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The Mountain West was a battleground for bubble teams for the second straight year, and Boise State was on the wrong side of the fight. The Broncos won 14 conference games, took down Clemson and Saint Mary’s in non-conference play, and advanced to the MW tournament title game.
However, a Quadrant 4 loss to 19-loss Boston College in November returned to haunt them. Coach Leon Rice was vocal about his frustration, noting that a single buzzer-beater loss in a non-conference tournament shouldn’t have kept them out. But in a year with razor-thin margins, it did.
The Mountain West was a battleground for bubble teams for the second straight year, and Boise State was on the wrong side of the fight. The Broncos won 14 conference games, took down Clemson and Saint Mary’s in non-conference play, and advanced to the MW tournament title game.
However, a Quadrant 4 loss to 19-loss Boston College in November returned to haunt them. Coach Leon Rice was vocal about his frustration, noting that a single buzzer-beater loss in a non-conference tournament shouldn’t have kept them out. But in a year with razor-thin margins, it did.