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 JOSE, Calif. – One rebound and Boise State probably is playing for a Mountain West title on Tuesday night. One rebound. One stinking rebound. The Broncos couldn’t get it – they couldn’t get many at all on Saturday night so it was fairly fitting – and the result was a disappointing 74-68 overtime loss…
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Not many saw this coming for Boise State. Three games left in the season, and just one game back of first place. Heck, even Leon Rice wasn’t so sure after a season-opening loss to South Dakota State way back in early November. An 11-point first half in a loss to Charlotte two games later didn’t…
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The Boise State men’s basketball team controls its own destiny with four games left in the regular season. If the Broncos (21-6, 11-3 MW) win all four they’ll be assured no worse than a share of the Mountain West regular season title – and they’d all but officially lock up a spot in the NCAA…
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BOISE – Marcus Shaver Jr. nearly lost it. First he was frustrated with his teammates for not passing him the ball. Then a minute later it was a no-call by the official when he got knocked to the ground on a layup attempt. After being removed from the game he sat motionless on the bench,…
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Boise State coach Leon Rice had to weave his way up the stands, around a barricade and onto the second-level concourse at Moby Arena for his live interview on the Bronco Nation News Postgame Show Wednesday night. It was a much happier trek given how the game went. “I don’t mind…
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The Boise State men’s basketball team finds itself right where it wants to be with six games left. Win out, and the Broncos can do no worse than share the Mountain West regular season title. A trip back to the NCAA Tournament would be locked up as well. Sure it’s easier said than done given…
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