Boise State has its second-round NIT date now—Monday night at 7 p.m. on ESPN. What an interesting time for the Broncos to be playing Illinois.
Is there value in the NIT? Yesss…
Utah was a double-digit favorite in its first round NIT game against Boise State last night in Salt Lake City. And when Gabe Bealer drained back-to-back three-pointers early in the second half to give the Utes an 11-point lead, the game appeared to be following the script.
Which team has the want-to tonight?
The NIT is kind of like non-New Year’s Six bowl games. The teams that want to be there the most usually fare well.
The NIT is a body-of-work thing
Raise your hand if you thought it was a lock for the Boise State men’s basketball team to get a bid to the National invitation Tournament, especially after the Broncos’ unceremonious dismissal from the Mountain West tourney last Thursday night.
If the Aztecs could only shoot, right?
As bad as it was early against UNLV Wednesday night, San Diego State had it going right out of the gate against Boise State.
What’s San Diego State got tonight?
Everybody’s 0-0 when tournament time comes. San Diego State is now 1-0, awaiting Boise State tonight in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas.
Hutch gets his due
So now that Boise State’s Chandler Hutchison has been named first-team All-Mountain West by conference coaches after being a second-team pick by the media, here’s the question: which All-Mountain West team is official?
Zak Hill gets the keys to the Bronco cruiser
There will be no more of the co-offensive coordinator thing at Boise State. With one of last year’s co-OC’s, Scott Huff, off to Washington, coach Bryan Harsin has declared Zak Hill ready to take the reins of the Bronco attack.
Hoops season ends differently at Air Force
Despite the successes of Boise State this winter and the frustrations of Air Force, and despite the fact the teams sported opposite records, the Broncos were favored by just 3½ points going into Saturday’s game at Clune Arena.
Once upon a rivalry
Meandering thoughts on the Boise State football schedule released yesterday. We already knew the Broncos open against Troy on the blue turf on September 2.