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, Bobcats head coach Danny Sprinkle resigned to take the head coaching job at Utah State. Matt Logie, head coach at D-II 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
Roster
Schedule and results
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