K-State basketball team spends day with Dagger Brigade

K-State basketball team visits Fort Riley

The K-State/Fort Riley bond was strengthened today with a visit to the post from the KSU men's basketball team. See if you your favorite Wildcat is in this video.

Fort Riley — Fort Riley and Kansas State University strengthened their bond today, with a visit to the post by the K-State men's basketball team.

The student athletes and the coaching staff met soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, known as the Dagger Brigade, who will be deploying in October for Iraq.

The team also attended the Fort Riley Sept. 11 memorial ceremony, listening to "Taps," the 21-gun salute and remarks by Brig. Gen. Perry Wiggins. His speech was followed by the ringing of the bell to remember all the people who died at all three sites during Sept. 11. The team also spent time taking in the Global War on Terrorism monument and reading the names of Fort Riley soldiers listed on it.

155 Fort Riley soldiers have been killed in the war against terrorism to date.

K-State also ate with the soldiers, but were unable to do physical training or participate in a game of hoops with the troops because of NCAA pre-season rules.

K-State's basketball season begins Nov. 9 with an exhibition game against Washburn University.

49 News spent a week with the Dagger Brigade as it prepared to deploy to Iraq. See video and photos and read Ben Bauman's travelogue during the time he spent embedded with the brigade at Fort Irwin, California.

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