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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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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BOISE – Boise State women’s coach Gordy Presnell didn’t mince words following a 69-62 loss to Wyoming on Saturday afternoon at ExtraMile Arena. This one was on him. Presnell criticized himself for pulling a group of reserves that helped the Broncos come back to grab a 3-point lead heading into the fourth quarter and putting…
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BOISE – Boise State had more turnovers than made baskets in the first half Tuesday night against Fresno State. It was as ugly as the stats showed: 15 turnovers in the first half tied a season high for the Broncos in any full game this season. And they had just 11 points with 6:30 remaining…
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BOISE – After playing three of the past four games on the road, including last Friday night’s heartbreaking loss at New Mexico, the Boise State men’s basketball team is eager for some home cooking this week. The Broncos (15-5, 5-2 MW) are home for the next two games: Tuesday night at 7 p.m. against Fresno…
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