The 2025–26 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, their 123rd basketball season. The Wildcats were led by head coach Jerome Tang for the first 27 games and interim head coach Matthew Driscoll for the remainder of the season. They played their home games in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 12–20, 3–15 in Big 12 play to finish in 15th place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 tournament to BYU.

On February 15, 2026, the school fired head coach Jerome Tang. The school announced that Tang had been fired for cause, looking to avoid paying him a buyout pursuant to the terms of his contract. Assistant coach Matthew Driscoll was named the interim head coach. On March 12, the school named Belmont head coach Casey Alexander the team's new head coach.

Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2024–25 season 16–17, 9–11 in Big 12 play to finish a tie for ninth place. As the No. 10 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated Arizona State in the first round before losing to Baylor in the second round.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Dug McDaniel 0 G 5'11" 175 Junior Washington, D.C. Transferred to Memphis David N'Guessan 1 F 6'9" 220 Graduate Student De Lier, Netherlands Graduated Max Jones 2 G 6'4" 210 Senior Clearwater, FL Graduated Brendan Hausen 11 G 6'4" 205 Junior Amarillo, TX Transferred to Iowa Achor Achor 14 F 6'9" 227 Senior Melbourne, Australia Transferred to Mississippi State Baye Fall 21 F 6'11' 215 Sophomore Dakar, Senegal Transferred to Rutgers Macaleab Rich 23 F 6'7" 240 Sophomore East St. Louis, IL Transferred to UTSA Coleman Hawkins 33 F 6'10" 230 Senior Sacramento, CA Graduated Ugonna Onyenso 34 C 7'0" 245 Junior Owerri, Nigeria Transferred to Virginia

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Abdi Bashir Jr. 1 G 6'7" 160 Junior Omaha, NE Monmouth PJ Haggerty 4 G 6'3" 191 Junior Crosby, TX Memphis Khamari McGriff 21 F 6'9" 210 Senior Tallahassee, FL UNC Wilmington Stephen Osei 23 F 6'10" 210 Sophomore Toronto, ON Casper College Nate Johnson 34 G 6'3" 205 Senior Liberty Township, Ohio Akron Tyreek Smith F 6'8" 225 Graduate Student Baton Rouge, LA Memphis

Recruiting classes 2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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