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Kansas State Wildcats land basketball transfer Pape N’Diaye from Xavier

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  • Pape N’Diaye signed a scholarship agreement to play at Kansas State.
  • Alexander has lined up 13 players for his first season, with N’Diaye as transfer No. 10.
  • N’Diaye averaged 2 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block per game last season at Xavier.

Kansas State’s basketball roster is nearly complete ahead of Year 1 for Casey Alexander.

The new head coach has lined up 13 players for his first season with the Wildcats.

Pape N’Diaye, a 7-foot sophomore forward from Xavier, became the latest member of the K-State men’s basketball team on Saturday when he signed a scholarship agreement to play for Kansas State. Coliseum.

N’Diaye averaged 2 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block per game with the Musketeers last season. Before that, he spent time at UNLV, where he averaged 2.7 points and 3.7 rebounds as a freshman.

The big man is originally from Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Alexander will look to N’Diaye for extra depth in the front court next season.

N’Diaye is incoming transfer No. 10 for the Wildcats. The transfers will join returning guard Andrej Kostic and high school recruits Jaylen Alexander and Devin Hutcherson next season in Manhattan.

Alexander has two roster spots remaining, if he chooses to use them.

K-State basketball transfer tracker

Outgoing transfers (9):

Abdi Bashir

Dorin Buca

David Castillo (Santa Clara)

PJ Haggerty (Texas A&M)

Mobi Ikegwuruka

Taj Manning (Iowa State)

Stephen Osei

Elias Rapieque (Loyola-Chicago)

Exavier Wilson (Akron)

Departing seniors (4):

Marcus Johnson

Nate Johnson

CJ Jones

Khamari McGriff

Returning players (1):

Andrej Kostic

Incoming recruits (2):

Jaylen Alexander

Devin Hutcherson

Incoming transfers (10):

Isaiah Abraham (Georgetown)

Pape N’Diaye (Xavier)

Matt Gilhool (LSU)

Dezdrick Lindsay (Oregon)

Timotej Malovec (Miami)

Brandon Rechsteiner (Colorado State)

JT Rock (New Mexico)

Jaden Schutt (Virginia Tech)

Brock Vice (Murray State)

Montana Wheeler (Bradley)

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Kellis Robinett covers Kansas State athletics for The Wichita Eagle and The Kansas City Star. A winner of more than a dozen national writing awards, he lives in Manhattan with his wife and four children.
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