2023–24 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team explained

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.

Previous season

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.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
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

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
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

2023 incoming recruits

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule. Montana State University Athletics. August 9, 2023. en.