Boise State Men's Basketball 2023 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Boise State Broncos

Mountain West (24-9, 13-5)

 
 
Big Wins: 1/7 Utah State (82-59), 1/17 Nevada (77-62)
Bad Losses: 11/9 South Dakota State (66-68), 11/17 at Charlotte (42-54)
Coach: Leon Rice
 
Probable Starters:
Tyson Degenhart, Sophomore, Forward, 14.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg
Naje Smith, Senior, Forward, 10.1 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.0 bpg
Chibuzo Agbo, Junior, Guard, 11.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg
Max Rice, Senior, Guard, 13.9 ppg, 1.7 apg, 4.6 rpg
Marcus Shaver Jr., Senior, Guard, 13.5 ppg, 3.8 apg, 6.1 rpg, 1.6 spg
 
Key Role Players:
Jace Whiting, Freshman, Guard, 3.2 ppg, 1.3 apg
Lukas Milner, Senior, Center, 3.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 72.1 (169th in nation, 7th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 63.7 (29, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 45.5 (127, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.2 (42, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.8 (126, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.2 (70, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.0 (82, 6)
Rebound Margin: 3.7 (65, 4)
Assists Per Game: 11.1 (313, 11)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.3 (60, 3)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2022NCAARound of 64 loss to Memphis
2021NITFirst Round win over SMU
2021NITQuarterfinal loss to Memphis
2018NITFirst Round loss to Washington
2017NITFirst Round win over Utah
2017NITSecond Round loss to Illinois
2015NCAAOpening Round loss to Dayton
2013NCAAOpening Round loss to LaSalle
2011CBIFirst Round win over Austin Peay
2011CBISecond Round win over Evansville
2011CBISemifinal loss to Oregon
2009CBIFirst Round loss to Stanford
2008NCAARound of 64 loss to Louisville
2004NITOpening Round win over UNLV
2004NITFirst Round win over Milwaukee
2004NITSecond Round loss to Marquette
1994NCAARound of 64 loss to Louisville
 
*all team stats through 3/5