Boise State Men’s Basketball 2023 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 4, 2023 · CSM Staff
 

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:
 
2022 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Memphis
2021 NIT First Round win over SMU
2021 NIT Quarterfinal loss to Memphis
2018 NIT First Round loss to Washington
2017 NIT First Round win over Utah
2017 NIT Second Round loss to Illinois
2015 NCAA Opening Round loss to Dayton
2013 NCAA Opening Round loss to LaSalle
2011 CBI First Round win over Austin Peay
2011 CBI Second Round win over Evansville
2011 CBI Semifinal loss to Oregon
2009 CBI First Round loss to Stanford
2008 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Louisville
2004 NIT Opening Round win over UNLV
2004 NIT First Round win over Milwaukee
2004 NIT Second Round loss to Marquette
1994 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Louisville
 
*all team stats through 3/5