Kudos to Leon Rice for insisting on an upgraded schedule for his much-improved Boise State basketball team. This is one of the toughest in school history. The Broncos host Utah in Taco Bell Arena November 16, they'll meet Drake in Boise on November 3, host Larry Bird's former school Indiana State on December 3, will travel to play LSU on December 10 and will face Iowa on December 22. The Broncos have a home-and-home with rival Fresno State.
No less than 16 games will be nationally-televised this fall as the Bronco team has picked up considerable interest since their great season last year. The season gets underway November 8 with an exhibition against Colorado Springs. Everything counts against Colorado Christian on November 11.
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| DATE | DAY | OPPONENT | TIME (MT) | TV |
| Nov. 8 | Tuesday | Colorado Springs (Exh.) | 7 p.m. | |
| Nov. 11 | Friday | Colorado Christian | TBA | |
| Nov. 16 | Wednesday | Utah | 6 p.m. | The Mtn. |
| Nov. 19 | Saturday | Cal State Northridge | TBA | |
| Nov. 22 | Tuesday | at Long Beach State | TBA | |
| Nov. 26 | Saturday | Northern Illinois | TBA | |
| Nov. 30 | Wednesday | Drake | 7 p.m. | |
| Dec. 3 | Saturday | Indiana State | 8 p.m. | |
| Dec. 5 | Monday | Idaho State | 7 p.m. | |
| Dec. 7 | Wednesday | Portland | 7 p.m. | |
| Dec. 10 | Saturday | at LSU | TBA | |
| Dec. 17 | Saturday | at Denver | 4 p.m. | |
| Dec. 19 | Monday | Fresno State | 7 p.m. | The Mtn. |
| Dec. 22 | Thursday | at Iowa | TBA | |
| Jan. 2 | Monday | at Fresno State | 8 p.m. |
After Utah, BYU and TCU bailed from the Mountain West, it appears that the conference is now stronger than the Big East. So says Brad Edwards of ESPN.
Edwards said that in his analysis of the numbers for the next qualifying period for the Bowl Championship Series, the Mountain West is ahead of the Big East (which TCU left for). The Big East currently is considered an automatic-qualifying conference while the Mountain West is not. Of course that has huge implications for the postseason as the Big East champion automatically qualifies for a BCS Bowl (even if they are ranked #30) while the Mountain West champion has to hope it is ranked in the final 12.
