Montana State Bobcats men's basketball

Montana State Bobcats
2024–25 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team
UniversityMontana State University
Head coachMatt Logie (2nd season)
ConferenceBig Sky
LocationBozeman, Montana
ArenaWorthington Arena
at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse

(capacity: 7,250)
NicknameBobcats
ColorsBlue and gold[1]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Alternate jersey
Team colours
Alternate
Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions
1929
Pre-tournament Helms champions
1929
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1951
NCAA tournament appearances
1951, 1986, 1996, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference tournament champions
1986, 1996, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference regular season champions
1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1937,
1964, 1967, 1987, 1996, 2002, 2022

The Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team represents Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference in NCAA Division I. The Bobcats play their home games on campus at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse in Bozeman, Montana. MSU has appeared in the NCAA tournament six times, most recently with three consecutive bids in 20222023, and 2024.

Montana State began varsity intercollegiate competition in basketball in 1902. The Bobcats were retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA tournament national champion for the 1928–29 season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll and the Helms Athletic Foundation.[2] Cat Thompson played for the Bobcats from 1926–30; a four-year All-American, he was the Helms Player of the Year in 1929, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1962.

  1. ^ "MSU Brand Guide". Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  2. ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 532–34. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.