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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Leon Rice cut off a reporter before the question had even been finished. He’s not ready to talk about the possibility of the Broncos playing in the NCAA Tournament. Fresh off a program record-tying 13th straight win Tuesday night against Wyoming, Rice wanted no part of the Broncos’ March Madness talk. “No,” Rice said sternly.…
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BOISE – With a 12-game winning streak on the line, Boise State turned to its veteran leader and most experienced player in crunch time. Abu Kigab said, ‘I got this.’ The fifth-year senior and former Oregon transfer tied the game on a basket with 1:34 to play and put the Broncos up for good with…
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Boise State athletic director Jeramiah Dickey appeared to make official some fairly significant football scheduling news on social media Tuesday: the BYU series will end when the Cougars join the Big 12 in 2023. Responding to a question on Twtitter about the BYU series, Dickey posted, “One more game with them and then done…for now.…
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SAN DIEGO – Leon Rice could only lean back in his chair and shake his head. Hearing it again was just as crazy as experiencing it live. Boise State scored just 42 points – and beat San Diego State at Viejas Arena. The Broncos, who went nearly 10 minutes without a point in the second…
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The Boise State football team has turned to a former player to fill the final vacancy on its coaching staff. Nate Potter, who was inducted into the Boise State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018, has been hired as tight ends coach and run-game coordinator. Potter, who spent the past three seasons coaching tight ends…
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For the second game in a row the Boise State men’s basketball team wasn’t clicking on all cylinders and didn’t look particularly great for a good chunk of the night. But the Broncos did just enough to win – again. Boise State got out-rebounded, missed 13 free throws and let Air Force shoot 51.2 percent…
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