SACRAMENTO, Calif. – It was supposed to be different this time around. Boise State, winless in eight games in the NCAA Tournament, had a favorable matchup, the closest destination and the veterans and experience needed to win in March. The result was the same. Again. The 10th-seeded Broncos never led and struggled in all facets…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – It was supposed to be different this time around. Boise State, winless in eight games in the NCAA Tournament, had a favorable matchup, the closest destination and the veterans and experience needed to win in March. The result was the same. Again. The 10th-seeded Broncos never led and struggled in all facets…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – There have been plenty of historic moments and program firsts for the Boise State men’s basketball team of late. There’s still one more big one to go. The tenth-seeded Broncos meet No. 7 seed Northwestern on Thursday at 5:35 p.m. MT on TruTV in the first round of the NCAA Tournament with…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – There might have been a slight sigh of relief from Bronco Nation once Boise State was announced to play a Northwestern team making its second ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament – and avoiding blue bloods such as Kentucky, Michigan State or Illinois. There was no such feeling among the coaches and…
A year ago the Boise State men’s basketball team huddled around a laptop in the Las Vegas airport to watch the NCAA Selection Show. Less than a minute into the unveiling, the Broncos were the third team announced. It was much different this time around. The feeling was just as nice. Boise State’s players, coaches…
LAS VEGAS – The Boise State men’s basketball team appears in a solid position to make the NCAA Tournament with Selection Sunday just a day away. But that doesn’t mean it will be easy for Leon Rice and the Broncos to wait until 4 p.m. MT on Sunday when the 68-team bracket is revealed. Boise…
LAS VEGAS – Boise State is heading back to the Mountain West semifinals for the second straight year after a thrilling 87-76 overtime win over UNLV on Thursday night at the Thomas and Mack Center. The Broncos blew a 22-point lead, survived a last-second game-tying shot and won it in overtime to advance to Friday…
LOGAN, Utah – The Boise State men’s basketball team suffered an 86-73 loss at Utah State on Saturday evening at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. The snowstorm outside was about as the game was inside for the Broncos. Boise State fell behind by as many as 20 points in the first half before rallying to…
Most expect the Boise State men’s basketball team to get into the NCAA Tournament regardless of what happens Saturday at Utah State or next week in the Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas. The Broncos would like to leave no doubt. A win Saturday night at Utah State would leave nothing to chance. Another quadrant…
BOISE – Boise State coach Leon Rice wasn’t sure how to describe what happened in the final five minutes Tuesday night at ExtraMile Arena. “I don’t know,” Rice said. “What a credit to our guys to hang in there and not get our heads down and keep getting ourselves off the ground. Every run they…
There maybe hasn’t been a game circled on the schedule with a thicker marker for Marcus Shaver Jr. than this one. It’s his Senior Night and his final home game at ExtraMile Arena. But it’s also his chance at payback against San Diego State. Shaver Jr. watched helplessly from the sidelines with an ankle injury…
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B.J. RAINS
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.
Max Rice won’t be the only Rice hearing it from opposing fans when the Boise State men’s basketball team goes on the road next season. He’ll have his brother to help take some of the heat. Kade Rice, the youngest son of coach Leon Rice, told BroncoNationNews.com he has committed to join the Broncos as…
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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…
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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