This appeared today in SI Online in a listing of 10 Winners and Losers this spring:
4. Kansas State. The Wildcats had a rough, drama-filled winter, so it was no surprise that their spring has been dicey as well. On March 24, Wildcats coach Bruce Weber dismissed his once-promising guard, 6’2” sophomore
Marcus Foster, from the program. Foster, an unknown recruit out of Wichita Falls, Texas, was one of the revelations of the 2012-13 season, but he and Weber butted heads for most of last year. Weber also dismissed two freshmen, 6’5” guard
Tre Harris and 6’7” forward
Malek Harris, while sophomore guards
Nigel Johnson and
Jevon Thomas decided to transfer. If you’re keeping score at home, that’s five departed players who were supposed to form the nucleus of Kansas State’s teams in the near future. With senior forward
Thomas Gipson and
Nino Williams having graduated, that leaves Weber with just five scholarship players and a nondescript six-man recruiting class on the way