It’s been harder than expected for Austin Trice to carve out a role with the Kansas State basketball team.
When the 6-foot-7 forward left junior college and enrolled at K-State last spring, Trice seemed like the missing piece for a roster that returned all five starters from an Elite Eight run. He excelled at the one thing Bruce Weber’s team struggled to do last season — rebound.
Trice was supposed to be the answer to K-State’s rebounding problems after he grabbed 12.1 boards per game at the junior-college level. And he looked like the real deal when he logged six points and 12 rebounds in his first game wearing a K-State uniform.