The 2022–23 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, their 120th basketball season. The Wildcats were led by first-year head coach Jerome Tang and played their home games in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to TCU. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the East region. They defeated Montana State, Kentucky, and Michigan State to advance to the Elite Eight. There they lost to Florida Atlantic.
Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2021–22 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. On March 21, the school named longtime Baylor assistant Jerome Tang the team's new head coach.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Mike McGuirl 00 G 6'3" 200 GS Senior Ellington, CT Graduated Maximus Edwards 2 G 6'5" 220 Freshman Stratford, CT Transferred to George Washington Selton Miguel 3 G/F 6'4" 210 Sophomore Luanda, Angola Transferred to South Florida Seryee Lewis 4 F 6'9" 230 Sophomore Chicago, IL Transferred to Rice Carlton Linguard Jr. 12 F 7'0" 220 Junior San Antonio, TX Transferred to UTSA Mark Smith 13 G 6'4" 225 GS Senior Edwardsville, IL Graduated/signed to play professional in Germany with BG Göttingen Drew Honas 14 G 6'2" 175 Senior Medicine Lodge, KS Walk-on; transferred Trey Harris 15 G 5'11" 165 Sophomore Bloomington, IL Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Kaosi Ezeagu 20 F 6'10" 255 RS Junior Brampton, ON Transferred to Sam Houston State Davion Bradford 21 F 7'0" 270 Sophomore St. Louis, MO Transferred to Wake Forest Luke Kasubke 22 G 6'5" 190 Sophomore St. Louis, MO Transferred to Illinois State Jordan Brooks 23 F 6'4" 190 Sophomore Grayson, KY Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Nijel Pack 24 G 6'0" 180 Sophomore Indianapolis, IN Transferred to Miami (FL) Logan Landers 33 F 6'9" 215 Freshman Cedarburg, WI Transferred to Grand Canyon
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school David N'Guessan 3 F 6'9" 205 Junior De Lier, Netherlands Virginia Tech Tykei Greene 4 G 6'4" 205 RS Senior Queens, NY Stony Brook Cam Carter 5 G 6'3" 185 Sophomore Donaldsonville, LA Mississippi State 11 G/F 6'6" 229 GS Senior Norfolk, VA Florida Anthony Thomas 12 F 6'7" 180 Sophomore Silver Spring, MD Tallahassee CC Desi Sills 13 G 6'2" 195 Senior Jonesboro, AR Arkansas State Jerrell Colbert 20 C 6'10" 216 Sophomore Houston, TX LSU Nate Awbrey 21 G 6'3" Senior Manhattan, KS Manhattan Christian College Abayomi Iyiola 23 F 6'10" 215 GS Senior Atlanta, GA Hofstra Nae'Qwan Tomlin 35 F 6'10" 195 Junior New York, NY Chipola College
Recruiting classes 2022 recruiting class
2023 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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