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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A year ago James Ferguson-Reynolds knew very little about American football and often had to ask teammates for help with rules and why certain things were happening during a practice or game. He was halfway around the world from his home in Australia and adjusting to a new country, a new town and life as…
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ORLANDO – A 10-day, cross-country road trip appeared to finally catch up with the Boise State men’s basketball team Sunday in the finale. Shots weren’t falling. Energy lacked. Defense was subpar. The final score showed it. Boise State suffered a 70-56 loss to Butler in the finale game of the ESPN Events Invitational, ending a…
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Spencer Danielson’s run as Boise State’s interim head coach will include at least one more remarkable chapter. The Broncos found out Sunday morning that they prevailed in a computer tiebreaker with San Jose State and will advance to play UNLV in the Mountain West Championship Game inside Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, Dec.…
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ORLANDO – It wasn’t stars Max Rice or Tyson Degenhart or Chibuzo Agbo who carried the Boise State men’s basketball team to a much-needed 65-61 win over VCU on Friday evening in the second game of the ESPN Events Invitational. It wasn’t prized transfers Cam Martin or O’mar Stanley, either. And that’s why coach Leon…
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ORLANDO – The Boise State mens basketball team probably won’t have the sparkling, impressive win-loss record that some teams will have heading into conference play. But the Broncos hope to still be better off because of it. Boise State opened up the ESPN Events Invitational with a 82-75 loss to Virginia Tech Thursday night in…
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CLEMSON, S.C. – The Boise State men’s basketball team has been one of the best defensive rebounding teams in the country since coach Leon Rice arrived in 2011. That’s why what happened Sunday at Clemson was so surprising. Boise State got manhandled on the glass to the tune of a 40-25 margin and gave up…
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