Kansas State’s top 3-point shooter announces plans to enter the transfer portal
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- Abdi Bashir to enter transfer portal after one season with Kansas State Wildcats.
- Guard shot 44.4% from 3, averaged 13.2 points, missed 14 games with broken foot.
- Coaching change, expected roster turnover prompted Bashir among 3 outgoing transfers.
Kansas State’s best 3-pointer shooter is on the move.
Abdi Bashir, a 6-foot-7 and 175-pound guard who made 44.4% of his shots from 3-point range last season, has announced that he will transfer away from the Wildcats and continue his college basketball career elsewhere.
Bashir will depart Manhattan after spending one season at K-State. During that time, he averaged 13.2 points and 1.9 rebounds per game while making 67 shots from beyond the arc on 151 attempts.
K-State recruited Bashir last offseason when he was an up-and-coming guard out of Monmouth. As a sophomore with his former school, he averaged 20.1 points per game while draining 127 shots from beyond the arc on the season.
His ability to make 3-pointers translated to the Big 12, but Bashir was unable to stay healthy for a full season at Bramlage Coliseum. He missed the final 14 games of the year with a broken foot, and K-State struggled on its way to just 12 wins.
Bashir flashed his potential early when he scored a season-high 26 points in a game against Nebraska. He drained seven shots from beyond the arc that night. He also scored at least 15 points in eight other games.
His departure doesn’t come as a surprise. The coach who recruited him to K-State, Jerome Tang, has been fired. And the coach who is now in charge, Casey Alexander, has said that he expects roster turnover as he prepares for his first season with the Wildcats.
It will be fascinating to see where Bashir continues his college basketball career. He is one of the best shooters in the country, but his defense leaves much to be desired.
He has one year of eligibility remaining.
He is the fourth K-State basketball player to announce his transfer intentions since the team’s season came to an end at the Big 12 Tournament.
K-State basketball transfer tracker
Outgoing transfers (4):
Abdi Bashir
David Castillo
Stephen Osei
Exavier Wilson
Incoming recruits (2):
Jaylen Alexander
Devin Hutcherson
This story was originally published April 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM.