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[Deuce2223]

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AROUND THE NATION UPDATE

TOP-25 POLL

#1 Florida (10-0)
#2 Kentucky (8-2)
#3 DePaul (8-1)
#4 Michigan State (6-2)
#5 Duke (6-2)
#6 Maryland (7-1)
#7 Virginia (8-1)
#8 Georgia Tech (8-1)
#9 Cincinnati (7-1)
#10 Pitt (7-1)
#11 Syracuse (7-1)
#12 USC (7-1)
#13 Louisville (8-2)
#14 Texas A&M (7-1)
#15 Ohio State (8-1)
#16 Arizona (7-1)
#17 Oregon (8-1)
#18 Florida State (10-2)
#19 Xavier (9-1)
#20 Iowa State (8-1)
#21 UCLA (8-1)
#22 Seton Hall (8-1)
#23 Wisconsin (6-2)
#24 Clemson (9-1)
#25 W. Virginia (7-1)

ACC and Big East are dominating with 4 teams each in the Top-11 but it's the SEC holding down #1 and #2 for now.

Crazy to see only 1 team outside the major conferences in the Media Poll.

The Coaches Poll is al little different, with the #1 Mid-Major College of Charl (8-0) coming in at #24.

Speaking of the Mid Major

Boise State is currently #2 with their perfect 9-0 record, followed by VCU at #3 who is also a perfect (7-0).

(5-1) New Orleans is #4 followed by (7-0) Middle Tennessee at #5.

(7-1) Butler, (6-3) Wichita State, (7-3) Fresno State , (7-3) Nevada and (6-5) Gonzaga round out the Top-10.

[U]RECRUITING UPDATE[/U]

The Top-11 players in the nation all made early commitments.

#1 Overall/#1 PG Ruben Underwood (Mr BB TN)-Michigan State
#2 Overall/#2 PG Rico Blancett (Mr BB PA)-Michigan State
# 3 Overall/#1 SF Bryan Bobik (Mr BB CA)-USC
#4 Overall/#1 SG Robby Vianney (Mr BB NV)-USC
#5 Overall/#2 SG Josip Kinloch (Canada)-Syracuse
#6 Overall/#3 PG Wesley Salow (Mr BB TX)-Texas
#7 Overall/#4 PG Omar Nunez (Mr BB IA)-Virginia
#8 Overall/#5 PG Dewitt McCray (Mr BB IL- Michigan State
#9 Overall/#6 PG Vinnie Rodgers (Mr BB NY)-Syracuse
#10 Overall/#7 PG Akin Barlow (Mr BB GA)-Florida State
#11 Overall/#2 SF Paul Kleiza (Mr BB MO)-Kansas State.

Currently #12 Overall and the #3 SG in the class Jeremy Modrovich from Vallejo CA has no scholarship offers and has BYU #1 followed by Washington and Boise State at #3.

Coach Scott

"To be honest we felt pretty good about out depth at SG, so we hadn't really even scouted Modrovich, but after realizing the kid hadn't signed, it's pretty hard no to take a look at a 5* AA. who shot 48% (20/41) from 3pt this past summer and averaged 12.3 PPG"

Well Coach Scott wasn't really looking at Modrovich, he and the BSU staff are all in with 5* AA PG Aaron Badiane (Mr BB CO). Ranked #13 Overall and the #8 PG in the class, Badiane currently holds a scholarship offer from the Broncos and is 93% committed, but he does have a Scholarship offer from Air Force who holds his #1 spot.

Coach Scott

Our current PG is a 3 yr starter in JR R. Cowans, but we feel like Badiane is a talent we couldn't pass up the opportunity to sign and have a 4 year starter potentially and a future NBA player. Air Force could be tough to catch as he currently looks to stay close to his home (Longmont Colorado)

Badiane isn't the only PG to get a offer from Boise State. BSU has also offered 5'9 Wade Blancett from San Rafael CA. Blancett is ranked #52 Overall and the #27 PG in the class. This past summer he put up 17.8 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 3.4 APG, and 1.3 SPG well shooting 37% from 3pt in the ABL.

Coach Scott

"Well we view Badiane as a instant starter we think Blancett would be a potent scorer off our bench next year and would give us 2 dominating PG for the next 4 years. If we don't land Badiane, I think we would potentially think about a redshirt on Wade and allow him to be a 4 year starter after Cowans graduates."

BSU went into the season with 4 scholarships to offer but are currently holding 1 back offering just 1 scholarship left. But it's a big one.

With 7'0 Jesus Kennedy set to graduate and 6'11 R. Len Bullicer a Junior, Coach Scott knew landing a big man was key to this recruiting class.

4* (#40 Overall #1 Center) 6'10 Ramon Deng was a early target and has been on Coach Scott's radar since his UCR days but the Los Angeles native is staying home and playing for UCLA. The Bruins also nabbed his high school teammate 6'10 Khalif Reaves (3*, #111 Overall/# 3 C) as well.

6'10 Thomas Didlake (3* #136/#4 C) from Reno Nevada also spurned the Broncos and signed with Nevada and will play BSU the next 4 years instead.

6'11 Randall Fofana (3* #133 Overball/#5 C) from Seattle WA followed suit and will stay home to play for the Huskies.

With 4 of the Top-5 Centers signed, Coach Scott is all in with 7'0 Jave Fall from Oklahoma City. Ranked #62 Overall and the #2 C, Fall was Oklahoma's Mr BB and posted 13..0 PPG, 10.8 RPG and 2.1 BPG this past summer playing in the ABL.

Coach Scott

"Fall is another one of those guy's we view as a instant starter, a 4 year starter and a potential NBA prospect. We believe he has the talent to lead us to not only opportunities in the NCAA tournament but a NCAA title"

Fall currently has the Broncos at #5 with Florida State #1 followed by a trio of Big 12 Schools (Kansas State, Texas and Oklahoma State). Currently KSU is also offering.

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Quite the start to the season for the Broncos, proving that last year's success wasn't a fluke. Here's to hoping the real-life Boise State team comes away with a win over Northwestern later today!

[Deuce2223]

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Quite the start to the season for the Broncos, proving that last year's success wasn't a fluke. Here's to hoping the real-life Boise State team comes away with a win over Northwestern later today!

Sadly no school history made by the real life Broncos today, but like this fictional team, they have alot of talent coming back next year and are proving to be a place that transfers like to come and find minutes. Had 3 Seniors on this squad and all were apart of the 8 man rotation Coach Rice seems to like to run, but there are some guy's on the bench that are pretty good. We will see.

[Deuce2223]

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BRONCOS WIN STEAK IS SNAPPED!!!

After a 9-0 start, Boise State picked up win #10 against Utah as they started a 4 game road trip to finish out non-conference play, but Washington State put a end to the win streak at 10 with a last minute 3pt shot. BSU bounced back to beat BYU though picking up their 11th win of the year with just #11 (10-1) UCLA left in the non-conference schedule.

Here is a recap of the games.

@ 3-6 Utah (W) Final Score 99-92

Where was the "D" as both teams scored in the 50's in the 1st half with BSU taking a (54-50) lead into the half.

Utah's top 6 players in the rotation would score in double digits led by SR Rossevelt Hopper who finished with 19 pts despite just 2/8 from 3pt.

Boise would finish with 4 players in double digits led by D. Andres who slides back to SF well still putting up 19 pts and 7 rebounds. Jesus Kennedy back in the starting lineup would add 17 pts, well PG R. Cowans comes up big with 18 pts 5 assists and 3 steals well hitting 4/6 from deep. I. Dilligard came off the bench moving back to his 6th man role and scored 14 pts.

@ (8-3) Washington State (L) Final Score 82-79

Tied 46-46 at the half this game was back and forth all night until it wasn't WSU would score the final 7 points as BSU fails to hold onto the lead with 1:31 to play.

WSU was led by SR PG C. Glass with 18 pts and 7 rebs despite hitting just 1/8 from 3pt. JR SG J. Esterkamp added 16 pts hitting 3/4 from 3pt, but it was SR SF H. Bragg who was the hero scoring 17 pts and hitting 2/4 from deep including the game winner.

Jesus Kennedy had 26 pts to lead all scorers in the loss, well R. Len Bullicer added a double double with 11 pts 10 rebs and 2 blks.

@ (11-2) BYU (W) Final Score 71-66

The Cougars came into the game playing some great basketball including a 3 game win streak after a 6-0 start in the beginning of the year, but BSU would take a (39-31) lead into the locker room and the Cougars inability to hit FT's down the stretch would spell doom as the Broncos pick up a much needed win

Jesus Kennedy finished with a team high 14 pts and 7 reb well R. Len Bullicer added 13 pts and 5 rebs. D. Nagata struggling of late would add 11 pts on 3/5 3pt shooting well Cowans added 6 pts 8 assists and 3 steals.

Freshman V. Rasmussen played 3 minutes tonight for the first time in over a month missing his only shot, but did manage 3 rebounds and 2 blks.

Coach Scott will have a full 10 man rotation for the UCLA game,

Coach Scott

"This is a big game for us. The Bruins have won 8 straight including wins over Gonzaga and Texas. Their only loss was a (74-62) loss to New Mexico over a month ago. A win here and we could find ourselves possibly in the Top-25 going into conference play"

STAT UPDATE

With Kennedy's return to the lineup, BSU now has 4 players scoring in double digits.

Len Bullicer (15.8 PPG, 6.8 RPG), Kennedy (12.6 PPG, 5.4 RPG), Nagata (11.1 PPG, 3.8 APG, 44% 3pt) and R. Cowans (10.8 PPG, 5.0 APG 35% 3pt.

With 3 more players averaging 8 or more.
D. Andres (8.9 PPG, 5.9 RPG), I. Dilligard (8.5 PPG 12/22 3pt-55%) and R. Pekkola (8.1 PPG, 16/38 3pt 42%).

[Deuce2223]

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BRONCOS RALLY TO BEAT UCLA!!!

Boise State would rally trailing (34-30) at the half to the UCLA Bruins scoring the last 7 points in the game to pull out the 1 point victory (69-68). For Coach Scott and the Broncos it was their 1st Top-25 victory of the season, but with quality wins over Gonzaga, Oregon State, Cal, LMU, Utah, and BYU many felt like this win was what would finally prove to the nation, that Boise State isn't just a football school.

For Coach Scott it was his 12th win of the season and his 80th of his career (80-32).but despite the victory BSU is still ranked outside the Top-25 and isn't even considered the "Best Mid-Major" coming in ranked #3 behind #1 Coll of Charl (10-0) and VCU (11-0).

BSU held AA Mr BB Oregon PG Edgar Stukes to just 4 points on 1/5 FG 1/3 3pt and limited the Bruins to just 7/23 from 3pt. Soph 6'6 Cal Reese led the Bruins with 20 pts and 7 rebounds in the loss.

For Boise it was a balance attack with the bench scoring 21 points shooting 3/5 from 3pt led by SR J. Plummer's 9 pts

For the Starters it was R. Len Bullicer (12 pts 7 rebs) and R. Cowans (12 pts) comin up big well Jesus Kennedy just missed a double double finishing with 9 points and 9 rebounds well also blocking 2 shots.

BSU WILL KICKOFF WAC PLAY ON SATURADAY VS (10-3) FRESNO STATE

[RolePlayer]

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Nice win over UCLA, was surprised to see ya'll weren't ranked during your 9-0 start to the year.

[Deuce2223]

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Nice win over UCLA, was surprised to see ya'll weren't ranked during your 9-0 start to the year.

I have noticed that the Polls really only care about 1 thing and that's your Overall ranking. My team is only a 79. I wish it was better at actually looking at Overall record and strength of schedule better. Gonzaga is having a tough year and is currently like 8-5, so that hurts the quality wins, but LMU has 10 wins and BYU also has 10 wins even though neither are ranked.

I feel like if I can start strong in WAC play and get to like 14-1 then they will have to put me in the polls. Fresno is a 80 Overall and also won like 9 games in non-conference play so they are off to a good start and Nevada and Utah State are both solid as well. I just hope i can keep things rolling. I have my full roster back and it's nice having 5-6 guy's who can get hot and hit a 3pt shot vs last year when I basically had Nagata and Plummer and the occasional outburst from Cowans or Toole.

Thanks for following/commenting..

[Deuce2223]

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BRONCOS WIN AGAIN!!!

Boise State's record year continues as they win their WAC opener on Friday with a century mark offensive performance in a win over Fresno State.

Boise State scored a season high 60 points in the 1st half leading the Bulldogs (60-44) and with 10 seconds left on the clock R. Cowans hit a 3pt shot to make it a 100-86 victory..


Jesus Kennedy continues to shine in the post as the 7'0 Senior scored a team high 25 pts. Cowans and R. Len Bullicer each added 13 pts as well from the starting unit with the "Frenchman" leading the team with 8 rebounds and a team/season/career high 8 blocks!!

Freshman Vernon Rasumussen playing in just his 6th game of the season scored a season/career high 16 pts and grabbed 6 rebounds with 3 steals and 2 blocks off the bench, well fellow Freshman R. Pekkola added 10 pts hitting a perfect 3/3 from 3pt.

[Deuce2223]

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BRONCOS WIN STREAK CONTINUES!!

The Broncos moved to (15-1) on the season and took over the #1 spot in the Mid-Major Poll's this week but are still unranked in both the Coaches Poll and the AP Poll this week.

BSU started the road sweep on Thursday @ (2-13) San Jose State holding the Spartans to under 50 points as they cruised to a (73-43) victory..

Soph O. Sanchez led the Spartans in the loss with almost half their points scoring 22 pts well hitting 3/7 from deep.

BSU was led by R. Len Bullicer who had 20 pts and 8 rebs, with PG R. Cowans adding 10 pts and 7 rebounds. Freshman I. Dilligard led the bench with 13 pts and 7 rebounds hitting 4/5 from deep.

On Saturday, BSU took on (5-9) La Tech. Tied with less then 20 seconds to play int he half, Boise State hit a 3pt to give BSU the (41-38) lead at the half.

BSU continued to stay hot from outside as the team went 9/22 from deep including another solid night by Freshman I. Dilligard who led the team with 16 pts hitting 3/5 from deep. JR J. Poole added 9 pts off the bench hitting 3/5 from 3pt as well.

R. Len Bullicer finished with a double double of 10 pts and 11 reb well Jesus Kennedy added 12 pts 9 reb and 4 steals.


BOISE STATE RETURNS HOME TO FACE (9-5) NEW MEXICO STATE ON THURSDAY AND THEN HOSTS (11-4) NEVADA ON SATURDAY.

[Deuce2223]

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BOISE STATE EARNS TOP-25 RANKING!!

For the first time in school history the Boise State Broncos are ranked in the Top-25 Media Poll coming in at #17 this week after another pair of wins over New Mexico State and Nevada, well also retaining the #1 ranking in the Mid-Major Poll with a 17-1 record.

For the 3rd time this season and the 2nd time since starting WAC play, BSU scored 100 points beating New Mexico State (100-82).

BSU led (53-37) at the half despite hitting just 5/10 from beyond the arc and finished the night 6/15 after making just 1/5 from deep in the 2nd half.

Jesus Kennedy led the way with 22 pts well R. Len Bullicer added 18 pts and 7 rebs.

New Mexico State was also led by their bigmen in the post. 7'0 Soph Chip Watson had 9 points well reigning WAC POY SR Taron McIntosh led the Aggies with 21 pts and 9 rebs.

Coach Scott

"Taron is a great player. He has a FOY award, 2 All-Conference awards and the POY award last year after averaging 20.5 PPg, 7.8 RPG. He will most likely be a 1st round draft pick in next year's draft as well. We knew he would get his points, but I felt like we did a great job of limiting Watson as well as the rest of the team."

Soph SG D. Nagata added 13 pts 4 reb and 6 assists well Veron Rassmussen led the bench with 13 pts and 4 rebs.


On Saturday, BSU hosted the Nevada Wolfpack who were picked to win the WAC this year, but Nevada struggled from deep (6/19) and hit just 10/19 from the FT, with Boise State coming away with the (75-60) victory.

The Aggies JR PF Casey Wilson (15. PPG), was held to just 9 points but Wilson did manage to grab a team high 15 rebs and had a insane night in the paint blocking 7 shots.

Len Bullicer led the way for the Broncos with 18 pts and 7 reb well Nagata added 12 pts 4 reb and 3 assists hitting 3/4 from deep.

As a team was 8/17 from deep and 19/33 from the stripe.

BOISE WILL TAKE BACK TO THE ROAD WITH GAMES @ UTAH STATE AND INSTATE RIVAL IDAHO

[Deuce2223]

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BRONCOS STAY PERFECT IN WAC PLAY!!

Boise State improved to 19-1 on the season and 7-0 in the WAC standings with a pair of road wins this week, but fell 1 spot to #18 in the Media Poll and continue to go unranked in the Coaches Poll.

BSU took a (44-34) lead against Utah State on Thursday in the 1st half and held on for a (77-69) victory USU was just 5/28 from 3pt in the loss.

BSU's Jesus Kennedy led the Broncos with 17 pts well R. Len Bullicer added 16 pts and 8 rebs.

D. Nagata (10 pts 8 reb 5 assists) also came up with a solid game well Freshman I. Dilligard added 10 pts and 5 rebs hitting 2/6 from deep.

Idaho kept things close in the first half trailing (44-40) but the Boise State bench came up big in the 2nd half hitting 7/12 from deep led by SR J. Plummer (15 pts 4/7 3pt) leading the Broncos to a (84-73) victory.

Jesus Kennedy led the way yet again with 20 pts including a 10/11 performance from the FT line. R. Len Bullicer added 15 pts 4 rebs well D. Nagata had 14 pts 5 reb and 4 assists.

BSU WILL HOST (10-11) HAWAII TO CLOSE OUT THE 1ST HALF OF WAC PLAY AS THE BRONCOS LOOK FOR WIN #20!!

[Deuce2223]

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BRONCOS GET #20!!!

Every Coach goes into the season setting goals, and for Coach Scott one of those goals is always a 20 win season.. Little did he know that this year that win total with come 8 regular season games still to play plus post-season games.

BSU won 25 games last season including a Sweet 16 victory, but are well on their way to a potential 30 win season and maybe a Top-10 ranking by season end.

Coach Scott

"Do I think we will win out? No.. Despite what we have already accomplished beating everyone once, I know all to well how hard it is to beat a team twice in the same year when you have as much talent as some of these teams have and then we also have to remember we will see some of them again in the conference tournament."

Hawaii battled Boise State in the 1st half and trailed by just 1 (45-44) after a buzzer beater just fell short. BSU however would come up fired up int the 2nd half and limit the Rainbow Warriors to just 24 points in the 2nd half to win the ball game (79-68).

Hawaii Freshman PG M. Dearmon (4* Mr BB HI, ranked #35 Overall) was held to just 2 pts as he went 0/4 FG and 0/3 3pt.

BSU was led by Jesus Kennedy's 16 pts and 4 rebs well, D. Andres added 15 pts and 6 rebs. and R. Len Bullicer finished with 8 pts and 9 rebs just missing a double double.

Isiah Dilligard and J. Plummer (3/5 3pt) each had 11 pts off the bench.

BOISE STATE WILL START THEIR REMATCH'S WITH (13-7) FRESNO STATE ON THE ROAD ON SATURDAY.

[Deuce2223]

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With March Madness going on and the weekend off, I am more motivated to play and finish out this the season this weekend. I start a new job next week on Monday and then take off for 4 days for a Disc Golf Tournament in Boise, so I won't get much time to play next week.

Thanks for all those following along. I look forward to the day we all get a new game and see all kinds of college hoops threads started up again but until then I am just happy my 360 and copy of 2k is holding up.

[Deuce2223]

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BRONCOS CLIMB TO #12!!!

Boise State picked up 3 more wins to improve to 23-1 on the season and have climbed to #12 in the Media Poll this week but are still unranked in the Coaches Poll with 5 games left in the regular season. Here is a recap of the past 3 games.

@ FRESNO STATE (FINAL SCORE 87-80)

It looked like Boise State was well on their way to their 4th 100 point game of the season as they took a commanding (57-36) lead into the locker room with SG D. Nagata coming up big hitting 3/3 from 3pt to lead the way with 11 pts.

Nagata however would go cold in the 2nd half going 0/5 from deep before heading to the bench with 4 fouls. With Nagata out, Freshman R. Pekkola stepped in and scored 9 pts hitting 2/5 from deep well BSU continued to also pound the ball inside to Jesus Kennedy. Kennedy would score 16 of his team high 24 points in the 2nd half as he continues to be a force against WAC opponents.

Coach Scott

"Jesus's offensive production this year has been a savior to us. He came on strong last year when given the opportunity for more minutes and produced 10.2 PPG and he is currently 13.5 PPG and if you go back the past 5-6 games it's well over 18 PPG."

VS SAN JOSE STATE (FINAL SCORE 80-69)

It's been a tough year for the Spartans who have just 5 wins on the season, but they played hard the 1st half and trailed only by 1 point (41-40) but shooting woes in the 2nd half led to just 29 points as BSU cruises to the double digit win.

Jesus Kennedy picked up 2 early fouls in both halves and would play just 9 minutes total scoring 2 pts.

R. Len Bullicer led the way with 17 pts and 5 rebs well D. Andres added 16 pts and 5 reb as well. R. Cowans added 10 pts and 6 assists from the starting unit.

The BSU bench came up big 29 points including 7/13 from deep, led by J Plummer 8 pts 2/2 3pt and V Rasmussen 8 pts 2/4 3pt.

VS LA TECH (FINAL SCORE 99-67)

Boise State falls 1 point shy of 100 yet again. The Broncos led (50/38 at the half despite only hitting 3/10 from 3pt and continued to pour it on via the post in the 2nd half (just 2/8 from deep) as R. Len Bullicer led the way with 24 pts and 4 reb. Jesus Kennedy added 13pts as well as D. Nagata (13 pts and 4 assists).

The BSU bench scored 32 points led by Rasmussen and Dilligard each with 9 pts.

BOISE STATE WILL PUT THE WINNING STREAK ON THE LINE @ (15-7) NEVADA NEXT THURSDAY BEFORE TAKING ON NEW MEXICO STATE ON THE 2 GAME ROAD TRIP

[LopaKa]

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With March Madness going on and the weekend off, I am more motivated to play and finish out this the season this weekend. I start a new job next week on Monday and then take off for 4 days for a Disc Golf Tournament in Boise, so I won't get much time to play next week.

Thanks for all those following along. I look forward to the day we all get a new game and see all kinds of college hoops threads started up again but until then I am just happy my 360 and copy of 2k is holding up.

Awesome to see you still chising Deuce! Loving this so far brotha, it’s been an amazing start to Coach Scott’s career! Happy to see you get the Boise job so quickly!

I recently got the itch to dust off the old 360 and play some college hoops as well and it’s been so much fun.

What a crazy March madness it has been this year! Happy to see all the upsets lol. Hope all is well bro and I look forward to following along your hoops journey.