Montana and Montana State Bobbleheads Unveiled for March Madness

This morning, to celebrate March Madness and the start of the 2025 NCAA Tournaments, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled an officially licensed Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats Bobbleheads. This afternoon, the Montana Grizzlies will take on the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2025 Men’s Basketball NCAA Tournament while the Montana State Bobcats will take on Ohio State in the 2025 Women’s Basketball NCAA Tournament on Friday. The limited edition bobbleheads were produced by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, an official licensee of the University of Montana and Montana State University.

All the details are below, and you can find pictures and graphics of the bobbleheads that you can use at this Dropbox link. The bobbleheads are now available in our online store at the following link.

• The bobbleheads are now available in the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum’s Online Store at this link.
• The bobbleheads, which are in stock and ship now, are $35 each plus a flat-rate shipping charge of $8 per order. The bobbleheads are also available at Montana’s Go Griz Store and Montana State’s MSU Bookstore.
• Each bobblehead is individually numbered.
• In the 2025 Men’s Basketball NCAA Tournament, the 14th seeded Montana Grizzlies will take on the 4th seeded Wisconsin Badgers at 12:30pm Central Time today in Denver, Colorado, with the winner going on to face either BYU or VCU in the Second Round on Saturday. In the 2025 Women’s Basketball NCAA Tournament, the 14th seeded Montana State Bobcats will take on the 4th seeded Ohio State Buckeyes on Friday with the winning going on to face either Tennessee or South Florida.
• Initially known as the Bears, the University of Montana used live bear cubs to promote their athletic teams starting in 1897. Monte made his debut as the school’s costumed mascot at the start of the 1993 football season. In his first game as mascot, the Grizzlies stormed back from a 31-point deficit to beat South Dakota State. Monte has been nominated as Capital One’s Mascot of the Year five times, winning twice in 2002 and 2004. He is the only mascot to have won the competition twice.
• The Bobcat was selected as Montana State’s mascot in 1916 for its cunning intelligence, athletic prowess, and independent spirit. These attributes are reflected in Spirit, a bronze sculpture named for Montana State’s first bobcat that is the centerpiece of Alumni Plaza on MSU’s campus. It wasn’t until the 1970s that a costumed mascot named “Bobcat” made its initial appearance. In 1993, the year of Montana State University’s centennial, the Bobcat was officially named “Champ.”
• “We’re excited to unveil these Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats bobbleheads in conjunction with March Madness and the start of the 2025 NCAA Tournaments,” National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar said. “These bobbleheads are the perfect way for Montana and Montana State fans, alumni, students, faculty, and staff to show off their school pride!”