Bates Fourth in 3,000, Now Most Decorated Student-Athlete in Boise State HIstory!

Emma Bates finished fourth in the 3,000 meters today at the NCAA Division I National Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

It was the second fourth-place finish this week for Bates, who also placed fourth in the 5,000 last night.  Emma earned All-America honors #6 and 7 this week, making her now the most decorated student-athlete in Boise State history.  The amazing Abbey D'Agostino of Dartmouth won the 3,000, just as she had the 5,000 and the national cross country championship, in which she edged Bates.

1	Abbey D'Agostino	SR	DART	9:14.47			1 (1)
2	Dominique Scott	JR	ARK	9:16.05			1 (2)
3	Elinor Kirk	SR	UAB	9:17.00			1 (3)
4	Emma Bates	SR	BOIS	9:17.37

Abbey D'Agostino Wins 3,000

Abbey D'Agostino of Dartmouth has won the women's 3,000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.  We'll try to get the finish for Boise State's Emma Bates soon.

Bates Finishes Fourth in 5,000, Attains Record-Tying Sixth All-American Honor

Emma Bates was fourth tonight in the 5,000 at the National Championships, the first of two events she qualified for. Bates ran the 5000 in 16:25.66, 5.27 seconds out of first place, won by defending champion Abbey D'Agostino of Dartmouth (who also edged out Bates for the national championship in cross country).

Bates earned All-America honors, the sixth All-American award in her career, which ties Emma with Ryan Grinnell (2008-09) and Jarred Rome (1997-2000) for the most ever at Boise State.

McCall Gets His Way

His hated Boise State is out of the tournament.  All it took was for him to officiate a game.

Team fouls in a tight game the entire way:

New Mexico 13 (the entire game)
Boise State 26

Looks evenly officiated to me. (insert sarcastic emoticon here...)

In this stage of a tight game...

Bairstow 11 free throw attempts, Boise State 8.  No further comment necessary.

The Mountain West Conference Needs to Fire Randy McCall Immediately

Bad officiating is the nature of the beast--it happens all the time.  But when you have a guy that obviously hates Boise State, he needs to be shown the door by the Mountain West Conference.  If a particular team experiences bad officiating from a particular referee one time, it is what it is.  But this guy has been vindictive four times against Boise State, so much so that in one game, he wouldn't let Rice even talk to him, then chatted it up in the Wyoming huddle afterwards.

There is no room in college basketball for an official that hates any school.  Time to go.

Cortney 11th in Three-Meter Final

To advance to Nationals, you pretty much have to finish in the top three in at least one event.

Unofficial Statistics Women 3m Championship (6 Dives) (Final)
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Place	Score	Diver Name	Event Avg Score	Avg Round Score
1	661.55	Haley Ishimatsu (USC)	7.25	56.57
2	654.90	Hailey Casper (ASU)	7.08	59.50
3	651.60	En-tien Huang (NEV)	6.64	55.80
4	637.90	Kersten Merry (UTAH)	6.39	56.53
5	635.25	Aimee Harrison (HAWA)	6.31	53.81
6	627.25	Stephanie Phipps (STAN)	6.56	54.08
7	614.90	Michal Bower (ARIZ)	6.44	51.21
8	610.50	Kassidy Cook (STAN)	6.31	51.88
9	600.45	Annika Lenz (UCLA)	6.53	53.78
10	590.90	Krysta Palmer (NEV)	5.97	50.20
11	587.00	Ciera Cortney (BSU)	5.69	46.31
12	586.80	Megan Harper (UNM)	6.00	51.16
13	581.25	Lauren Hall (HAWA)	5.92	48.31
14	577.75	Anne Kastler (CAL)	6.17	46.99
15	577.50	Chelsea Jackson (NAZU)	6.06	47.13
16	570.85	Paige Hunt (IDAH)	6.31	49.12
17	540.40	Sally Hackett (ARIZ)	5.31	42.36
18	536.80	Samantha Adams (USC)	5.44	43.13
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Cortney Finishes 10th in One-Meter Dive at Zone E Diving Championships

Haley Ishimatsu	USC	1	580.20	0.00
Alexandra Clay	STAN	2	577.95	-2.25
Lauren Hall	HAWA	3	567.40	-12.80
Hailey Casper	ASU	4	565.50	-14.70
Stephanie Phipps	STAN	5	557.55	-22.65
Kassidy Cook	STAN	6	550.95	-29.25
Aimee Harrison	HAWA	7	547.75	-32.45
Hannah Prigge	FRES	8	545.65	-34.55
Lillian Hinrichs	STAN	9	545.15	-35.05
Ciera Cortney	BSU	10	543.30	-36.90
En-tien Huang	NEV	11	539.25	-40.95
Michal Bower	ARIZ	12	530.55	-49.65
Paige Hunt	IDAH	13	528.15	-52.05
Annika Lenz	UCLA	14	524.15	-56.05
Megan Harper	UNM	15	519.50	-60.70
Paulina Guzman	UCLA	16	518.80	-61.40
Sally Hackett	ARIZ	17	515.35	-64.85
Kersten Merry	UTAH	18	497.80	-82.40

 

Bates Takes On the Best Tonight

Emma Bates will run in the 5,000 meters tonight at the NCAA National Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  The event will start approximately 8:35 Mountain Time tonight.  Bates is currently ranked ninth in the 5,000.  She will also race in the final of the 3,000 meters tomorrow.

Best of luck, Emma!  I just feel eventually you're going to win one of these.

Broncos Pull Together for 75-62 Win

Boise State played great at times, terrible at others.  Bottom line:  it was good enough to score a 75-62 win tonight in Las Vegas over Nevada in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament.

UNLV Surges Past Wyoming 71-67

The Cowboys had the lead most of the game, and rallied strong at the end, but it was the home team that prevailed, 71-67.  UNLV will take on San Diego State tomorrow night in the semifinals.

#1 Seed San Diego State Has Fun With Utah State

Top seed and #8 in the nation San Diego State had a field day with Utah State, dealing a 73-39 blowout to Utah State in Las Vegas in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament.  San Diego State awaits the winner of the UNLV-Wyoming game tomorrow night.

Broncos Begin Mountain West Tournament With 83-52 Win

Boise State ran out to a 25-0 lead and seemed to get stronger as the game went on, defeating San Jose State 83-52 in the opening round of the Mountain West Basketball Tournament tonight in Las Vegas.

Coach Leon Rice went to his bench early and often, resting his players in the hope that they can capture the conference crown.  To do that, the Broncos will have to first get past powerful third seed Nevada, which downed the Broncos in double overtime last week in Boise.

That rematch is set for tomorrow night at 9:30 MDT.

Boise State Leads San Jose State 46-14 at the Half

Now we see the real Bronco basketball team.

Utah State Beats Colorado State 73-69

USU was 10 points down with 2 minutes left, scored 10 points in 44 seconds, and won.

Drmic Named to All-District VIII Basketball Team

Boise State junior Anthony Drmic was named to the All-District VIII Team by the United States Basketball Writers Association, the group announced today.

Drmic finished the regular season averaging 16.7 points and 4.7 rebounds a game.  He is the third Bronco in the past decade to earn All-District, following Coby Karl (2005-06) and Reggie Larry (2007-08).

Division I schools in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming make up District VIII. 

Drmic and the Broncos meet San Jose State tomorrow night in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference Basketball Tournament.

 

Boise State Women Lose 61-56 to Wyoming

Boise State was the favored team, but you'd never know it.  Wyoming held the lead nearly the entire game and advanced to the semifinals.

Emma Bates to Compete in Two Events at NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships

Emma Bates is the lone representative from Boise State at the 2014 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Bates ranks fifth in the 3,000-meters and ninth in the 5,000-meters, and the five-time All-American will look to make a statement on the national scene.  Action gets underway Friday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Wyoming 25, Boise State 24

halftime in Las Vegas.

Lady Broncos Move to 18-17 Lead

4:39 left in the first half.  Boise State got behind 8-2, then went on a 10-point run and have held Wyoming at bay.