Team chemistry will be an important factor for this years Kansas State Men’s Basketball team after a disappointing season last year.

This year Kansas State is welcoming in six newcomers and returning seven lettermen, including four with starting experience. The team first met for summer workouts last Friday and as of Thursday evening Coach Bruce Weber said that the team chemistry is developing.

“I think the young guys, there right now a little humble, they’re a little bit naive which is good I think that’s a positive thing,” said Weber. “There’s no messing around and that’s what summers for, to kind of build that chemistry, that camaraderie, that togetherness, and we need that. That’s the first thing I addressed when we got back together this weekend.”

Although they have only been together for about a week now the team seems to be getting along just fine together.

“Oh man we’re great,” said incoming freshman Kamau Stokes. “We spend a lot of time together on and off the court.”

He added that working together as a team helping to facilitate the youth summer camps at the Basketball Training facility has helped bring them together,”these kids definitely bring us together because when they’re it’s like we all have to work together to make them better.”

Family is a critical aspect of Kansas State as it shows up all over the University and the incoming Freshman realize that.

“It’s a very good chemistry with this team. I feel like we’re all a family, everybody has each others back,” said Dante Williams. “That’s really what brought me here to K-State. When I came here I could see that everybody was really close, I could see that they had each others backs, they were just counting on each other.”

Kansas State is looking to improve on a disappointing 15-17 2014-2015 season.

The non-conference schedule was released Thursday and it could include as many as six teams that participated in the postseason a year ago, including three from the 2015 NCAA Tournament.