Year: | 2023–24 |
Team: | Montana State Bobcats |
Sport: | Basketball |
Conference: | Big Sky Conference |
Short Conf: | Big Sky |
Record: | 17–18 |
Conf Record: | 9–9 |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Asst Coach1: | Zach Payne |
Asst Coach3: | Julius Smith |
Champion: | Big Sky tournament champions |
Tourney Result: | First Four |
The 2023–24 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Matt Logie, the Bobcats played their home games on campus at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse in Bozeman, Montana. They finished the season 17–18, 9–9 in Big Sky play to finish in fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big Sky Tournament, they defeated Weber State, Sacramento State, and Montana to win the Big Sky tournament championship, as a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for the third consecutive season. As a No. 16 seed in the Midwest region, they lost to Grambling State in the First Four.
Montana State finished the 2022–23 regular season at 25–10, 15–3 in Big Sky play to finish in second place. In the Big Sky tournament, MSU defeated Northern Colorado, Weber State, and Northern Arizona to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 14 seed in the East region. They lost in the first round to Kansas State.
On April 7, 2023, Sprinkles resigned to take the head coaching job at Utah State. Logie, head coach at D2 Point Loma Nazarene, was hired by the Bobcats on April 17.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Caleb Fuller | 0 | G | 6'5" | 200 | Senior | Graduated | ||
Nick Gazelas | 2 | G | 6'4" | 180 | Junior | Transferred to Prairie View A&M | ||
Great Osobor | 3 | F | 6'8" | 245 | Sophomore | Transferred to Utah State | ||
Alex Germer | 4 | F | 6'8" | 190 | RS Freshman | Transferred to College of Idaho | ||
Darius Brown II | 10 | G | 6'2" | 195 | RS Junior | Transferred to Utah State | ||
13 | F | 6'9" | 240 | Senior | Graduated | |||
RaeQuan Battle | 21 | G | 6'5" | 190 | Junior | Transferred to West Virginia | ||
Luca Colceag | 22 | F | 6'8" | 215 | Freshman | Transferred to Eastern Florida State College |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
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Aiden Gair | 0 | G | 6'6" | 198 | Junior | Missouri State–West Plains | ||
Jaden Geron | 5 | G | 6'8" | 175 | Junior | Rice | ||
Brian Goracke | 21 | G | 6'5" | 210 | Junior | Point Loma Nazarene | ||
Chika Nduka | 23 | G/F | 6'6" | 225 | Junior | Portland | ||
John Olmsted | 15 | F/C | 6'10" | 235 | GS Senior | Arizona State | ||
Eddie Turner III | 3 | G | 6'2" | 160 | Freshman | Columbia | ||
Brandon Walker | 2 | F | 6'7" | 260 | Sophomore | UT Arlington |
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