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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Boise State coach Andy Avalos congratulated his team in the locker room after finishing off a 9-3 regular season, including a perfect 8-0 mark in Mountain West play, with a 42-23 win over Utah State on Friday afternoon at Albertsons Stadium. But he had a message: we’re not done yet. The Broncos, who are in…
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BOISE – Boise State coach Andy Avalos wanted no part this week in any questions that had to with playing in the Mountain West Championship next week. He and the Broncos have made it clear: the only thing on their minds is beating Utah State. But is that the right approach? The Broncos have already…
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Boise State men’s basketball team didn’t win the Myrtle Beach Invitational, but a 2-1 record seemed like quite the successful trip late Sunday night given how it started. After scoring 11 points in the first half and falling to Charlotte in disappointing fashion in the opener, the Broncos rallied with…
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Welcome to Boise State, Chibuzo Agbo. The Texas Tech transfer, who had more fouls than points in his first three games with the Broncos, busted out for a career-high 24 points to lead Boise State to an impressive and much-needed 70-48 win over Loyola Chicago on Friday night in the second…
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – It wasn’t the worst shooting performance in Boise State history Thursday night against Charlotte in the opening round of the Myrtle Beach Invitational – that came last year in the loss to CSU-Bakersfield – but it sure felt like it. The Broncos scored just 11 points in the first half, believed…
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – It may not be the NCAA Tournament bracket – the ultimate goal come the end of the season – but the Boise State men’s basketball team finds itself in an 8-team bracket at the Myrtle Beach Invitational starting Thursday at HTC Center. And the goal is the same anytime you find…
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