2023–24 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team

2023–24 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball
2023–24 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	7–9 (2–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Matt Logie (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Zach Payne; Sam Scholl; Julius Smith;
Home arena	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse

2023–24 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Colorado	2	–	0	1.000	9	–	6	.600
Eastern Washington	2	–	0	1.000	8	–	7	.533
Weber State	2	–	1	.667	11	–	5	.688
Montana State	2	–	1	.667	7	–	9	.438
Idaho	1	–	1	.500	7	–	8	.467
Montana	1	–	2	.333	10	–	6	.625
Portland State	1	–	2	.333	10	–	6	.625
Idaho State	1	–	2	.333	6	–	10	.375
Sacramento State	1	–	2	.333	5	–	11	.313
Northern Arizona	0	–	2	.000	7	–	9	.438

† 2024 Big Sky tournament winner As of January 12, 2024

The 2023–24 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team represents 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 play their home games on campus at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse in Bozeman, Montana.

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, the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 2 seed in the East regions. They lost in the first round to Kansas State.

On April 7, 2023, Sprinkles has 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	Ipswich, England	Graduated
Nick Gazelas	2	G	6'4"	180	Junior	Humble, TX	Transferred to Prairie View A&M
Great Osobor	3	F	6'8"	245	Sophomore	Bradford, England	Transferred to Utah State
Alex Germer	4	F	6'8"	190	RS Freshman	Missoula, MT	Transferred to College of Idaho
Darius Brown II	10	G	6'2"	195	RS Junior	Pasadena, CA	Transferred to Utah State
Jubrile Belo	13	F	6'9"	240	Senior	London, England	Graduated
RaeQuan Battle	21	G	6'5"	190	Junior	Tulalip, WA	Transferred to West Virginia
Luca Colceag	22	F	6'8"	215	Freshman	Bilbao, Spain	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	Williamsport, PA	Missouri State–West Plains
Jaden Geron	5	G	6'8"	175	Junior	Fresno, CA	Rice
Brian Goracke	21	G	6'5"	210	Junior	Monroe, OR	Point Loma Nazarene
Chika Nduka	23	G/F	6'6"	225	Junior	Seattle, WA	Portland
John Olmsted	15	F/C	6'10"	235	GS Senior	Morenci, AZ	Arizona State
Eddie Turner III	3	G	6'2"	160	Freshman	Seattle, WA	Columbia
Brandon Walker	2	F	6'7"	260	Sophomore	Oak Cliff, TX	UT Arlington

2023 incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jaqari Miles #23 CG	Stevenson Ranch, CA	West Ranch High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	May 19, 2023
Jaqari Miles #23 CG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 10, 2017.

Roster

2023–24 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Aiden Gair	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	Jr	Williamsport Area HS Missouri State-West Plains JC	Williamsport, PA
G	1	Patrick McMahon	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Colony HS	Palmer, AK
F	2	Brandon Walker	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	So	Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy UT Arlington	Oak Cliff, TX
G	3	Eddie Turner III	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	GS	Garfield HS Columbia	Seattle, WA
G	4	Jaqari Miles	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	West Ranch HS	Los Angeles, CA
F	5	Jaden Geron	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	San Joaquin Memorial HS Rice	Fresno, CA
G	11	Tyler Patterson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Mount Si HS Cal State Northridge	Snoqualmie, WA
G	14	Carter Ash (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Bozeman HS	Bozeman, MT
F	15	John Olmsted	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	GS	Morenci HS Arizona State	Morenci, AZ
G	20	Robert Ford III	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Sr	Jefferson HS Idaho State	Portland, OR
F	21	Brian Goracke	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Churchill HS Point Loma	Monroe, OR
F	22	Calum Rutherfurd	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Analy HS	Sebastopal, CA
F	23	Chika Nduka	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Eastside Catholic Portland	Seattle, WA
G	24	Jed Miller	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Southern California Academy	Agoura Hills, CA
F	25	Sam Lecholat	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Sheridan HS	Sheridan, WY
F	50	Royce Robinson (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	GS	Fergus HS	Lewistown, MT

Head coach

Matt Logie (Lehigh)

Assistant coach(es)

Zach Payne (Whitworth)
Sam Scholl (San Diego)
Julius Smith (William Jessup)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northwest Indian	W 103–63	1–0	15 – Ford III	9 – Lecholat	6 – Turner III	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,274) Bozeman, MT
November 11, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Seattle	L 68–71	1–1	18 – Goracke	6 – Tied	3 – Lecholat	Redhawk Center (999) Seattle, WA
November 16, 2023* 9:00 p.m., P12N	at California	W 63–60	2–1	26 – Walker	9 – Ford III	4 – Walker	Haas Pavilion (2,638) Berkeley, CA
November 20, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+/SWX	Green Bay Montana State Multi-Team Event	L 53–54 ^OT	2–2	26 – Ford III	13 – Ford III	3 – Lecholat	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,251) Bozeman, MT
November 22, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Riverside Montana State Multi-Team Event	W 69–68	3–2	20 – Patterson	9 – Ford III	5 – Ford III	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,484) Bozeman, MT
November 26, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Long Beach State	L 69–75	3–3	20 – Patterson	8 – Ford III	6 – Ford III	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,501) Bozeman, MT
November 30, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Rocky Mountain	L 62–70	3–4	14 – Goracke	9 – Ford III	6 – Turner III	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,571) Bozeman, MT
December 5, 2023* 8:00 p.m., P12N	at Washington	L 61–85	3–5	13 – Ford III	6 – Olmsted	3 – Lecholat	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,042) Seattle, WA
December 16, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	SAGU American Indian	W 106–81	4–5	29 – Goracke	9 – Ford III	9 – Turner III	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,586) Bozeman, MT
December 19, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Southern Utah	W 89–88 ^OT	5–5	23 – Goracke	10 – Ford III	4 – Nduka	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,229) Bozeman, MT
December 22, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cal State Northridge	L 70–82	5–6	23 – Ford III	9 – Ford III	2 – Tied	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (418) Bozeman, MT
December 28, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Idaho State	W 74–66	6–6 (1–0)	29 – Goracke	8 – Goracke	3 – Ford III	Reed Gym (1,211) Pocatello, ID
December 30, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Weber State	L 64–86	6–7 (1–1)	18 – Turner III	5 – Goracke	4 – Tied	Dee Events Center (4,886) Ogden, UT
January 3, 2024* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	Oral Roberts Big Sky-Summit League Challenge	L 76–82	6–8	20 – Walker	10 – Ford III	6 – Turner III	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,316) Bozeman, MT
January 6, 2024* 3:15 p.m., Summit League Network	at South Dakota State Big Sky-Summit League Challenge	L 61–89	6–9	13 – Goracke	4 – Tied	3 – Turner III	Frost Arena (2,167) Vermillion, SD
January 11, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northern Arizona	W 79-50	7-9 (2-1)	17 – Walker	12 – Ford III	4 – Tied	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,608) Bozeman, MT
January 13, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northern Colorado						Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
January 20, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Montana						Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
January 22, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Idaho State						Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
January 25, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Sacramento State						Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA
January 27, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Portland State						Viking Pavilion Portland, OR
February 1, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Eastern Washington						Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
February 3, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Idaho						Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
February 8, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Northern Colorado						Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO
February 10, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Northern Arizona						Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
February 17, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Montana						Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
February 22, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Portland State						Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
February 24, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Sacramento State						Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
February 29, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Idaho						ICCU Arena Moscow, ID
March 2, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Eastern Washington						Reese Court Cheney, WA
March 4, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	Weber State						Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
Big Sky tournament
March 9–13, 2024 TBA	vs. TBA						Idaho Central Arena Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Source^[1]

References

↑ "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Montana State University Athletics. Retrieved August 9, 2023.

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[1] "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Montana State University Athletics. Retrieved August 9, 2023.

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