Casey Alexander adds walk-on to Kansas State Wildcats men’s basketball roster
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- Alexander stopped pursuing extra scholarship players but left roster open for walk-ons.
- Nash Stark committed to Kansas State as a preferred walk-on and will join as a freshman.
- With Stark added, the Wildcats’ roster will total 14 players for Alexander’s first season.
Casey Alexander recently said he was no longer working to add extra scholarship players to the Kansas State men’s basketball roster ahead of his first season at Bramlage Coliseum.
With 10 incoming transfers and two high school prospects set to join returning wing Andrej Kostic with the Wildcats, Alexander doesn’t want to spend any more NIL money or recruiting resources even though K-State is allowed to carry 15 players.
But he did leave the door open for K-State to round out its roster with walk-ons.
Alexander did exactly that when he landed a commitment from Nash Stark, a 6-foot-7 and 230-pound forward from Lipscomb Academy in Nashville.
Stark will join the K-State basketball roster as a preferred walk-on after regularly using his size and skill to record double-doubles in high school.
“Beyond blessed,” Nash wrote on social media “to announce my commitment to play for Coach Alexander and K-State.”
Stark is a multi-sport athlete who was also offered a walk-on spot at Alexander’s old school, Belmont.
K-State will likely ask Stark to provide help in practice and depth in games.
He will give the Wildcats a roster of 14 players when he arrives as a freshman.
K-State basketball transfer tracker
Outgoing transfers (9):
Abdi Bashir
Dorin Buca (Rutgers)
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 (3):
Jaylen Alexander
Devin Hutcherson
Nash Stark
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)