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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LARAMIE, Wyo, – The defending Mountain West champions took another step towards a potential repeat Saturday with an impressive 85-68 road win at Wyoming. But Boise State (14-4, 4-1 MW) did more than just pick up a fourth straight win, including a second on the road in a span of four days. The Broncos made…
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Tyson Degenhart had 17 points, 12 rebounds and six assists to lead the Boise State men’s basketball team to a big 84-66 road win at UNLV on Wednesday night. Chibuzo Agbo added 17 points, Marcus Shaver Jr. had 15 and Max Rice had 13 for the Broncos, who trailed 33-31 at the half before erupting…
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LAS VEGAS – Boise State coach Leon Rice had no interest in discussing a brutal upcoming stretch for his group earlier this week. Wednesday’s game at UNLV was enough to worry about. The Broncos play five Quad 1 games in the next seven and have three of the next four on the road, starting with…
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BOISE – Tyson Degenhart had 19 points and 10 rebounds and the Boise State men’s basketball team crushed visiting Utah State on Saturday in a 82-59 blowout in front of 12,007 fans at ExtraMile Arena. Max Rice added 14 points and hit a big 3-pointer just before the end of the first half for the…
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BOISE – There wasn’t really any doubt, was there? Marcus Shaver Jr. was taking the final shot. And it was going in. Shaver, who hit four game-winning or game-tying 3-pointers in the final seconds last season, did it again Tuesday night with another winning 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds left to propel Boise State to a…
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – At some point the short bench and absence of their leading scorer was going to catch up to the Boise State men’s basketball team. It happened on Thursday. Boise State struggled in the second half, couldn’t stop a crazy Santa Clara run and fell, 73-58, in front of an announced crowd…
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