2012–13 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team

2012–13 Boise State Broncos men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, First Four
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record21–11 (9–7 MW)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaTaco Bell Arena
Seasons
2012–13 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 New Mexico † 13 – 3   .813 29 – 6   .829
Colorado State 11 – 5   .688 26 – 9   .743
UNLV 10 – 6   .625 25 – 10   .714
San Diego State 9 – 7   .563 23 – 11   .676
Boise State 9 – 7   .563 21 – 11   .656
Air Force 8 – 8   .500 18 – 14   .563
Fresno State 5 – 11   .313 11 – 19   .367
Wyoming 4 – 12   .250 20 – 14   .588
Nevada 3 – 13   .188 12 – 19   .387
† 2013 MWC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012–13 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos, led by third year head coach Leon Rice, played their home games at Taco Bell Arena and were a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 9–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament to San Diego State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, the school's first ever at-large bid, where they lost in the First Four round to La Salle.

Roster

Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown
0 Ryan Watkins Forward 6–8 229 Junior Santa Clarita, California
1 Mikey Thompson Guard 6–3 167 RS Freshman Las Vegas, Nevada
2 Derrick Marks Guard 6–3 206 Sophomore Joliet, Illinois
3 Anthony Drmic Guard/Forward 6–6 196 Sophomore Endeavour Hills, Victoria, Australia
5 Joe Hanstad Guard 6–4 193 Sophomore Dickinson, North Dakota
11 Jeff Elorriaga Guard 6–2 180 Junior Portland, Oregon
12 Igor Hadziomerovic Guard 6–4 202 Sophomore Melbourne, Australia
14 Vukasin Vujovic Forward 6–9 220 Freshman Belgrade, Serbia
15 Thomas Bropleh Forward 6–5 203 Junior Denver, Colorado
20 Joey Nebeker Forward 6–7 222 Freshman Melba, Idaho
21 Edmunds Dukulis Forward 6–9 225 Freshman Riga, Latvia
24 Darrious Hamilton Forward 6–8 222 Freshman San Antonio, Texas
34 Jake Ness Forward 6–8 214 Sophomore Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
42 Kenny Buckner Center 6–7 251 Senior Washington, D.C.

Schedule

On August 10, the Mountain West announced the conference schedule and Boise State also announced a few confirmed non conference games.[1] The full schedule was released on August 17.[2]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2012*
7:30 pm 		Saint Martin's W 75–55  –
 Taco Bell Arena (2,258)
Boise, ID
Regular season
11/11/2012*
2:00 pm 		Texas Southern W 81–63  1–0
 Taco Bell Arena (1,950)
Boise, ID
11/13/2012*
7:30 pm 		Oakland W 88–80  2–0
 Taco Bell Arena (2,616)
Boise, ID
11/18/2012*
1:00 pm 		Louisiana–Lafayette W 63–57  3–0
 Taco Bell Arena (2,882)
Boise, ID
11/20/2012*
6:00 pm, BTN 		at No. 15 Michigan State L 70–74  3–1
 Breslin Center (14,797)
East Lansing, MI
11/24/2012*
2:00 pm 		UC Santa Barbara W 72–56  4–1
 Taco Bell Arena (3,300)
Boise, ID
11/28/2012*
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		at No. 11 Creighton
MWC–MVC Challenge 		W 83–70  5–1
 CenturyLink Center Omaha (16,364)
Omaha, NE
12/02/2012*
3:00 pm 		at Seattle W 87–64  6–1
 KeyArena (2,182)
Seattle, WA
12/05/2012*
6:30 pm, P12N 		at Utah L 55–76  6–2
 Jon M. Huntsman Center (7,896)
Salt Lake City, UT
12/14/2012*
7:15 pm 		LSU W 89–70  7–2
 Taco Bell Arena (11,210)
Boise, ID
12/20/2012*
7:00 pm 		vs. Idaho W 78–68  8–2
 CenturyLink Arena (5,548)
Boise, ID
12/23/2012*
2:00 pm 		vs. New Orleans
MGM Grand Garden Classic 		W 67–51  9–2
 MGM Grand Garden Arena (732)
Paradise, NV
12/30/2012*
2:00 pm 		Corban W 105–49  10–2
 Taco Bell Arena (3,785)
Boise, ID
01/02/2013*
6:00 pm 		at Texas–Arlington W 64–46  11–2
 College Park Center (1,107)
Arlington, TX
01/05/2013*
7:00 pm 		Walla Walla W 106–39  12–2
 Taco Bell Arena (5,033)
Boise, ID
01/09/2013
8:00 pm, RTNW 		at Wyoming W 63–61  13–2 (1–0)
 Arena-Auditorium (6,416)
Laramie, WY
01/16/2013
7:00 pm, RTNW 		No. 19 New Mexico L 74–79 OT 13–3 (1–1)
 Taco Bell Arena (10,420)
Boise, ID
01/19/2013
2:00 pm 		at Air Force L 80–91  13–4 (1–2)
 Clune Arena (3,029)
Colorado Springs, CO
01/23/2013
6:00 pm 		Fresno State W 74–67  14–4 (2–2)
 Taco Bell Arena (4,862)
Boise, ID
01/26/2013
2:00 pm 		at Nevada L 59–75  14–5 (2–3)
 Lawlor Events Center (6,821)
Reno, NV
01/30/2013
7:00 pm 		at Colorado State L 57–77  14–6 (2–4)
 Moby Arena (6,059)
Fort Collins, CO
02/02/2013
7:00 pm, TWCSN 		UNLV W 77–72  15–6 (3–4)
 Taco Bell Arena (9,356)
Boise, ID
02/06/2013
9:00 pm, TWCSN 		at San Diego State L 62–63  15–7 (3–5)
 Viejas Arena (12,414)
San Diego, CA
02/09/2013
6:00 pm 		Wyoming W 68–61  16–7 (4–5)
 Taco Bell Arena (8,127)
Boise, ID
02/16/2013
7:00 pm, RTNW 		at No. 19 New Mexico L 50–60  16–8 (4–6)
 The Pit (15,411)
Albuquerque, NM
02/20/2013
6:00 pm 		Air Force W 77–65  17–8 (5–6)
 Taco Bell Arena (4,953)
Boise, ID
02/23/2013
8:00 pm 		at Fresno State W 72–63  18–8 (6–6)
 Save Mart Center (8,267)
Fresno, CA
02/27/2013
6:00 pm 		Nevada W 73–47  19–8 (7–6)
 Taco Bell Arena (5,717)
Boise, ID
03/02/2013
6:00 pm 		Colorado State W 78–65  20–8 (8–6)
 Taco Bell Arena (11,238)
Boise, ID
03/05/2013
8:00 pm, TWCSN 		at UNLV L 64–68  20–9 (8–7)
 Thomas & Mack Center (15,295)
Paradise, NV
03/09/2013
1:30 pm, NBCSN 		San Diego State W 69–65  21–9 (9–7)
 Taco Bell Arena (10,455)
Boise, ID
2013 Mountain West tournament
03/13/2013
10:00 pm, CBSSN 		(5) vs. (4) San Diego State
Quarterfinals 		L 67–73  21–10
 Thomas & Mack Center (13,297)
Paradise, NV
2013 NCAA tournament
03/20/2013*
7:10 pm, truTV 		(13 W) vs. (13 W) La Salle
First Four 		L 71–80  21–11
 UD Arena (12,218)
Dayton, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region W=West.

Season notes

Boise State's win over #11 Creighton on November 28 is the highest ranked team Boise State has ever beaten in program history. The previous highest ranked team they defeated was #15 Washington in 1998.[3] Following the win over Creighton, the Broncos began to receive votes in both the AP and Coaches polls. Their win over LSU on December 14 was Boise State's first win ever against a team from the SEC. On December 30, Jr. Jeff Elorriaga set a Boise State and Mountain West record by making 10 3-pointers in a win against Corban. With 30 points against Corban, Elorriaga became the third Bronco this season to score 30 or more points (Marks 35 vs Creighton, Drmic 34 vs LSU). It is the first time in school history that three different Broncos have scored 30 points in a game during the same season.[4] The 67-point win over Walla Walla on January 5 was the largest margin of victory in school history. The Broncos set a school record with 12 non-conference wins. On January 9, leading scorer Derrick Marks along with Mikey Thompson, Kenny Buckner and Darrious Hamilton were suspended for violation of team rules for the Mountain West opener vs Wyoming. The Broncos only played 7 players and won the game by 2. On January 23 vs Fresno State, the Broncos went 26 for 26 at the line to set a new school and Mountain West record for most made free throws without a miss. The previous conference record was 23 for 23 set by Colorado State in 2011–12. Derrick Marks and Anthony Drmic were named to the Mountain All-Conference 2nd team. Their berth in the NCAA Tournament is the school's sixth overall appearance, first since 2008, and first at-large berth ever.

Team statistics

Final season stats.
Retrieved from Broncosports.com

Name GP–GS MPG PTS PPG FG % 3P % FT % AST REB BLK STL
Anthony Drmic 32–32 32.1 565 17.7 .464 .392 .777 74 147 8 20
Derrick Marks 31–31 30.1 504 16.3 .466 .423 .837 122 118 14 56
Jeff Elorriaga 29–29 33.9 296 10.2 .444 .447 .719 64 98 0 37
Ryan Watkins 32–31 21.3 269 8.4 .617 .500 .719 14 217 12 19
Mikey Thompson 30–6 25.9 238 7.9 .384 .439 .701 41 71 1 17
Igor Hadziomerovic 29–26 25.8 152 5.2 .364 .254 .615 59 86 6 24
Kenny Buckner 29–3 18.1 149 5.1 .634 .000 .553 13 151 7 15
Thomas Bropleh 30–0 13.1 106 3.5 .382 .300 .684 20 56 1 8
Joe Hanstad 22–2 8.5 31 1.4 .417 .333 .750 15 11 1 10
Vukasin Vujovic 9–0 4.0 11 1.2 .231 .200 1.000 0 4 1 0
Darrious Hamilton 16–0 4.6 17 1.1 .417 .000 .583 1 19 1 3
Jake Ness 14–0 4.9 5 0.4 .000 .000 .833 0 10 2 3
TEAM 32 2,243 73.2 .460 .391 .747 423 1,081 54 212
Opponents 32 2,095 65.5 .437 .338 .706 401 944 93 185
  • Ryan Watkins tip vs LSU on December 14.
    Ryan Watkins tip vs LSU on December 14.
  • Joe Hansted attempts a 3 vs Walla Walla on January 5.
    Joe Hansted attempts a 3 vs Walla Walla on January 5.
  • Boise State vs New Mexico on January 16.
    Boise State vs New Mexico on January 16.
  • Boise on Offense vs UNLV on February 2.
    Boise on Offense vs UNLV on February 2.

References

  1. ^ Voices.IdahoStatesman.com. "Updated: Boise State makes changes to basketball schedule (with TV times)". Voices.IdahoStatesman.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  2. ^ "Broncos Announce Men's Basketball Schedule - Broncosports.com - The Official Athletics Website Of Boise State University". Broncosports.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  3. ^ Idaho_Statesman. "Boise State scores its biggest upset ever by knocking off No. 11 Creighton | Boise State Basketball". Idahostatesman.com. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  4. ^ Cripe, Chadd (December 31, 2012). "Elorriaga sets 3-point record in Boise State win". IdahoStatesman.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2022.