Ex-Husky Kelly Lands At Kansas State

Curtis Kelly, who announced in April he would transfer from UConn, has landed at Kansas State.

Kelly, a 6-foot-9 forward from New York, will have to sit out one season and will have two years of eligibility remaining when he joins the Wildcats under coach Frank Martin in 2009-10. He also considered UNLV.

Kelly, one of UConn's top recruits in the high school class of 2006, appeared in 51 games in two seasons with the Huskies, averaging 2.4 points and 2.2 rebounds. Upon deciding to transfer, he said, 'I feel I will have a better opportunity and get more out of my college experience if I go somewhere else. 'I respect Coach [Jim] Calhoun and will miss my teammates and the many friends I have here at UConn. I know that the guys here will have a great chance to do some special things next year, but I needed to be true to what will make me happy.' Not steady enough as a power forward and without a consistent shot to make him a threat at small forward, Kelly never seemed to fit in at UConn and fell to the bottom of the rotation. An elbow injury kept him out of the last six games of the 2007-08 regular season.