Three Wildcats Selected as Captains
Sep 24, 2026 | Men's Basketball
Brandon Rechsteiner, Jaden Schutt and Brock Vice have been selected as captains.
Pronounced Rec-STEIN-er | Pronounced SHOOT
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Senior guard Brandon Rechsteiner, fifth-year guard Jaden Schutt and senior forward Brock Vice have been selected as team captains for the 2026-27 Kansas State men's basketball season in a team-wide vote, it was announced on Thursday (Sept. 24).
The trio are all in their first years at K-State after transferring this past spring.
An Acworth, Ga., native Rechsteiner is entering his fourth season of college basketball after playing at both Colorado State (2025-26) and Virginia Tech (2023-25). He has played in 92 career games with 51 starts while scoring nearly 700 points on 41.2 percent shooting. He is coming off a career year at CSU, where he earned honorable mention All-Mountain West honors after leading the Rams in scoring (12.0 ppg.), double-digit scoring games (24) and 3-pointers (86).
A fifth-year from Yorkville, Ill., Schutt arrived at K-State after two seasons at Virginia Tech (2024-26) and one season at Duke (2022-24). He has played in 78 career games with 31 starts while scoring more than 500 points on 37 percent shooting from 3-point range. He led the Hokies in 3-pointers in each of his two seasons, including 65 on 38.5 percent shooting in 2025-26.
A senior from Memphis, Tenn., Vice arrived at K-State after stints at Creighton (2023-24), North Texas (2024-25) and Murray State (2025-26). He is coming off his best season while playing Murray State, where he saw action in 30 of 33 games for a Racer squad that won 20 games in 2025-26.
The Wildcats officially opened practice on Tuesday under first-year coach Casey Alexander, who was hired as the program's 27th head coach on March 13. Sophomore Andrej Kostic is the lone returning player, as the team has 13 newcomers, including 10 Division I transfers.
K-State will officially open its 123rd season of men's basketball with the second of six straight home games, as the Wildcats face South Dakota State on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The season-opening homestand will begin on Friday, Oct. 23 with an exhibition against Missouri.
Season tickets for the 19-game home schedule are currently on sale. Single-game tickets for the nine-game non-conference schedule as well as the Wildcat Classic matchup with Wichita State at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City will go on sale online only on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 5 p.m., CT with in-person phone orders starting on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 8:30 a.m., CT.
Fans can purchase tickets by calling toll free at (800) 221.CATS (2287) and/or online at www.kstatesports.com/tickets.
How to follow the 'Cats: For complete information on K-State men's basketball, visit www.kstatesports.com and follow the team's social media channels on X, Instagram and Facebook.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Senior guard Brandon Rechsteiner, fifth-year guard Jaden Schutt and senior forward Brock Vice have been selected as team captains for the 2026-27 Kansas State men's basketball season in a team-wide vote, it was announced on Thursday (Sept. 24).
The trio are all in their first years at K-State after transferring this past spring.
An Acworth, Ga., native Rechsteiner is entering his fourth season of college basketball after playing at both Colorado State (2025-26) and Virginia Tech (2023-25). He has played in 92 career games with 51 starts while scoring nearly 700 points on 41.2 percent shooting. He is coming off a career year at CSU, where he earned honorable mention All-Mountain West honors after leading the Rams in scoring (12.0 ppg.), double-digit scoring games (24) and 3-pointers (86).
A fifth-year from Yorkville, Ill., Schutt arrived at K-State after two seasons at Virginia Tech (2024-26) and one season at Duke (2022-24). He has played in 78 career games with 31 starts while scoring more than 500 points on 37 percent shooting from 3-point range. He led the Hokies in 3-pointers in each of his two seasons, including 65 on 38.5 percent shooting in 2025-26.
A senior from Memphis, Tenn., Vice arrived at K-State after stints at Creighton (2023-24), North Texas (2024-25) and Murray State (2025-26). He is coming off his best season while playing Murray State, where he saw action in 30 of 33 games for a Racer squad that won 20 games in 2025-26.
The Wildcats officially opened practice on Tuesday under first-year coach Casey Alexander, who was hired as the program's 27th head coach on March 13. Sophomore Andrej Kostic is the lone returning player, as the team has 13 newcomers, including 10 Division I transfers.
K-State will officially open its 123rd season of men's basketball with the second of six straight home games, as the Wildcats face South Dakota State on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The season-opening homestand will begin on Friday, Oct. 23 with an exhibition against Missouri.
Season tickets for the 19-game home schedule are currently on sale. Single-game tickets for the nine-game non-conference schedule as well as the Wildcat Classic matchup with Wichita State at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City will go on sale online only on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 5 p.m., CT with in-person phone orders starting on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 8:30 a.m., CT.
Fans can purchase tickets by calling toll free at (800) 221.CATS (2287) and/or online at www.kstatesports.com/tickets.
How to follow the 'Cats: For complete information on K-State men's basketball, visit www.kstatesports.com and follow the team's social media channels on X, Instagram and Facebook.
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