Bronco Gymnasts Remain 17th

To be #12, which will be the score necessary to advance to the NCAA National Gymnastics Championships, Boise State will need a RQS of 196.5.

http://www.troester.com/gym/WRankings/2014/0317/wteam.htm

Boise State Women's Golf Team Leads Fresno Invitational

Boise State leads the field after two rounds at the Fresno State Invitational women's golf tournament.  The Broncos carded a school record 289 yesterday for a two-round score of 597.  That is two strokes ahead of Cal State Northridge and four ahead of host Fresno State.

Lady Broncos Rewarded with Postseason Birth

The Boise State women's basketball team is one that is still playing in the postseason.  The Lady Broncos have accepted an invitation to play in the Women's Basketball Invitational, according to head coach Gordy Presnell.

Boise State will travel to play Grand Canyon this Thursday night.  It's the Broncos' first postseason experience since they played in the WNIT in 2008.

Boise State Will Not Play in Postseason

Due to injuries, Boise State has declined to play in the postseason.  There was rumor that they might be in the College Basketball Insider Tournament, but Boise State has just announced that they will decline any offers.

#19 Boise State Nudges #46 Virginia Tech

It was much closer than a match between #19 and #46 should be (something's off there), but Boise State prevailed 4-3.

Boise State Gymnasts Make No Further Push Towards Nationals

For several years, the Boise State gymnastics program has been nationally-ranked, but always falls short of making the NCAA National Gymnastics Championships.

This is due to the unpublished fact that a team must consistently score above 196 as a team to qualify.  Last night, #17 Boise State lost to a lower-ranked team (#21 Denver), when they scored just 195.925 points.  Denver was there--196.725 points, and won the meet, with Iowa State scoring third at 194.250.

Boise State will compete in the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Championships in Provo, Utah, next week.
 

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.