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The fog is clearing
By BRIAN LUPTAK
Online Editor
Three days ago the NBA was a different picture. Basketball fans were one game away from witnessing a record-tying winning streak. Unfortunately, the incredible achievement by the Houston Rockets was brought to an abrupt halt. It wasn't that the Rockets didn't work hard enough to meet the milestone and it wasn't an inevitable loss that was simply past due. …
Redmon earns fifth WAC honor
Hannah Redmon has been named the Western Athletic Conference Gymnast of the Week for Mar. 10-16. With this award, Redmon has earned five WAC Gymnast of the Week awards this season.
Redmon, a freshman from Reno, Nev. posted her highest all-around score of her career with a 39. …
Dave Southorn - Idaho Press Tribune
If you put up enough shots, a few are bound to go in - right? Offense was at a premium Thursday for both teams during Boise State's matchup with the Idaho State Bengals in the opening round of the WNIT. …
By JAKE GARCIN
Sports Editor
On April 5, Boise State Football Coach Chris Petersen will run for charity as the guest of honor in the first Beat Coach Pete 5K race.
BSU students, staff and faculty, as well as community members, will have the chance to take part in the fun run and raise money for the BSU General Scholarship Fund. …
By TRENT LOOTENS
Sports Writer
Coming off an amazing win at the PAC-10 wrestling tournament two weeks ago, Boise State is sending nine wrestlers to the NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo.
The Broncos, who are coming off their fourth PAC-10 wrestling championship, will look to surprise some teams that are stacked with premier wrestlers. …
By KIRK BELL
Sports Writer
Nine years after former Boise State men's basketball player Roberto Bergersen scored 644 points (1998-99), breaking Ron Austin's single season scoring record of 636 points (1970-71).
Reggie Larry lifted the mark a bit higher by finishing the regular season with 647 points. …
By MARY ALBL
Assistant Sports Editor
This spring, a new sight is on the blue turf of Bronco Stadium. Ian Johnson,
the standout senior running back, who missed last year of spring ball due to ailing injuries, is back in full force and ready to help the Broncos.
Last December after BSU lost to East Carolina in the Sheriton Hawaii Bowl, it meant that the season was over for the Broncos. …
By Jake Garcin
Finishing 14-4 in the Big East Conference, 24-8 overall, should give Louisville Men's Basketball Coach Rick Pitino plenty of confidence heading into NCAA tournament play tonight. …
Sooners will face winner of Boise State and Louisville
By Jake Garcin
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -No. 6 Oklahoma did its part in trying to secure a Fiesta Bowl rematch with Boise State. This time, however, the schools would meet on the basketball court. The Sooners defeated No. 11 Saint Joseph's 72-64 in the first round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament Friday evening in Birmingham, Ala. OU is now scheduled to play the winner of No. 14 BSU and No. 3 Louisville. If the Broncos are able to upset UL, BSU will face OU for the first time in postseason competition since the historic 2007 bowl game. …
By MARY ALBL
Assistant Sports Editor
The Louisville Cardinal(24-8) gave the Boise State(25-8) men's basketball team all it could handle Friday night in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Louisville handed the Broncos a 61-79 defeat, which eliminates the Broncos from the tournament. …
By Jake Garcin
The Boise State men's basketball team spent most of this season putting on a shooting clinic from 3-point range. The Broncos were so good, in fact, they finished the regular season as one of the best 3-point shooting teams in the country. That threat was supposed to be the thing that would give BSU a chance at an upset of No. 3 Louisville in the first round of the NCAA tournament Friday. Instead, it turned out to be the shot that sunk the Broncos' ship. …
By Jake Garcin
Listen to the post game press conference of Boise State Head Coach Greg Graham and senior forwards, Tyler Tiedeman and Matt Nelson, after the Broncos 79-61 loss to Louisville in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Friday. …
Louisville prepares for BSU
By Jake Garcin
It didn't take long for Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino to get figure out what his team is up against when the Cardinals (24-8, 14-4) face Boise State (25-8, 12-4), Friday night, in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Although Pitino has only been scouting the Broncos for four days, the challenges that BSU present are easy to see. …
BSU looks to overcome size disadvantage
By Mary Albl
For the No.14 seeded Boise State men's basketball team (25-8, 12-4), an upset tomorrow night over the No.3 seeded Louisville Cardinals (24-8, 14-4) in the NCAA tournament would be monumental. As previous tournaments have shown, nothing is impossible. To do so, however, the Broncos will have to find a way to cage Louisville's big birds. …
Side notes for Boise State and Louisville
By Jake Garcin
There are plenty of things, other than X's and O's, surrounding Friday night's NCAA tournament game between Boise State and Louisville. Here are five good side notes about the Broncos and Cardinals. …
A look inside March Madness - Boise State style
By Jake Garcin and Mary Albl
Updated 3 p.m. (CT) - Greetins' from Birmingham, Ala. WIth Boise State's loss to Louisville, Friday night, the Broncos run in the NCAA tournament is officially over. We had a wild ride and even though it's over, it's not too late to experience March Madness through The Arbiter's eyes. …
BSU band, cheerleaders and dancers experience Birmingham
By Jake Garcin
They might not always live in the spotlight, but that doesn't mean they aren't making an impact. They are the band, cheerleaders and dance team members, and just because their presence isn't always acknowledged, but it is most certainly always felt. …
BSU heads to the tournament
By BRAD WEIGLE
Sports Writer
The Boise State men's basketball team and Bronco Nation is in Alabama with hopes of moving past the first round of the tournament and upsetting a legendary program on a national stage.
The task is big, but it is the shared dream of many underdog teams in the tournament. …
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