2023–24 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team

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 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
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Big Sky men's basketball standings

v t e	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	Number	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
	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	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	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

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