Norris Coleman, after visiting five of the...

Norris Coleman, after visiting five of the top basketball programs in the nation where he could have played at once, will remain at Kansas State and sit out a year.

A 24-year-old Army veteran, Coleman led the nation’s first-year players with more than 20 points a game as a Kansas State freshman. The NCAA ruled him ineligible in late February over a technicality involving his high school transcript of 1979.

After Kansas State had lost an appeal, Coleman visited Maryland, Virginia, Jacksonville, LSU and Kentucky. It was widely assumed that the 6-foot-8 forward would transfer rather than stay at Kansas State and sit out a year.