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Abdi Bashir Jr. Season 2026-27

PositionGuard
Weight175 lbs
Height6-7
ClassSenior
HometownOmaha, Neb.
Previous SchoolKansas State
ExperienceTR

2024-25 All-CAA First Team (At Monmouth)
2024-25 Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association First Team (At Monmouth)

JUNIOR SEASON (2025-26 at Kansas State)
Started all 18 games he played in during the season … Played an average of 24.7 minutes per game … Played a season high 35 minutes at Arizona State (1/10) … Averaged 13.2 points, including 44.4 percent (66-of-151) from three-point range … Also had a 2.2 rebound average and 2.3 assists per game … Scored in double figures in 14-of-18 games played, including a season-high 26 versus Nebraska, which included seven made three-pointers … Also had 22 points on 8-of-16 shooting with 6 triples against Arizona State (1/10) … Eclipsed 1,000 career points at Creighton (12/13) … Knocked down 5 or more three-pointers in seven games …Ranked fifth in the NCAA in both 3-point field goals/game (3.72) and total 3 pointers (67) at the time he played his final game of the season … Had a season high five assists on three occasions … Averaged 14.2 points in the five Big 12 games he played in … Has seen action in 84 games with 50 starts in his college career … Posted double figure scoring in 50 games … Has 245 career three-pointers.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2024-25 at Monmouth)
Became the fourth sophomore in Monmouth history to earn First Team honors and the first since 2017 … Third player in school history to earn All-MET first team honors … Had 10 three-pointers to go with a career-high 38 points at Rutgers (11/15) … Played in all 33 games with 32 starts … Played 1,097 minutes (33.2 minutes per game) … Averaged 20.1 points per game, 2.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game … Shot 38.3 percent from distance (127-of-332) … Connected on 86.8 percent (92-of-106) from the free throw line … Led the CAA in scoring, 16th in the nation in average and 25th in total points (663) … Ranked in the CAA’s top 15 in six different categories … Led the team in 12 categories … Scored in double figures in 30-of-33 games, including 13 20-point games and five 30-point games … Besides the Rutgers game, had 30 at Stephen F. Austin (11/22), 32 vs. Drexel (1/30), 31 vs. Stony Brook (1/2) and 30 vs. Northeastern (2/24) … Led the nation in 3-point field goals/game (3.85) while second in total 3-point field goals (127) … Made at least 5 three-pointers in 12 games … Averaged 19.7 points in CAA games, with 16-of-18 in double figures.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2023-24 at Monmouth)
Averaged 6.3 points per game, 0.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists … Played in all 33 games, averaging 13.4 minutes per game … Shot 38.9 percent from distance (51-of-131) … Scored in double figures in six games, including a season high 31 points vs. Lehigh (11/21) … Averaged 5.4 points in 18 CAA games.

PRIOR TO COLLEGE
Prepped at Phoenix Prep in Phoenix, Arizona. Best game was 35 points with nine made three-pointers with five assists and five rebounds vs. BCA.

PERSONAL
Full name is Abdirahman Abdi Bashir Jr … Born on Oct. 22, 2003 in Burnsville, Minnesota … Son of Bashir Abdi and Malyun Fathal … Parents are refugees who escaped from Somalia … Twin brother, Abdul, who played at Auburn in 2025-26 and will play at San Francisco in 2026-27.