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Boise State basketball player review: Alvaro Cardenas

Bronco Nation News is reviewing every player of the Boise State basketball roster from the 2024-25 roster – how each player performed, the role they played, and what’s in store for them next season. We’re starting with the departing players. Up next is outgoing senior Alvaro Cardenas. Stats 34.8 MPG, 11.5 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 6.9…

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Boise State basketball player review: Alvaro Cardenas

Bronco Nation News is reviewing every player of the Boise State basketball roster from the 2024-25 roster – how each player performed, the role they played, and what’s in store for them next season. We’re starting with the departing players. Up next is outgoing senior Alvaro Cardenas. Stats 34.8 MPG, 11.5 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 6.9…

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Boise State basketball player review: O’Mar Stanley

Bronco Nation News is reviewing every player of the Boise State basketball roster from the 2024-25 roster – how each player performed, the role they played, and what’s in store for them next season. We’re starting with the departing players. Up next is outgoing senior O’Mar Stanley Stats 17.0 MPG, 6.6 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 0.7…

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A look at new Boise State basketball signee Bhan Buom

Amidst the chaos of transfer portal season, Boise State quietly nabbed their fourth high school commit of the 2025 class in Link Year forward Bhan Buom. Originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, Buom transferred to the prestigious Link Year Academy in Missouri to finish out his high school career. The school has a long track record of…

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B.J. Rains is a three-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 93.1 FM each Friday at 4 p.m.

Boise State makes another splash in the transfer portal, adds Georgetown center Drew Fielder

Boise State has its second transfer of the offseason. And it’s another big one. One day after Emmanuel Ugbo entered the transfer portal, former Georgetown center Drew Fielder will reportedly be signing with the Broncos. After spending two seasons at Georgetown, Fielder initially committed to USC upon entering the portal, but later flipped and will…

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Boise State makes another transfer portal splash with addition of 7-foot Arizona transfer Dylan Anderson

Boise State made another big splash in the transfer portal Wednesday, landing a commitment from 7-foot Arizona transfer Dylan Anderson.  The Broncos beat out several big-time programs for Anderson including Washington, Creighton and Texas. He’s expected to immediately be in the mix for the starting spot at center, which could slide O’Mar Stanley to the…

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Boise State basketball lands commitment from NAIA star Javan Buchanan

Boise State continued to reload its roster Wednesday with a commitment from NAIA star Javan Buchanan, winning a competitive recruiting battle that included Texas Tech and others. Sources confirmed the commitment to Bronco Nation News on Wednesday. Buchanan was a first-team NAIA All-American after averaging 20.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.1 blocks and 1.1…

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Boise State basketball lands commitment from San Jose State transfer point guard Alvaro Cardenas

The Boise State men’s basketball team made its first offseason addition via the transfer portal on Wednesday – and it’s a big one.  The Broncos landed a commitment from San Jose State point guard Alvaro Cardenas, who averaged 13.2 points and 5.5 assists per game last season.  Cardenas, who shot 38.5 percent from 3-point range…

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Boise State basketball lands commitment from St. John’s transfer O’Mar Stanley

Boise State added its third and potentially final piece to Leon Rice’s ‘super team’ on Friday with the commitment of St. John’s transfer O’Mar Stanley. Stanley made the announcement on Twitter. The 6-foot-8 forward made 18 starts for St. John’s as a season last year, mostly towards the end of the season. He averaged 15.1…

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Broncos sign highest-ranked prep recruit in program history, four-star forward Sada Nganga

A historic year for the Boise State men’s basketball team continued Thursday with the signing of the highest-ranked high school prospect in program history. Boise State announced the signing of 6-foot-10 forward Sadraque Nganga, a four-star prospect ranked in the top 100 in the 2022 class by both 247Sports and ESPN. Nganga had offers from…

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Leon Rice and staff land four-star recruit Sadraque Nganga

Sadraque Nganga, a four-star 6-foot-9 power forward has verbally committed to play under Leon Rice at Boise State, first reported by Joe Tipton of On3 Recruits on social media. Nganga had offers lining up from multiple blue blood programs including Kentucky, Arizona and UCLA before injuries to the prospect from Chandler, AZ precipitated that he…

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