A Saturday night chess match is set for ESPNU. Boise State and Nevada meet in Reno in a battle for first place in the Mountain West, and the game-planning will be intriguing on both sides.
A difference in distribution this time
Maybe it was a hangover from the celebratory night last Saturday, but Boise State’s get-up-and-go almost got up and went last night in Taco Bell Arena.
Utah State brings its own star tonight
Koby McEwen has been almost as much a presence for Utah State as you-know-how has been for Boise State.
Step-by-step through a 44-point game
There have been some easy Mountain West Player of the Week decisions in the conference office over the last 18½ years, but this has to be at the top.
Well, what shall we lead with today?
It was late in the first half that I started contemplating a 40-point game for Boise State’s Chandler Hutchison—after he collected his 21st, 22nd and 23rd points by banking in a three-pointer.
Where is the ceiling in Taco Bell Arena?
Boise State coach Leon Rice’s pledge to walk on water, er, across the Boise River if the Broncos fill Taco Bell Arena against San Diego State tomorrow night bring us to this.
The secret sauce on the glass
This unrelenting crashing of the boards is something new and unusual for Boise State. The program has never been known as a rebounding power, but that’s what it is now.
Free throws allow for a finish this time
Boise State hadn’t dropped back-to-back games all season going into last night’s contest at Fresno State, and the charity stripe kept that stat intact in a 70-64 win at Save Mart Center.
Bronco intensity has to come from within
Boise State had to adjust to the altitude at Wyoming Saturday night—now the Broncos have to deal with the atmosphere tonight at Fresno State. Save Mart Center is a beautiful, comfortable arena, capacity 15,596, opened in 2003.
How will the Broncos look back on Laramie?
Is it the ultimate low point of the season? A turning point? A teachable moment? We won’t know until March. Boise State’s 79-78 overtime loss at Wyoming Saturday night was certainly discouraging, though.