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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LAS VEGAS – Abu Kigab finally let himself enjoy the moment. Boise State’s senior leader, always one to look ahead to the next game, had no choice. In front of him on the table sat he Mountain West Tournament Championship trophy and his MVP trophy. The Broncos, thanks to a last-second defensive stand and a…
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LAS VEGAS – The Boise State men’s basketball team just keeps making history. And they can do it again on Saturday. The Broncos established a new program record with win No. 26 on Friday night with a 68-61 win over Wyoming in the semifinals of the Mountain West Tournament. As a result, they’ll have a…
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LAS VEGAS – Leon Rice was pretty confident, at least he claims, that a final shot from Nevada’s Kenan Blackshear wasn’t going to go in. Emmanuel Akot – and the rest of Bronco Nation – weren’t nearly as confident. But an open Blackshear saw his game-winning 3-point attempt rim off and the Broncos hung on…
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LAS VEGAS – Many believe this Boise State men’s basketball team is different than previous teams. They’ll get a chance to prove it this week. The Broncos (24-7, 15-3 MW) enter the Mountain West Tournament as the No. 1 seed after winning the program’s first regular season outright conference title since 1988. But they have…
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Boise State coach Leon Rice was named the Mountain West Coach of the Year and Tyson Degenhart earned Freshman of the Year honors Monday from the media that cover the league. Rice earned eight of 11 first-place votes, while Wyoming’s Jeff Linder got the other three votes. Degenhart was a unanimous selection after winning Freshman…
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