NEW YORK — Last March, Kansas State’s Ismael Massoud faced uncertainty.
His first season in his new Manhattan [Kansas] home didn’t go so well in the rough-and-tumble Big XII as the Wildcats finished 14-17 and with coach Bruce Weber resigning, he was facing another regime change after transferring from Wake Forest.
After Jerome Tang took over the program, things didn’t start out well for the 6-8 junior, who struggled to get consistent minutes off the bench after starting 18 games the previous season.
