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.
Follow @bjrains
NOTE: Paying subscribers were sent an email with the full video interview with Cam Martin. Cam Martin did his homework. And Boise State ended up being a no-brainer. The former D2 All-American and 6-foot-9 Kansas transfer announced Tuesday he’ll play his final college season at Boise State. And he explained the decision in an exclusive…
Read more
BOISE – Guard Sada NgaNga is transferring from the Boise State basketball team after just one year with the program, sources told BroncoNationNews.com Wednesday. NgaNga, the highest-ranked prep recruit in program history, averaged just 2.0 points and 1.5 rebounds in 17 games for the Broncos and largely underachieved given the hype he arrived with. The…
Read more
BOISE – Less than two weeks after losing to Northwestern in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the Boise State men’s basketball team has already hit the transfer portal to add to its roster for next season. The Broncos landed a commitment from UC San Diego transfer point guard Roddie Anderson III on Tuesday.…
Read more
BOISE – Former Boise State safety JL Skinner could do nothing but cheer on his friends Monday at Pro Day as he continues to recover from a torn pectoral muscle suffered shortly prior to the NFL Scouting combine in late February. Skinner, who had surgery March 7th, is expected to be back to 100 percent…
Read more
Leon Rice had an immediate message for fans following Boise State’s loss to Northwestern in the first round of the NCAA Tournament 10 days ago. They’ll be back. And soon. It had barely been 30 minutes since the Broncos’ season had ended the same way each of the program’s previous eight trips to the Big…
Read more
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…
Read more