| Montana State Bobcats | ||||
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| University | Montana State University | |||
| Head coach | Matt Logie (1st season) | |||
| Conference | Big Sky | |||
| Location | Bozeman, Montana | |||
| Arena | Worthington Arena at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (capacity: 7,250) | |||
| Nickname | Bobcats | |||
| Colors | Blue and gold[1] | |||
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| 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 2022, 2023, 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.
- ^ "MSU Brand Guide". Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ 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.