The 2026–27 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represents Kansas State University in the 2026–27 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, their 124th basketball season. The Wildcats are led by first year head coach Casey Alexander. They play their home games in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas as members of the Big 12 Conference.
Previous season
The Wildcats finished the 2025–26 season 12–20, 3–15 in Big 12 play to finish in 15th place. As a 15th seed in the Big 12 tournament they would face against 10th seed BYU and would lose 105–91. Midway through the season, Jerome Tang was fired and named associate head coach Matthew Driscoll the interim for the remainder of the season.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Elias Rapieque 0 F 6'8" 218 Freshman Berlin, Germany Transferred to Loyola–Chicago Abdi Bashir Jr. 1 G 6'7" 160 Junior Omaha, NE Transferred to LSU Exavier Wilson 2 G 6'1" 195 Freshman Columbia, MO Transferred to Akron C. J. Jones 3 G 6'5" 195 Senior East St. Louis, Illinois Graduated PJ Haggerty 4 G 6'3" 191 RS-Senior Crosby, TX Transferred to Texas A&M David Castillo 10 G 6'1" 170 Freshman Bartlesville, OK Transferred to Santa Clara Mobi Ikegwuruka 14 G 6'6" 215 Junior Galway, Ireland Entered Transfer Portal Taj Manning 15 G/F 6'7" 220 RS-Junior Grandview, MO Transferred to Iowa State Khamari McGriff 21 F 6'9" 210 RS-Senior Tallahassee, FL Graduated Dorin Buca 22 C 7'2" 254 Junior Perugia, Italy Transferred to Rutgers Stephen Osei 23 F 6'10" 210 Sophomore Toronto, Canada Entered the Transfer Portal Nate Johnson 34 G 6'3" 205 RS-Senior Liberty Township, OH Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Brandon Rechsteiner 1 G 6'1" 190 Senior Acworth, GA Colorado State Jaden Schutt 2 G 6'5" 200 Senior Yorkville, IL Virginia Tech Dezdrick Lindsay 4 F 6'6" 215 Senior Louisville, KY Oregon Brock Vice 6 F 6'10" 238 Junior Memphis, TN Murray State Isaiah Abraham 7 F 6'7" 205 Junior Gainesville, VA Georgetown Montana Wheeler 11 G 5'10" 170 Sophomore Houston, TX Bradley Matt Gilhool 13 F 6'11" 213 Sophomore Elizabethtown, PA LSU Pape N'Diaye 22 F 7'0" 230 Junior Abidjan, Ivory Coast Xavier JT Rock 35 C 7'1" 255 Junior Sioux Falls, SD New Mexico Timotej Malovec 88 F 6'8" 214 Junior Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovakia Miami (FL)
Recruiting classes 2026 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| Big 12 regular season
References