K-State Head coach Bruce Weber was optimistic and in generally good spirits when he met with the media for the first time since his Wildcats finished it’s 15-17 season with a loss to TCU in the Big 12 Championship Tournament on March 11th.
Not even two weeks after the end of the season Weber announced the dismissal of Marcus Foster and Tre Harris, and the transfer of Javon 
Thomas. Another two weeks went by and Nigel Johnson announced he would be transferring and just over a week after that announcement Weber announced the dismissal of Malek Harris. In all Kansas State has dismissed three players and seen three players transfer as Jack Karapetyan left the team during the season.
“This is not something that just happened,” Coach Weber said. “I’m just telling you, obviously there were suspensions during the year and we addressed them, so people were aware.”
Both Foster and Malek Harris were suspended for a three games this past February. Weber would not go into detail about why the two, and Tre Harris were dismissed from the team. All three were players recruited by Weber, who said that despite having to dismiss those players he doesn’t plan on changing his recruitment style.
“Obviously you try to do your due diligence as far as doing background checks and knowing something about the young men. But a lot of things can happen to change young men. It’s the disappointing part of the job and the hard part. It’s not the fun part. Tough love is really hard if your a parent, if you’re a teacher, if you’re a coach, if you’re a boss and you have to provide tough love and discipline, it’s not a fun thing and it’s a difficult thing.”
Kansas State returns just five scholarship players leaving plenty of room for a large recruiting class, which Weber is excited for,”we feel like we’ve got guys that are excited to be here.”
Weber is looking forward to a six man recruiting class made up of three star athletes including the Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year Dean Wade of St John. He is still hoping to add one more player this off season.
“As I said we’re going to have to have a couple of guys without some experience step up, but it can happen and I feel good about the group that is coming in and they’re excited about coming here.”
Current sophomore Wesley Iwundu and junior Justin Edwards are expected to step up and be two of the top players on next year’s team. Iwundu averaged 5.8 points per game last season and ranked second on the team for assists. Edwards finished the season averaging 6.3 points per game and led the team in steals.