K-State basketball player plans to transfer after one season with the Wildcats
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- Stephen Osei enters transfer portal after one redshirt season with K-State.
- K-State braces for multiple departures as portal opens April 7, 2026.
- Program shifts under new coach Casey Alexander while roster rebuilds.
The Kansas State men’s basketball team has lost its first, but certainly not last, outgoing player of the spring to the transfer portal.
Stephen Osei, a 6-foot-10 and 200-pound sophomore forward who sat out most of this past season with a redshirt, has announced his intentions to play elsewhere next season.
Osei lasted just one season with the Wildcats. He joined the team after spending his freshman year at Casper College in Wyoming. Osei appeared in three games for K-State. He scored a season-high two points against Mississippi State and logged a season-high five minutes against UNC Greensboro.
The K-State big man didn’t see any other action. He spent the rest of his time in Manhattan supporting his teammates on the bench as he preserved a year of eligibility via a redshirt.
His departure doesn’t come as a surprise.
The Wildcats are expecting to lose the bulk of their current roster to the portal when it opens April 7. K-State is coming off a season in which it lost 20 games and flirted with a last-place finish in the Big 12. A talent upgrade is needed at Bramlage Coliseum.
More departures are expected in the coming weeks.
K-State is also transitioning to new head coach Casey Alexander, who was hired a few weeks ago to replace Jerome Tang.
For now, the only confirmed K-State players for next season are incoming freshmen Jaylen Alexander and Devin Hutcherson. Both of those players were previously committed to Casey Alexander at Belmont.
This story was originally published March 30, 2026 at 5:05 PM with the headline "K-State basketball player plans to transfer after one season with the Wildcats."