Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2021–22 |
Prev Year: | 2020–21 |
Next Year: | 2022–23 |
Team: | Kansas State Wildcats |
Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
Short Conf: | Big 12 |
Record: | 14–17 |
Conf Record: | 6–12 |
Head Coach: | Bruce Weber |
Hc Year: | 10th |
Asst Coach1: | Chris Lowery |
Asst Coach2: | Jermaine Henderson |
Asst Coach3: | Shane Southwell |
Stadium: | Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) |
The 2021–22 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, their 119th basketball season. The Wildcats were led by 10th-year head coach Bruce Weber and played their home games in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 6–12 in Big 12 play to finish ninth place. They lost to West Virginia in the first round of the Big 12 tournament.
On March 10, 2022, head coach Bruce Weber announced he was stepping down as head coach.[1] On March 21, the school named longtime Baylor assistant Jerome Tang the team's new head coach.[2]
In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Wildcats finished the 2020–21 season 9–20, 4–14 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place. They defeated TCU in the first round of the Big 12 tournament before losing to Baylor in the quarterfinals.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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DaJuan Gordon | 3 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Sophomore | Transferred to Missouri | ||
Rudi Williams | 5 | G | 6'3" | 182 | Junior | Transferred to Coastal Carolina | ||
Antonio Gordon | 11 | F | 6'9" | 215 | Sophomore | Transferred to Southeastern Louisiana | ||
Montavious Murphy | 23 | F | 6'9" | 230 | Sophomore | Transferred | ||
Joe Petrakis | 35 | F | 6'9" | 220 | RS Sophomore | Transferred to Western Carolina |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
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1 | G | 5'7" | 155 | Senior | Little Rock | |||
13 | G | 6'5" | 200 | RS Senior | Missouri | |||
Jordan Brooks | 23 | F | 6'4" | 190 | Sophomore | Iona | ||
Ismael Massoud | 25 | F | 6'10" | 220 | Junior | Wake Forest |
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