B.J. Rains is a four-time winner of the NSMA Idaho Sportswriter of the Year Award. He covered Boise State Athletics for the Idaho Press from 2013 to 2021 before leaving to create Bronco Nation News. Rains, who was a voter in the Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll from 2014-2021, also makes weekly appearances on KTIK 95.3 FM each Friday at 4 p.m.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – It was supposed to be different this time around. Boise State, winless in eight games in the NCAA Tournament, had a favorable matchup, the closest destination and the veterans and experience needed to win in March. The result was the same. Again. The 10th-seeded Broncos never led and struggled in all facets…
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – There have been plenty of historic moments and program firsts for the Boise State men’s basketball team of late. There’s still one more big one to go. The tenth-seeded Broncos meet No. 7 seed Northwestern on Thursday at 5:35 p.m. MT on TruTV in the first round of the NCAA Tournament with…
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A year ago the Boise State men’s basketball team huddled around a laptop in the Las Vegas airport to watch the NCAA Selection Show. Less than a minute into the unveiling, the Broncos were the third team announced. It was much different this time around. The feeling was just as nice. Boise State’s players, coaches…
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LAS VEGAS – The Boise State men’s basketball team appears in a solid position to make the NCAA Tournament with Selection Sunday just a day away. But that doesn’t mean it will be easy for Leon Rice and the Broncos to wait until 4 p.m. MT on Sunday when the 68-team bracket is revealed. Boise…
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LAS VEGAS – Boise State is heading back to the Mountain West semifinals for the second straight year after a thrilling 87-76 overtime win over UNLV on Thursday night at the Thomas and Mack Center. The Broncos blew a 22-point lead, survived a last-second game-tying shot and won it in overtime to advance to Friday…
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LOGAN, Utah – The Boise State men’s basketball team suffered an 86-73 loss at Utah State on Saturday evening at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. The snowstorm outside was about as the game was inside for the Broncos. Boise State fell behind by as many as 20 points in the first half before rallying to…
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