CBB rankings: Boise State, New Mexico in the mix
Boise State and New Mexico are getting some preseason attention as possible top 25 teams.
Last Game
| Final - 3.20.2013 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Salle Explorers | 35 | 45 | 80 |
| Boise St. Broncos | 27 | 44 | 71 |
Stories
Boise State hoops adds another Aussie
BSU men’s basketball team has signed 6-foot-8 forward Nick Duncan from the Australian Institute of Sport.
2013 NCAA Tourney: Boise State Falls To La Salle
Boise State was not able to keep up with La Salle's hot shooting as the Explorers beat the Broncos 80-71
Explorers roll to meeting with K-State
Behind hot shooting and a memorable night from Ramon Galloway, La Salle led Boise State virtually the entire game and has advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Mountain West Conference Standings
(updated 1.18.2013 at 2:53 AM EST)
| Conf | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
| New Mexico Lobos | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| UNLV Runnin' Rebels | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| San Diego St. Aztecs | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
| Colorado St. Rams | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
Boise St. Broncos
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1 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
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Wyoming Cowboys
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1 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| Air Force Falcons | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| Fresno St. Bulldogs | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Nevada Wolf Pack | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
La Salle up at the break
The La Salle Explorers lost their only Atlantic 10 Tournament game, but came out shooting the ball well and are ahead of Boise State by eight at halftime.
Boise St., La Salle attempt to play-in
Receiving two of the final at-large bids, the Boise St. Broncos and the La Salle Explorers play for the right to face Kansas State in the big bracket
2013 NCAA Tournament Preview: Boise St vs LaSalle
In a tough, top-heavy mid- to high-major conference, La Salle finished a respectable fifth and fell in the first round of the conference tourney. Sounds familiar? Dayton's first four saved the best for last in this match-up of under-respected teams.
Bracketology: Boise's loss could knock them out
Boise State is clearly on the bubble after losing to San Diego State, and now they are dropping out of some brackets all together.
VIDEO: San Diego St. post game press conference
San Diego State players and coaches talk about their win over Boise State.
VIDEO: Boise St. post game press conference
Boise St. players and coaches talk about their loss to the San Diego State in the 2013 Mountain West Tournament Quarterfinals
Boise State vs. San Diego State preview
San Diego State should be the best game of the day, and is the final matchup of the quarterfinals round.
Get Ready For Round Two: SDSU at BSU
Stakes are high on the early game of the regular season conference finale.
Schedule
2012 Schedule
| November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Southern Tigers | Sunday, November 11 2012 | win 81 - 63 | coverage |
| Oakland, Mich. Golden Grizzlies | Tuesday, November 13 2012 | win 88 - 80 | coverage |
| Louisiana Ragin Cajuns | Sunday, November 18 2012 | win 63 - 57 | coverage |
| @ Michigan St. Spartans | Tuesday, November 20 2012 | loss 70 - 74 | coverage |
| UC Santa Barbara Gauchos | Saturday, November 24 2012 | win 72 - 56 | coverage |
| @ Creighton Bluejays | Wednesday, November 28 2012 | win 83 - 70 | coverage |
| December | |||
| @ Seattle Redhawks | Sunday, December 02 2012 | win 87 - 64 | coverage |
| @ Utah Utes | Wednesday, December 05 2012 | loss 55 - 76 | coverage |
| LSU Tigers | Friday, December 14 2012 | win 89 - 70 | coverage |
| Idaho Vandals | Thursday, December 20 2012 | win 78 - 68 | coverage |
| @ New Orleans Privateers | Sunday, December 23 2012 | win 67 - 51 | coverage |
| Corban | Sunday, December 30 2012 | win 105 - 49 | coverage |
| January | |||
| @ Texas-Arlington Mavericks | Wednesday, January 02 2013 | win 64 - 46 | coverage |
| Walla Walla | Saturday, January 05 2013 | win 106 - 39 | coverage |
| @ Wyoming Cowboys | Wednesday, January 09 2013 | win 63 - 61 | coverage |
| New Mexico Lobos | Wednesday, January 16 2013 | loss 74 - 79 | coverage |
| @ Air Force Falcons | Saturday, January 19 2013 | loss 80 - 91 | coverage |
| Fresno St. Bulldogs | Wednesday, January 23 2013 | win 74 - 67 | coverage |
| @ Nevada Wolf Pack | Saturday, January 26 2013 | loss 59 - 75 | coverage |
| @ Colorado St. Rams | Wednesday, January 30 2013 | loss 57 - 77 | coverage |
| February | |||
| UNLV Runnin' Rebels | Saturday, February 02 2013 | win 77 - 72 | coverage |
| @ San Diego St. Aztecs | Wednesday, February 06 2013 | loss 62 - 63 | coverage |
| Wyoming Cowboys | Saturday, February 09 2013 | win 68 - 61 | coverage |
| @ New Mexico Lobos | Saturday, February 16 2013 | loss 50 - 60 | coverage |
| Air Force Falcons | Wednesday, February 20 2013 | win 77 - 65 | coverage |
| @ Fresno St. Bulldogs | Saturday, February 23 2013 | win 72 - 63 | coverage |
| Nevada Wolf Pack | Wednesday, February 27 2013 | win 73 - 47 | coverage |
| March | |||
| Colorado St. Rams | Saturday, March 02 2013 | win 78 - 65 | coverage |
| @ UNLV Runnin' Rebels | Tuesday, March 05 2013 | loss 64 - 68 | coverage |
| San Diego St. Aztecs | Saturday, March 09 2013 | win 69 - 65 | coverage |
| @ San Diego St. Aztecs | Wednesday, March 13 2013 | loss 67 - 73 | coverage |
| La Salle Explorers | Wednesday, March 20 2013 | loss 71 - 80 | coverage |
Roster
Boise St. Broncos Basketball Roster
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Bropleh | 15 | FORWARD | 203 | 6-5 | junior | |
| Kenny Buckner | 42 | CENTER | 251 | 6-7 | senior | |
| Anthony Drmic | 3 | GUARD,FORWARD | 196 | 6-6 | sophomore | |
| Edmunds Dukulis | 21 | FORWARD | 225 | 6-9 | freshman | |
| Jeff Elorriaga | 11 | GUARD | 180 | 6-2 | junior | |
| Igor Hadziomerovic | 12 | GUARD | 202 | 6-4 | sophomore | |
| Darrious Hamilton | 24 | FORWARD | 222 | 6-8 | freshman | |
| Joe Hanstad | 5 | GUARD | 193 | 6-4 | sophomore | |
| Derrick Marks | 2 | GUARD | 206 | 6-3 | sophomore | |
| Joey Nebeker | 20 | FORWARD | 222 | 6-7 | freshman | |
| Jake Ness | 34 | FORWARD | 214 | 6-8 | sophomore | |
| Mikey Thompson | 1 | GUARD | 167 | 6-3 | freshman | |
| Vukasin Vujovic | 14 | FORWARD | 220 | 6-9 | freshman | |
| Ryan Watkins | 23 | FORWARD | 229 | 6-9 | junior |
Stats
Boise St. Broncos Stats
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| Anthony Drmic | 32 | 32.1 | 5.8 | 12.5 | 46.4 | 2.5 | 6.4 | 39.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 77.7 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 17.7 |
| Derrick Marks | 31 | 30.1 | 5.5 | 11.7 | 46.6 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 42.3 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 83.7 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 16.3 |
| Jeff Elorriaga | 29 | 33.9 | 3.4 | 7.7 | 44.4 | 2.9 | 6.5 | 44.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 70.0 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 10.2 |
| Ryan Watkins | 32 | 21.3 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 61.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 50.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 71.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 6.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 8.4 |
| Mikey Thompson | 30 | 25.9 | 2.8 | 7.2 | 38.4 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 43.9 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 70.1 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 7.9 |
| Igor Hadziomerovic | 29 | 25.8 | 1.9 | 5.3 | 36.4 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 25.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 61.5 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 5.2 |
| Kenny Buckner | 29 | 18.1 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 63.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 55.3 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 5.1 |
| Thomas Bropleh | 30 | 12.8 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 38.2 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 30.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 68.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 3.5 |
| Joe Hanstad | 22 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 41.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 33.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 75.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| Vukasin Vujovic | 9 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 23.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 20.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| Darrious Hamilton | 16 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 58.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Jake Ness | 14 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 83.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
