Kansas State Wildcats trending up for North Texas basketball transfer Tylor Perry

Jerome Tang hasn’t landed any incoming transfers this spring, but that could easily change in the next few days.

The Kansas State men’s basketball team remains involved with several high-profile targets within the NCAA transfer portal and one of them is set to begin an official recruiting visit with the Wildcats on Monday.

Tylor Perry, a 5-foot-11 senior guard who recently helped North Texas win the NIT by averaging 17.3 points and 3.4 rebounds per game, is scheduled to be in Manhattan early this week.

He is expected to choose between Florida, Mississippi, Texas Tech and K-State in the near future.

For now, K-State seems to be trending in the right direction for him.

Perry elected to visit K-State immediately after he checked out Ole Miss, and he has notable connections with the Wildcats.

Jareem Dowling, an assistant coach on Tang’s staff, used to tutor Perry when he worked at North Texas. Dowling helped recruit Perry when he began his college basketball career within the Sunflower State at Coffeyville Community College.

Perry is originally from Fort Coffee, Oklahoma.

When Perry first entered his name in the transfer portal it was unclear if there was mutual interest between the talented guard and K-State. The Wildcats recruited other guards at the start of the month and Perry did not list them in his initial top eight.

But now that targets such as LJ Cryer (Houston), Tramon Mark (Arkansas) and Aaron Estrada (Alabama) have ended up elsewhere, Perry and K-State are starting to look like a good match.

Perry appears to be a good fit for Tang’s system. Perry, who scored as many as 35 points in a game last season, would help fill the offensive void left by Markquis Nowell and Keyontae Johnson on the perimeter next year.

He shined throughout his two years at North Texas and was named Conference USA Player of the Year this past season.

If his visit goes well this week in Manhattan it won’t be a shock to see him make a commitment shortly after.

Oral Roberts guard still on the market

The Wildcats are waiting to see Max Abmas decided to do.

Abmas, a 6-foot senior guard who averaged 21.9 points and four assists for the Golden Eagles last season, is mulling his options between K-State, Texas and possibly another school or two.

The electric point guard was on K-State’s campus last week. Then he followed that up with a trip to check out the Longhorns. He may choose between them. He may also consider another option, such as Baylor or Wichita State.

Though little has been reported on his transfer recruitment beyond K-State and Texas it would make sense that he might consider the Shockers.

He played for new Wichita State coach Paul Mills throughout his time at Oral Roberts.

Abmas would be a big-time addition for the Wildcats if they can land him, as he has a similar playing style to Nowell.

Off the board

K-State fans can stop monitoring Kadin Shedrick.

The Virginia forward has committed to Texas and has decided to finish his college basketball career with the Longhorns.

It’s unclear how hard K-State pushed for Shedrick, but he listed the Wildcats in his top five and Tang wants to bring in at least one veteran big man from the transfer portal.

As mentioned above, Hofstra guard Aaron Estrada is also heading elsewhere. The Wildcats were hoping to host him on a recruiting visit this month, but he chose Alabama.

Update on Ismael Massoud

We might not have to wait much longer to see where outgoing transfer Ismael Massoud winds up next season.

The former K-State basketball forward has made recruiting visits to New Mexico and Fordham. He is also reportedly considering George Washington. He is expected to visit that campus later this week.

If he chooses the Colonials he will re-unite with former K-State teammate Maximus Edwards, who was recently named Rookie of the Year in the Atlantic 10.