2026–27 season
Kansas State
Wildcats · Big 12
- Record
- 2–1
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- +0.6
- No. 155 in Division I
- Head coach
- Casey Alexander
- Since 2026–27
- Home
- Manhattan, KS
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 345 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 345 Division I teams.
- StrengthLives behind the arcThree-point rate: 58.6%99th
- WeaknessFew second chancesOffensive rebound %: 20.6%3rd
- WeaknessTurnover-proneTurnover rate: 23.0%7th
- WeaknessMostly new to the programProgram experience: 1.01 yrs7th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Kansas St beat and who ended the run.
Each banner lists the years that round was Kansas St's finish: titles all-time, the other rounds since 2002.
Appearances
10
Record
12–10
Sweet 16s
3
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 20233Elite EightBeat 14 Montana St, 6 Kentucky, 7 Michigan St. Lost to 9 FAU 79–76. Bracket
- 20194Round of 64Lost to 13 UC Irvine 70–64. Bracket
- 20189Elite EightBeat 8 Creighton, 16 UMBC, 5 Kentucky. Lost to 11 Loyola Chicago 78–62. Bracket
- 201711Round of 64Lost to 6 Cincinnati 75–61. Bracket
- 20149Round of 64Lost to 8 Kentucky 56–49. Bracket
- 20134Round of 64Lost to 13 la-salle 63–61. Bracket
- 20128Round of 32Beat 9 Southern Miss. Lost to 1 Syracuse 75–59. Bracket
- 20115Round of 32Beat 12 utah-state. Lost to 4 Wisconsin 70–65. Bracket
- 20102Elite EightBeat 15 North Texas, 7 BYU, 6 Xavier. Lost to 5 Butler 63–56. Bracket
- 200811Round of 32Beat 6 USC. Lost to 3 Wisconsin 72–55. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Brandon Rechsteiner
- 22.7 ppg
- Tallest
- JT Rock
- 7′1″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Andrej Kostic
- 2 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brandon RechsteinerGuard · Acworth, GA | 6′1″ | 190 | 1 | 3 | 32.7 | 22.7 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 42.1 | 100.0 | 30.6 |
| 7Isaiah AbrahamForward · Gainesville, VA | 6′7″ | 205 | 1 | 3 | 32.3 | 12.0 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 33.3 | 78.6 | 16.6 |
| 2Jaden SchuttGuard · Yorkville, IL | 6′5″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 31.0 | 9.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 47.4 | 0.0 | 13.6 |
| 11Montana WheelerGuard · Houston, TX | 5′10″ | 170 | 1 | 3 | 17.3 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 10.0 | 77.8 | 18.7 |
| 6Brock ViceCenter · Memphis, TN | 6′10″ | 238 | 1 | 3 | 16.3 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 19.6 |
| 13Matt GilhoolForward · Elizabethtown, PA | 6′11″ | 213 | 1 | 3 | 15.7 | 7.7 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 60.0 | 57.1 | 19.8 |
| 4Dez LindsayForward · Louisville, KY | 6′6″ | 215 | 1 | 3 | 15.3 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 20.0 | 100.0 | 22.1 |
| 88Timo MalovecForward · Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovakia | 6′8″ | 214 | 1 | 1 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 13.4 |
| 22Pape N'DiayeForward · Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 7′0″ | 230 | 1 | 3 | 13.0 | 7.3 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 21.9 |
| 0Jaylen Alexander · Oxford, AL | 6′2″ | 185 | 1 | 3 | 10.7 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 19.4 |
| 35JT RockCenter · Sioux Falls, SD | 7′1″ | 255 | 1 | 3 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 14.3 |
| 47Andrej KosticForward · Belgrade, Serbia | 6′6″ | 210 | 2 | 2 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 3Devin Hutcherson · Johns Creek, GA | 6′4″ | 180 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.0 |
| 33Nash Stark · Nashville, TN | 6′7″ | 230 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
2–1
ATS as favorite
1–1
ATS as underdog
1–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
2–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3 | vssouth-dakota-state | L66–68 | -10.75 | 159.25 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 6 | vsCSUCal State Northridge | W95–78 | -11.25 | 164.5 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 10 | vsCRECreighton | W89–82 | +3.25 | 158.75 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 16 | vsMONMontana | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 20 | vsCAMCampbell | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 25 | NGON#14Gonzaga2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 4 | @SETSeton Hall | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 8 | vsIU IU Indianapolis | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 11 | NWICWichita State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 18 | vsLITLittle Rock | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 21 | vsLINLindenwood | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 29 | vsOMAOmaha | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @baylor | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 5 | vsHOU#8Houston1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vsARI#12Arizona4 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 12 | @WESWest Virginia11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | vsTCUTCU7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 19 | @ARIArizona State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsKAN#15Kansas3 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @ISUIowa State5 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 3 | vsOKLOklahoma State10 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | vsCOLColorado | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 10 | @UTAHUtah | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | @BYU#23BYU6 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 16 | vsARIArizona State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @CINCincinnati | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | vsTTU#16Texas Tech7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @KAN#15Kansas3 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 3 | @UCFUCF | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | vsCINCincinnati | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |