” before the Utah game on the Big 12’s lookahead availability report.
He was downgraded to out closer to game time with what turned out to be a significant injury.
K-State will likely lean on reserve guards David Castillo, CJ Jones and Andrej Kostic in upcoming games.
This story was originally published January 20, 2026 at 9:11 PM.