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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What was expected to be a celebration on Sunday evening turned into a puzzled, frustrating, stunned moment that none saw coming. No, the Boise State men’s basketball team didn’t get left out of the NCAA Tournament. The Broncos are back in the Big Dance for the third straight season for the first time in program…
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LAS VEGAS – The New Mexico Lobos played like a team fighting for its NCAA Tournament lives Thursday night at Thomas and Mack Center. They were hungrier. They had more energy. They seemed to want it more. Boise State, meanwhile, started slow and never really recovered. The Broncos looked out of sync for much of…
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If Boise State senior center Abby Muse was ever going to get a triple-double, most including herself assumed it would have to involve blocked shots. After all, Muse is Boise State’s career record-holder in blocked shots and once had eight in a game and another time had seven. “For real,” Muse told Bronco Nation News…
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SAN DIEGO – Max Rice just a had a feeling. Not about his crazy shot. About his teammate Cam Martin. Rice’s faith in Martin proved true and thew two veterans combined for two of the biggest plays of the season Friday night to help Boise State rally to beat San Diego State in overtime, 79-77,…
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BOISE – It wasn’t the dream scenario many had hoped for. It was more like a nightmare. Boise State, on its Senior Night, suffered a 76-66 loss to Nevada on Tuesday night at ExtraMile Arena. The Broncos missed nine free throws, had 14 turnovers, shot just 6 of 23 from 3-point range and struggled to…
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BOISE – Leon Rice couldn’t help but pause and chuckle at the TV. Boise State’s 14th-year coach was speaking to the media following an impressive 89-79 win over New Mexico on Saturday night at ExtraMile Arena when he caught a glimpse of the TV on the back wall. “Come on,” Rice said. “Look at that.…
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