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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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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Last week’s snowy first half at Nevada could end up being the perfect primer for this Saturday’s game at Wyoming. It seemingly snows every time the Broncos play in Laramie – several inches fell during blizzard-like conditions in their last trip there in 2020 – and all bets are off for another late-November trip to…
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RENO, Nev. – Snowy conditions didn’t bother the Boise State football team Saturday night at Nevada. In fact it fired them up. The Broncos embraced the wintry conditions and heavy snow, starting fast and not looking back in a dominant 41-3 win over Nevada at Mackay Stadium in Reno. “I loved it,” defensive tackle Scott…
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