2024 Tournament PreviewDespite finishing fifth in the Big Sky, Montana State ran the table in the conference tournament, punching its ticket to the Big Dance for the third consecutive season. Five Bobcats average double figures, led by senior guard Robert Ford III (15.9 ppg, 7.6 rpg). A 42.6 percent 3-point shooter, Ford is one of three players to cash at least 65 treys, as Montana State ranks 43rd nationally in perimeter shooting. Those shots will have to fall if the Bobcats are to win the Midwest 16-seed play-in game and capture their first tournament victory in program history, because second-chance opportunities are few, as they rank 356th of 362 teams in the nation in offensive rebounding rate. Montana State doesn't have much of a resume to speak of either, falling outside the top 200 in both NET and KenPom rankings, with its best win coming the way back in November against non-tournament California (Quad 2).
Scouting Report Offense Defense
Efficiency 1.07 188 1.04 208
Pace 68.1 (227)
Effective FG% 53.29 (93) 48.36 (106)
Turnover % 15.13 (152) 14.74 (216)
Off Reb % 22.52 (342) 29.41 (166)
FTA/FGA 30.91 (231) 35.69 (232)
3P% 37.07 (68) 27.27 (13)
2P% 51.32 (178) 51.91 (199)
FT% 74.14 (110) 79.23 (357)
3PA/FGA 46.00 (49) 32.24 (19)
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Montana State
Big Sky
Rankings
NET: #139 RPI: #242 RW: #206
Record
Overall: (5-7) Conference: (0-0) Quad 1: (0-2) Quad 2: (0-2) Quad 3: (0-2) Quad 4: (4-1)
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Projected Record: 15-15 (11-7)
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