The Bobcat Nation

As of 8/9/23
Full Season Schedule now on the MSU Athletics website - no game times posted yet. Quick comments about the schedule - this is about as good as it gets for non-conference home opponents that we've had in recent years. Getting UC-Riverside, Green Bay, Long Beach, Southern Utah and Oral Roberts all in one year isn't easy. The two road games at Pac-12 schools is typical, and both of those are money games. I'm curious if the Seattle U game is a money game, or if they are coming back to Bozeman next season. Both Long Beach and Southern Utah are return games for games that we played in Cedar City (W) and Long Beach (W) last year.

11/6 NW Indian College
11/11 @ Seattle U
11/16 @ California Golden Bears
11/20 Green Bay
11/22 UC-Riverside
11/26 Long Beach State 2p
11/30 Rocky Mountain Battlin' Bears
12/5 @ University of Washington
12/16 SAGU AIC
12/19 Southern Utah
12/22 @ CSU-Northridge
12/28 @ Idaho State
12/30 @ Weber State
1/3 Oral Roberts
1/6 @ South Dakota State
1/11 NAU
1/13 UNC
1/20 Montana
1/22 Idaho State
1/25 @ Sac St
1/27 @ PSU
2/1 EWU
2/3 Idaho
2/8 @ UNC
2/10 @ NAU
2/17 @ Missoula
2/22 PSU
2/24 Hornets
2/29 @ Vandals
3/2 @ Cheney
3/4 Weber State
3/9-3/13 Big Sky Conference Mbb Tourney in Boise, ID

Ouch, whoever created the Big Sky vs Summit matchups did not take it easy on MSU after they lost the entire coaching staff and over half the roster! Nice to see some quality opponents coming to Bozeman though.

MSU01 wrote: ↑

Tue May 09, 2023 5:54 pm

Ouch, whoever created the Big Sky vs Summit matchups did not take it easy on MSU after they lost the entire coaching staff and over half the roster! Nice to see some quality opponents coming to Bozeman though.

Yes! What a nice upgrade. I believe when they set up the challenge that the teams were matched by league finish. We won the Big Sky, so we get the best. As we would want. A boost to the RPI is a great thing at Tournament time.

I also like another chance to add to the Bobcat - Jackrabbit rivalry. It’s been a very competitive and respectful rivalry, a lot of fun.

Just heard from a reliable source that we have a Pac 12 opponent for next season. I'll give hints of which P12 school we are slated to play. Hint: They've been to the same number of NCAA tournaments in the past 10 years as the MSU Bobcats have (two).

lv2hoop wrote: ↑

Thu May 11, 2023 4:45 pm

Just heard from a reliable source that we have a Pac 12 opponent for next season. I'll give hints of which P12 school we are slated to play. Hint: They've been to the same number of NCAA tournaments in the past 10 years as the MSU Bobcats have (two).

Who are the California Golden Bears? (Answered in Jeopardy form)

SACCAT wrote: ↑

Fri May 12, 2023 6:41 am

lv2hoop wrote: ↑

Thu May 11, 2023 4:45 pm

Just heard from a reliable source that we have a Pac 12 opponent for next season. I'll give hints of which P12 school we are slated to play. Hint: They've been to the same number of NCAA tournaments in the past 10 years as the MSU Bobcats have (two).

Who are the California Golden Bears? (Answered in Jeopardy form)

Correct!!

OOC Games:

12/5 @ University of Washington
1/3 vs. Oral Roberts Univ. @ the Brick
1/6 at South Dakota State Jackrabbits in Brookings, SD
tba Multi-Team Event @ the Brick (Cats, Southern Utah, Green Bay, unknown 4th team)
tba vs. Long Beach State U @ the Brick
tba rumored to play a money game @ Cal Bears

18 Big Sky Conference Games (home & away vs. Weber State, Montana, Northern CO, NAU, Idaho, Idaho State, Sac. State, Portland State, EWU)

Looks like MSU will play @Washington on December 5th (a Tuesday night)

I remember watching the Cats beat Washington back in 1982 at the Brick. UW had a decent player named Detlef Schrempf and the Cats had a guy named Craig Kilborn. Not sure what happened to either of those guys but the Cats won the game.

Would have been sweet to have Battle and taken on UW, his old team.

AFCAT wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:54 pm

I remember watching the Cats beat Washington back in 1982 at the Brick. UW had a decent player named Detlef Schrempf and the Cats had a guy named Craig Kilborn. Not sure what happened to either of those guys but the Cats won the game.

One of them ended up on the NBA Jams arcade game, and the other holds the NCAA record for worst assist to turnover ratio (his words)...

tetoncat wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:05 pm

Would have been sweet to have Battle and taken on UW, his old team.

From my understanding, there is a new clause in the NCAA transfer rules that allows for the player to return to play one game for his/her previous school if this type of scenario takes place.

Schedule up to date as of 6/24/23. See first post in thread.

Im excited about the thought that MSU will be playing SDSU in basketball and football on the same day.

Just found out about the game vs washington I'll be going for sure growing up and living in Seattle area