Monmouth transfer guard Abdi Bashir commits to Kansas State

Former Monmouth guard Abdi Bashir has committed to Kansas State, via the NCAA Transfer Portal. Bashir spent two season at Monmouth.

He made 33 appearances and 23 starts for the team this season. Bashir averaged 20.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 33.2 minutes per game. He shot 37.7% from the field and 38.3% from beyond the arc.

Bashir shot 3-pointers in bulk this season, averaging 10.1 attempts from downtown per game this season. For his efforts, he was named an All-CAA First-Team selection.

Bashir had his best performance of the season in Monmouth’s loss to Rutgers on Nov. 15. In the loss, Bashir exploded for a career-high 38 points while shooting 10-17 from downtown.

Bashir made significant strides this season, in comparison to his freshman season. In his debut campaign, Bashir averaged just 6.3 points in 13.4 minutes per game.

Abdi Bashir played high school basketball at PHHoenix Prep (AZ), where he was an unranked prospect in the 2023 recruiting cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. Abdi’s brother, Abdul, committed to Auburn in the transfer portal in February.

Now, Abdi will join a Power Four program as well. Abdi Bashir isn’t Kansas State’s only high-level addition this offseason. The Wildcats also reeled in forward Tyreek Smith (Memphis) through the transfer portal. Smith averaged 8.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per game this season.

Kansas State posted a 16-17 overall record and a 9-11 mark in conference play this season. The Wildcats’ 16-17 record this season is its worst since head coach Jerome Tang took over the program in 2022.

The sour ending to the season forced Tang to examine where he went wrong. In an interview on Field of 68: After Dark, Tang revealed some of his findings.

“I would go into practice everyday and I was really, really frustrated that my 18 to 23 year olds were acting like 18 to 23 year olds when I was paying them, thinking like for some reason they would all of a sudden be 30 year olds,” Tang said, “I was just frustrated so I wasn’t the best version of myself and until I learned to deal with it, our team didn’t become what we were capable of becoming.”

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