BOISE – If the Boise State men’s basketball team could have picked just one game this week to win, Saturday night against Washington State would have been it. And that’s exactly how it played out. After suffering a heartbreaking 68-66 loss to South Dakota State earlier in the week, the Broncos rebounded with an impressive…
Leon Rice could have opened the season with a few easy games to help get his players some confidence and start the year off with wins. In fact that’s what the rest of the Mountain West did. But Rice, knowing that playing harder opponents early in the season can pay off later – even if…
BOISE – Marcus Shaver Jr. probably single-handedly won the Boise State men’s basketball team a Mountain West regular season title a year ago when he hit four different game-tying or go-ahead 3-pointers in the final minutes of wins last season. In his opening stanza of the encore Wednesday night in the season opener against South…
BOISE – Leon Rice doesn’t have the best memory of all time, but he’s confident Wednesday’s game against South Dakota State will be the toughest season-opening opponent he’s ever had as a head coach. The Jackrabbits went 30-5 last season and advanced to the NCAA Tournament, and are predicted to finish second in the Summit…
BOISE – Wanting to keep his early-season opponents guessing, Boise State coach Leon Rice decided not to run any plays or sets Tuesday night in an exhibition game against Carroll College at ExtraMile Arena. He nearly emptied his bench, playing 12 guys and spreading out the minutes more than he would in a typical game. …
The Boise State men’s basketball team doesn’t have much interest in revisiting the historic, record-breaking season from a year ago. A new one has officially started. The defending Mountain West regular season and tournament champions took to the court Wednesday for the first official practice of the 2022-23 season. And they did so with a…
