Kansas State landed its first portal commitment under coach Casey Alexander when Brock Vice chose the Wildcats, giving the program a 6-foot-10, 240-pound forward with a track record Alexander has known for years. Vice most recently played for Murray State and is now the first transfer to join Alexander's team in his first portal cycle as Kansas State's head coach.
Vice signed with Creighton out of Houston High School in Memphis, Tennessee, where he averaged 17.5 points and 14 rebounds as a senior and was ranked the 40th center in the country, the third best player in Tennessee and a three-star prospect. He picked Creighton over offers from Belmont, St. Louis and Tulsa, then redshirted for a season before a winding transfer path that included North Texas, where he played only five games in the 2024-25 season, and Murray State, where he appeared in 30 games last season and averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds in about five minutes per game.
Alexander's connection to Vice goes back three seasons, when he tried to get him to sign with Belmont and believed he was a fit for his system even then. That matters now because Kansas State needed skilled size, and Alexander sees Vice as someone who can stretch the floor in a 5-out offense, pick and pop, drive other centers when he gets the ball on the perimeter and rebound well enough to fit the way he wants to play.
The fit is the part that makes this commitment more than a roster add. Vice was comfortable with Alexander, and Alexander was comfortable with Vice, which gives Kansas State a head start as it reshapes the roster around a big man whose game can work away from the paint. For a team looking to add size without giving up skill, that is the kind of move that can change the tone of the portal season before it really gets going.
