Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2017–18 |
Team: | Montana State Bobcats |
Conference: | Big Sky Conference |
Short Conf: | Big Sky |
Record: | 13–19 |
Conf Record: | 6–12 |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Asst Coach1: | Chris Haslam |
Asst Coach2: | Brandon Lincoln |
Asst Coach3: | Eric Jackson |
Champion: | Cancún Challenge Mayan Division champions |
The 2017–18 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team represented Montana State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fourth-year head coach Brian Fish, played their home games at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse in Bozeman, Montana as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 6–12 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky tournament to North Dakota.
The Bobcats finished the 2016–17 season 16–16, 11–7 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big Sky tournament, they lost in the first round to Southern Utah.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Sarp Gobeloglu | 13 | F | 6'10" | 205 | Senior | Graduated | ||
Mandrell Worthy | 15 | G | 6'2" | 180 | RS Freshman | Graduate transferred to Azusa Pacific | ||
Dallas Lussier | 23 | G | 6'1" | 190 | Junior | Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons | ||
Quinton Everett | 24 | G | 6'3" | 195 | Senior | Graduated | ||
Cooper Olson | 30 | G | 6'1" | 170 | RS Senior | Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons |
In separate preseason polls of league coaches and media, the Bobcats were picked to finish in fourth place (tied for fourth in coaches poll) in the Big Sky.[1] Junior guard Tyler Hall was named the preseason Big Sky MVP.[2]
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