A Kansas State Wildcats Blog -- Carrying the Banner High
Montana Wheeler Bio Position: Point Guard Height: 5’10’ Weight: 170 Hometown: Houston, Texas Recruiting Class: 2025 Eligibility: Sophomore – 3 Years Remaining Former Team: Bradley High School Rankings: Not Ranked Transfer Portal Rankings: 3* (90.8) – National Ranking: 233 – Point Guard Ranking: 44 High School Career I’m going to contradict some of the above information and won’t bore you with the explanation, but […]
Matt Gilhool Bio Position: Forward / Center Height: 6’10’ Weight: 215 Hometown: Elizabethtown, PA Recruiting Class: 2025 Eligibility: Redshirt Freshman (4 seasons remaining) Former Team: LSU High School Rankings: 4*(92) – National Rank: 90 – Power Forward Rank: 18 Transfer Portal Rankings: NR High School Career Gilhool was considered one of the top 100 recruits in the 2025 recruiting class and was a […]
Brandon Rechsteiner Casey Alexander and Kansas State have been on a transfer portal heater over the last week. Former Virginia Tech and Colorado State guard Brandon Rechsteiner struck the match when he pledged his services to the Wildcats. Bio Position: Point Guard Height: 6’1” Weight: 190 Hometown: Acworth, Georgia Recruiting Class: 2023 Eligibility: Senior (1 Season remaining) Former Team(s): Virginia […]
Colton McComb, a 6’2”, 210-pound linebacker prospect out of Memorial High School (Edmond, Oklahoma), committed to Kansas State’s 2027 recruiting class on April 4th. McComb is currently rated as a 3* prospect by the Rivals Industry Rankings, but I wouldn’t be shocked to see him add a 4th star to his rating in the near […]
Brock Vice, a 6’10”, 240-pound forward, most recently with the Murray State Racers, became Coach Casey Alexander’s first portal commitment as the head Wildcat. A member of the 2023 recruiting class, Vice, signed with Creighton out of Houston High School in Memphis, Tennessee, where he averaged 17.5 points and 14 rebounds as a senior. He […]
Julian Etzey, a 3* 6’0”, 170-pound safety prospect out of Brookwood High School in Lilburn, Georgia, committed to the Wildcats on March 30th. Elzey’s offer list reads like a “Who’s Who” of southeastern schools, with Georgia, Georgia Tech, Florida, Miami, and Auburn (amongst others) all inquiring about his services. The Rivals Industry Ranking has him […]
Jaylen Alexander, a 6’2”, 175-pound point guard out of Oxford, Alabama, flipped his commitment from Belmont to Kansas State on Saturday. Alexander is the second Belmont commitment to follow in Wildcat head coach Casey Alexander (no relation that I know of) to Manhattan, after Devin Hutcherson defected to The Little Apple last Friday. Alexander was […]
After a rough homestand that saw the Cats go 1-3, your Kansas State Wildcats are back on the road for a Big 12 series against Utah — K-State’s first trip out to Salt Lake City for a baseball game. The Cats sit at 17-8 on the season and 3-3 in Big 12 play, and after […]
West Regional *All Time in CST * My picks are bolded East Regional #1 Duke vs #5 St. John’s – 6:10 – CBS #2 UConn vs #3 Michigan State – 8:45 – CBS Midwest Regional #1 Michigan vs #4 Alabama – 6:35 – TBS/truTV #2 Iowa State vs #6 Tennessee – 8:45 – CBS Thoughts […]
The Casey Alexander recruiting era has begun. Former Belmont recruit, Devin Hutcherson, a 6’4”, 180-pound, 3* wing out of Atlanta, Georgia, and Holy Innocents Episcopal School, decided to follow Coach Alexander to Manhattan. In 10 years, when we look back at Kansas State’s decade of college basketball domination, Devin Hutcherson will be the answer to […]
West Regional *All Time in CST * My picks are bolded #2 Purdue vs #11 Texas – 6:10 – CBS I wrote a couple of previews for this game on the Purdue site if anyone is interested. I even managed to rustle a Longhorn Jimmy in the comments with this one, with a couple of […]
Biography Now that all the basketball nastiness is settled, it’s time to turn our gaze back to the upcoming football season. Spring practice begins on March 26th, and there will be a plethora of new faces on the field. Some of the new faces will be running through the drills, and some will be running […]
Coming off a weekend in which the Kansas State Wildcats couldn’t put it together enough to finish off a couple games, the BatCats are back in action against former Big 8 rival Nebraska from the friendly confines of Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan. Last time out, the Wildcats only managed to take the series finale […]
It’s late march, which means it’s “win and advance” season. And that’s just what the Kansas State Wildcats did last Thursday, knocking off a tough Georgia Tech squad 69-65 to keep their season alive. The win means the Wildcats, now 19-17 on the season, have secured a winning final record. For their efforts, the MittieCats […]
Here’s the schedule with my picks in Bold: (all times in CST) #9 St. Louis vs #1 Michigan – LIVE – CBS #6 Louisville vs #3 Michigan State – 1:45 – CBS #9 TCU vs #1 Duke – 4:15 – CBS #10 Texas A&M vs #2 Houston – 5:10 – TNT #11 Texas vs #3 Gonzaga […]
Welcome to one of my favorite days of the year! For those of you with the foresight to take today off, I salute you. Even though the Wildcats are sitting this one out, I’m sure we can find something to talk about. Here’s the schedule with my picks in Bold: (all times in CST) #10 Santa […]
After a 15-16 regular season turned into 18-17 with a big run in the Big 12 Tournament, your Kansas State Wildcats secured a 2-seed in the NCAA’s newish WBIT Tournament. The MittieCats have had an up-and-down season as one would expect from one of the youngest teams in the nation. K-State returned just one regular […]
Welcome to one of my favorite days of the year! For those of you with the foresight to take today and tomorrow off, I salute you. Even though the Wildcats are sitting this one out, I’m sure we can find something to talk about. Here’s the schedule with my picks in Bold: (all times in […]
As the title of the article states, Drew Scharnowski, a 6’9”, 230-pound rising redshirt-junior forward for the Belmont Bruins, recently entered the transfer portal. Joining his teammate, reigning MVC Player of the Year Tyler Lundblade (who I wrote about here). This is obviously pertinent to Kansas State because its new head coach, Casey Alexander, was […]
After a weird, and record-setting, opening weekend to Big 12 play, your Kansas State Wildcats will stay in the Lone Star State for one more game before headed back up to Kansas. Last weekend, the BatCats were absolutely on fire in the Friday and Saturday games, earning two straight run-rule victories over Houston 20-7 and […]
Belmont’s head coach is now in Manhattan, and his star player, Tyler Lundblade, just hit the transfer portal. I have no idea whether he is interested in playing at Kansas State; however, it stands to reason he might be interested in Casey Alexander’s offense, given his success thus far. That offense now resides in Manhattan, […]
As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Kansas State hired Belmont Coach Casey Alexander to replace the guy from Baylor who didn’t work out. After querying the other B.O.T.C. staff for suggestions, the first thing I want to try and tackle is Coach Alexander’s style of play, mainly because the last guy didn’t have one. […]
*Editors note: Due to login and scheduling issues, this Slate from Sunday is being posted on Monday. It’s not April Fools Day just yet! The Sunday Slate is back! The famous Confucian admonition may be both blessing and curse, but at least we live in interesting times. Basketball Let’s just jump right in and address […]
As we head into spring break week in Manhattan, your Kansas State Wildcats will have to wait a few days to relax as they are on the road this weekend to open Big 12 play at Houston. K-State (13-4) is coming off a solid series sweep last weekend and a great midweek with a back-and-forth […]
For those of you lucky enough to have today off or a secluded cubicle, the Utah State vs UNLV game may be of particular interest. It’s no secret that Utah State Head Coach Jerrod Calhoun is at the top of Kansas State’s wish list to replace former Baylor assistant coach Jerome Tang (I’m going to […]