K-State aims for big bounceback after 9 wins last season

FILE - Kansas State guard Nijel Pack (24) goes up for a shot against TCU center Kevin Samuel (21) in the second half of an NCAA mens college basketball game in Fort Worth, Texas, in this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, file photo. They return most of their players from last season, including leading scorers Nijel Pack and Mike McGuirl, and they brought in plenty of help. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez, File)

FILE - Kansas State guard Mike McGuirl grabs a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Iowa State in Ames, Iowa, in this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, file photo. They return most of their players from last season, including leading scorers Nijel Pack and Mike McGuirl, and they brought in plenty of help. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Kansas State coach Bruce Weber speaks to the media during Big 12 NCAA college basketball media day Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

FILE - Wake Forest's Ismael Massoud (25) drives by North Carolina State's Jericole Hellems (4) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Raleigh, N.C., in this Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, file photo. Among the newcomers at Kansas State are Arkansas-Little Rock transfer Markquis Nowell, Missouri guard Mark Smith and Wake Forest forward Ismael Massoud. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP, Pool, File)

FILE - Little Rock's Markquis Nowell (1) looks to the basket during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Memphis in Memphis, Tenn., in this Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, file photo. Among the newcomers at Kansas State are Arkansas-Little Rock transfer Markquis Nowell, Missouri guard Mark Smith and Wake Forest forward Ismael Massoud. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht, File)

FILE - Missouri's Mark Smith, right, shoots over LSU's Cameron Thomas, left, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Columbia, Mo., in this Saturday, March 6, 2021, file photo. Among the newcomers at Kansas State are Arkansas-Little Rock transfer Markquis Nowell, Missouri guard Mark Smith and Wake Forest forward Ismael Massoud. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson, File)