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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SAN DIEGO – Seldom-used centers Mo Sylla and Lukas Milner settling for tough baseline jumpers was the perfect way to sum up how things went for Boise State on Friday night at Viejas Arena. Multiple air balls from Max Rice would have done the trick, too. Without starting point guard Marcus Shaver Jr. due to…
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How much does defensive coordinator Spencer Danielson like Boise State and the city of Boise? So much so that Danielson turned down interest from multiple Power 5 programs, according to sources, and potentially more money to stay with the Broncos. Boise State’s defense was statistically one of the best in the country last season, and…
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Boise State’s 18th win of the season on Tuesday night at Air Force triggered a one-year, $1.15 million extension for head coach Leon Rice, who is now under contract with the Broncos through the 2028 season. According to the terms of his five-year contract signed last July, Rice gets an additional year tacked on the…
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Reserve guard Pavle Kuzmanovic hit a key 3-pointer with 1:29 to play despite not appearing in the previous four games and the Boise State men;s basketball team held off a late Air Force rally for a key 59-52 road win at Clune Arena on Tuesday night. Max Rice had a game-high…
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Boise State coach Leon Rice is doing all he can to avoid the proverbial ‘trap game’ Tuesday night at Air Force. His first way? By not even talking about it. The Broncos, fresh off two home wins, hit the road to play at Air Force on Tuesday before maybe their biggest game of the season…
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BOISE – Colorado State coach Niko Medved has now played every team in the Mountain West. He hasn’t seen many better than Boise State. Tyson Degenhart had 22 points and Chibuzo Agbo added 17 as the Broncos posted one of their more impressive wins of the season in a 80-59 win over Colorado State on…
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