The initial on-field exam of 2018 happens today for Boise State players with the first scrimmage of spring football.
Come back soon, Zags
The Gonzaga rumors persist. So what’s the No. 1 reason the Bulldogs would leave the West Coast Conference for the Mountain West? That would be money, and the Zags’ ability to negotiate their fair share. But No. 2 would be attendance.
Now it’s confirmed as a marquee victory
It’s official now: Boise State’s best win of 2017-18 was over Loyola-Chicago. Back on November 28, the Broncos took the Ramblers apart 87-53 in Taco Bell Arena.
It was a very good week
There has to be a sense of satisfaction around the City of Trees after a successful hosting of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in nine years. Boise usually gets raves for this event, and it did again.
Not Hampton-esque special, but up there…
The first three games yesterday were good ones, but there were no upsets. The last one was a blowout—and it was a gigantic upset.
A low point becomes a semi-high point
Give Boise State credit for not folding last night, because man it could have. It was a courageous effort after the team’s darkest hour (literally).
The old “Who wants it more?” routine
Just like it is in football in non-New Year’s Six bowl games, motivation is a factor in the NIT. Boise State was thankful to play on last year, and the Broncos picked up their first-ever postseason road win in a 73-68 victory at Utah.
What year is this, anyway?
When Boise first hosted the NCAA Tournament 35 years ago, Boise State was, despite a Division I-AA football championship, an anonymous Big Sky school as far as the rest of the country was concerned.
Top seeds don’t germinate, but that’s okay
Boise’s NCAA Tournament is odd. There’s not a No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the field Thursday. Nor is there a No. 3. Taco Bell Arena got two 4’s and two 5’s as March Madness returns for the first time in nine years.
Tournament blues: Déjà vu versus USU
At Utah State a month ago, Boise State led by seven points at halftime—and watched it slip away in a 71-65 loss. Last night in the Mountain West Tournament quarterfinals the Broncos were up by eight points at the break, and it happened again.