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	0–0 (0–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Matt Logie (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Zach Payne; Sam Scholl; Julius Smith;
Home arena	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse

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.

2023–24 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern Washington	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Idaho	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Idaho State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Montana	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Montana State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Northern Arizona	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Northern Colorado	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Portland State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Sacramento State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Weber State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2023 Big Sky tournament winner

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	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Aiden Gair	G	6'6"		Junior	Williamsport, PA	Missouri State–West Plains
Jaden Geron	G	6'8"	175	Junior	Fresno, CA	Rice
Brian Goracke	G	6'5"	210	Junior	Monroe, OR	Point Loma Nazarene
Chika Nduka	G/F	6'6"	225	Junior	Seattle, WA	Portland
John Olmsted	F/C	6'10"	235	GS Senior	Morenci, AZ	Arizona State
Eddie Turner III	G	6'2"	160	Freshman	Seattle, WA	Columbia
Brandon Walker	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
G	1	Patrick McMahon	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Colony HS	Palmer, AK
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
G	20	Robert Ford III	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Sr	Jefferson HS Idaho State	Portland, OR
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		Aiden Gair	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Jr	Williamsport Area HS Missouri State-West Plains JC	Williamsport, PA
F		Jaden Geron	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Jr	San Joaquin Memorial HS Rice	Fresno, CA
G		Jaqari Miles	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	West Ranch HS	Los Angeles, CA
F		Chika Nduka	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Eastside Catholic Portland	Seattle, WA
F		John Olmsted	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	GS	Morenci HS Arizona State	Morenci, AZ
F		Royce Robinson (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr	Fergus HS	Lewistown, MT
G		Eddie Turner III	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr	Garfield HS Columbia	Seattle, WA
F		Brandon Walker	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	So	Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy UT Arlington	Oak Cliff, TX

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^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 6, 2023* TBA	Northwest Indian College	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
November 11, 2023* TBA	at Seattle	TBA Seattle, WA
November 16, 2023* TBA	at California	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
November 20, 2023* TBA	Green Bay Montana State Multi-Team Event	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
November 22, 2023* TBA	UC Riverside Montana State Multi-Team Event	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
November 26, 2023* TBA	Long Beach State	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
November 30, 2023* TBA	Rocky Mountain College	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
December 5, 2023* TBA	at Washington	Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
December 16, 2023* TBA	SAGU American Indian College	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
December 19, 2023* TBA	Southern Utah	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
December 22, 2023* TBA	Cal State Northridge	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
December 28, 2023 TBA	at Idaho State	Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
December 30, 2023 TBA	at Weber State	Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
January 3, 2024* TBA	Oral Roberts	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
January 6, 2024* TBA	at South Dakota State	Frost Arena Vermillion, SD
January 11, 2024 TBA	Northern Colorado	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
January 13, 2024 TBA	Northern Arizona	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
January 20, 2024 TBA	Montana	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
January 22, 2024 TBA	Idaho State	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
January 25, 2024 TBA	at Sacramento State	Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA
January 27, 2024 TBA	at Portland State	Viking Pavilion Portland, OR
February 1, 2024 TBA	Eastern Washington	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
February 3, 2024 TBA	Idaho	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
February 8, 2024 TBA	at Northern Colorado	Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO
February 10, 2024 TBA	at Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
February 17, 2024 TBA	at Montana	Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
February 22, 2024 TBA	Portland State	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
February 24, 2024 TBA	Sacramento State	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
February 29, 2024 TBA	at Idaho	ICCU Arena Moscow, ID
March 2, 2024 TBA	at Eastern Washington	Reese Court Cheney, WA
March 4, 2024 TBA	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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