Boise State Broncos men's basketball

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Boise State Broncos
Basketball current event.svg 2023–24 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team
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University Boise State University
Head coach Leon Rice (12th season)
Conference Mountain West
Location Boise, Idaho
Arena ExtraMile Arena
(Capacity: 12,820)
Nickname Broncos
Student sectionThe Corral
ColorsBlue and orange [1]
   
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NCAA tournament appearances
1970*, 1976, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024
*at Division II level
Conference tournament champions
Mountain West - 2022
WAC - 2008
Big Sky - 1976, 1988, 1993, 1994
Conference regular season champions
Mountain West - 2015, 2022
WAC - 2008
Big Sky - 1976, 1988, 1989
Conference division season champions
Big West East Division - 1999

The Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represents Boise State University in the Mountain West Conference. The Broncos are led by head coach Leon Rice, hired in March2010, and play their home games on campus at ExtraMile Arena in Boise, Idaho. BSU's most recent appearance in the NCAA tournament was in 2024.

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History

Greg Graham era

Athletic director Gene Bleymaier hired Greg Graham to be head coach in 2002. [2] In eight seasons, Graham had a 142–112 record at Boise State and led Boise State to a berth in the 2004 NIT, 2008 NCAA tournament and 2009 CBI. [3] For leading Boise State to the NCAA tournament, the Western Athletic Conference named Graham "Coach of the Year" in 2008. [4]

In 2010, after a 15–17 season, Bleymaier fired Graham and stated: "We appreciate everything that Coach Graham and his staff have contributed to Boise State the past eight years. We felt that in the best interest of the program we needed to make a change." [5]

Leon Rice era

Leon Rice replaced Graham as head coach of the Broncos on March 26, 2010. [6] In his first season as head coach, he led Boise State to the finals of the 2011 WAC men's basketball tournament and to the semifinals of the 2011 College Basketball Invitational. He is the first Boise State head coach to win 20 games in two of his first three seasons and has 20 or more wins in eight of his ten seasons. In 2013, he guided the Broncos to their first ever at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. In 2015, he led the Broncos to their first ever Mountain West regular season championship, and first conference title for Boise State since 2008, and was named the Mountain West coach of the year. On February 13, 2021, Rice won his 214th game to become the winningest head coach in Boise State history. In 2022, Leon Rice led Boise to arguably their best season in school history. The Broncos won a program high 27 games, 15 conference games, the Mountain West conference regular season championship, Mountain West conference tournament, an 8-seed in the NCAA tournament and the highest AP ranking in program history at 23. The following season, Leon Rice helped lead the team to 24 wins and consecutive tournament bids for the second time in school history.

In-season tournament championships

Regular season conference titles

Conference tournament championships

Conference Player of the Year awards

Postseason results

NCAA Division I Tournament results

The Broncos have appeared in ten NCAA Division I Tournaments, with a combined record of 0–10. They have the most NCAA tournament games played without a win (Iona had a win in the NCAA Tournament in 1980 before the NCAA stripped it away due to a violation, which means they are "0-15"). Their first five bids came via conference tournament championships, the first four in the Big Sky. The bid to the First Four in 2013 was the first at-large bid in program history, and they received a second in 2015. BSU made their eighth appearance in 2022 and returned the following year.

YearSeedRoundOpponentResultHead coach
1976 Round of 32#4 UNLV L 78–103Bus Connor
1988 14 WRound of 64(3) #10 Michigan L 58–63 Bobby Dye
1993 14 WRound of 64(3) #8 Vanderbilt L 72–92
1994 14 WRound of 64(3) #10 Louisville L 58–67
2008 14 ERound of 64(3) #13 Louisville L 61–79 Greg Graham
2013 13 WFirst Four(13) La Salle L 71–80 Leon Rice
2015 11 EFirst Four(11) Dayton L 55–56
2022 8 WRound of 64(9) Memphis L 53–64
2023 10 WRound of 64(7) Northwestern L 67–75
2024 10 SFirst Four(10) Colorado L 53–60


NCAA Division II Tournament results

The Broncos appeared in one NCAA Division II tournament (referred to at the time as the College Division), with a 1–1 record.

YearRoundOpponentResultHead coach
1970 Regional semifinals
Regional 3rd Place
UC Riverside
Sacramento State
L 81–83
W 63–61
Murray Satterfield

NIT results

The Broncos have appeared in seven National Invitational Tournaments (NIT), with a combined record of 5–7.

YearRoundOpponentResultHead coach
1987 First round
Second Round
Utah
Washington
W 62–61
L 68–73
Bobby Dye
1989 First roundOklahoma StateL 55–69
1991 First roundSouthern IllinoisL 74–75
2004 Opening Round
First round
Second Round
UNLV
Milwaukee
Marquette
W 84–69
W 73–70
L 53–56
Greg Graham
2017 First round
Second Round
Utah
Illinois
W 73–68
L 56–71
Leon Rice
2018 First round Washington L 74–77
2021 First round
Quarterfinals
SMU
Memphis
W 85–84
L 56–59

CBI results

The Broncos have appeared in two College Basketball Invitationals (CBI), with a combined record of 2–2.

YearRoundOpponentResultHead coach
2009 First roundStanfordL 76–96 Greg Graham
2011 First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Austin Peay
Evansville
Oregon
W 83–80
W 75–69
L 71–79
Leon Rice

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