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MEN’S BASKETBALL ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS | MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT: MIKE WALSH O: 208-426-1106 | C: 208-921-7396| E: [email protected] 2020-21 SCHEDULE 0-0 (0-0 MW) GAME #1 VS NO. 17/18 HOUSTON H: 0-0 | A: 0-0 | N: 0-0 FRIDAY, NOV. 27 | 2 P.M. CT | HOUSTON (FERTITTA CENTER) DATE OPPONENT WATCH TIME/RESULT 11 .27 at #17/18 Houston ESPN+ 2 p .m . CT 11 .29 vs Sam Houston State ! 1 p .m . CT 12.3 New Mexico * TBD BOISE STATE #17/18 HOUSTON 12.5 New Mexico * TBD 12 .9 at BYU TBD BRONCOS COUGARS Record . 0-0 (0-0 MW) Record . 1-0 (0-0 AAC) 12.15 Santa Clara TBD Ranking (AP | USA Today) . NR | NR Ranking (AP | USA Today) . 17 | 18 12.22 Loyola Marymount TBD Head Coach . Leon Rice (11th Year) Head Coach . Kelvin Sampson (Seventh Year) 12 .31 at San José State * TBD Record at Boise State . 198-128 Record at UH . 140-60 Career Record . Same Career Record . 640-330 (32nd Year) 1 .2 at San José State * TBD 1.6 Air Force * TBD BROADCAST INFORMATION 1.8 Air Force * TBD 1 11. at Wyoming * TBD 1 13. at Wyoming * TBD Video Stream 1.21 Fresno State * TBD Television Radio ESPN+ ESPN+ Bronco Radio Network 1.23 Fresno State * TBD 670 KBOI AM 1 .28 at Colorado State * TBD 1 .30 at Colorado State * TBD Play-by-Play . Matt Thomas Play-by-Play . Bob Behler Audio Stream TuneIn 2 .5 at Nevada * TBD Analyst . .Reid Gettys Analyst . Abe. Jackson BroncoSports .com 2 .7 at Nevada * TBD 2.11 UNLV * TBD STARTING FIVE 2.13 UNLV * TBD 1. THE GAME: Boise State men’s basketball opens the 2020-21 season on the road Friday, at No. 17 2.18 Utah State * TBD Houston. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT/1 p.m. MT. The game can be watched on ESPN+, while a radio call 2.20 Utah State * TBD will be available on the Bronco Radio Network, including flagship station 670 KBOI, and online through TuneIn. 2 .25 at San Diego State * TBD 2. ABOUT THE COUGARS: Houston is ranked in both preseason polls for the first time since 1983, 2 .27 at San Diego State * TBD checking in at No. 17 in the AP Poll and No. 18 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. The Cougars, the two- time defending American Athletic Conference regular-season champions, opened their 2020-21 campaign Wednesday with an 89-45 win against Lamar. Sophomore guard Caleb Mills was voted the Preseason AAC Mountain West Championship (3.10 - 3.13) Player of the Year after leading Houston in scoring as a freshman. 3 10. First Round $ TBD 3.11 Quarterfinal $ TBD 3. SERIES HISTORY: Boise State leads the all-time series with Houston, 1-0. The Broncos knocked off the Cougars at the 2014 Las Vegas Classic, 75-73 in overtime. Igor Hadziomerovic’s steal and layup with 45 3.12 Semifinal $ TBD seconds left in the extra period sealed the win. Hadziomerovic finished with 11 points, one of five Broncos in 3 13. Final $ TBD double figures for the game. Boise State went on to win the Mountain West reagular-season crown that season. 4. HIGH-PROFILE OPENER: Boise State will take on a nationally-ranked opponent in its season opener for the first time since 2000, and just the third time in program history. The Broncos traveled to No. 17 Cincinnati SCHEDULE NOTES Nov. 18, 2000, to start the 2000-01 campaign, which was immediately followed by a trip to No. 4 Kansas two days later. The other instance came Nov. 24, 1976, when Boise State’s 1976-77 season began at No. 2 UCLA. Friday Home Games in Bold marks the 34th game against a top-25 opponent in Leon Rice’s tenure as head coach. Prior to Rice’s arrival, * Mountain West Game the Broncos played 30 ranked teams in the first 42 years of the program’s history as a four-year institution. ! Southwest Showcase (Fort Worth, Texas) 5. REVISED SCHEDULE: For this season, the Mountain West adopted a 20-game league schedule which $ Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas) features teams playing each other in two-game series at the same location. Each institution will have five home and five road series. The move reduces travel to help mitigate potential virus exposures. The schedule is a one- year model adopted to specifically address the unique challenges of the current COVID-19 pandemic. 2020-21 MW STANDINGS 2019-20 BY THE NUMBERS (Through Nov . 25) STAT BOISE STATE MW RANK NCAA RANK TEAM MW OVERALL Points Per Game 75.9 4 49 Fresno State 0-0 1-0 Points Allowed Per Game 69.5 4 180 Avg. Scoring Margin +6.5 3 65 Nevada 0-0 1-0 Field Goal Pct. .447 6 124 San Diego St . (RV/RV) 0-0 1-0 Field Goal Pct. Defense .447 8 269 Boise State 0-0 0-0 3-Point Field Goal Pct. .345 5 112 Colorado State 0-0 0-0 3-Point Field Goal Pct. Defense .299 3 28 New Mexico 0-0 0-0 Free Throw Pct. .751 4 47 Rebounds Per Game 34.8 8 209 Air Force 0-0 0-0 Avg. Rebound Margin +2.0 7 120 San José State 0-0 0-0 Assists Per Game 13.0 8 186 Wyoming 0-0 0-0 Turnovers Per Game 12.5 4 112 UNLV 0-0 0-1 Turnovers Forced Per Game 13.8 3 184 Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.0 6 131 Utah State 0-0 0-1 Blocks Per Game 1.4 10 348 Steals Per Game 5.7 7 246 Boise State Men’s Basketball | Game Notes 2020-21 BRONCO ROSTERS NUMERICAL NO NAME POS HT WT YR HOMETOWN (HS/PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 0 Marcus Shaver, Jr. G 6-2 185 RS-Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Portland) 1 Kasean Pryor G 6-9 188 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (Link Year Prep) 4 Burke Smith F 6-11 212 Fr. Glen Allen, Va. (Trinity Episcopal School) 10 RayJ Dennis G 6-2 180 So. Oswego, Ill. (Oswego East HS) 11 Devonaire Doutrive G 6-5 185 Jr. Dallas, Texas (Arizona) 12 Max Rice G 6-5 194 RS-Fr. Boise, Idaho (Bishop Kelly HS) 13 Pavle Kuzmanovic G 6-5 175 Fr. Loznica, Serbia (ABS Primorje 1945) 14 Emmanuel Akot G 6-8 210 RS-Jr. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Arizona) 15 Donovan Ivory G 6-6 190 So. Appleton, Wis. (UMass Lowell) 21 Derrick Alston, Jr. G 6-9 190 RS-Sr. Houston, Texas (Strake Jesuit HS) 22 Sam Winter G 6-2 185 Fr. Montesano, Wash. (Montesano HS) 23 Naje Smith F 6-7 201 Jr. Spokane, Wash. (Cochise College) 24 Abu Kigab F 6-7 220 Sr. St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada (Oregon) 25 Lukas Milner C 6-10 225 Jr. Olathe, Kan. (Johnson County CC) 33 Mladen Armus F 6-10 235 RS-Jr. Belgrade, Serbia (East Tennessee State) ALPHABETICAL NO NAME POS HT WT YR HOMETOWN (HS/PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 14 Emmanuel Akot G 6-8 210 RS-Jr. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Arizona) 21 Derrick Alston, Jr. G 6-9 190 RS-Sr. Houston, Texas (Strake Jesuit HS) 33 Mladen Armus F 6-10 235 RS-Jr. Belgrade, Serbia (East Tennessee State) 10 RayJ Dennis G 6-2 180 So. Oswego, Ill. (Oswego East HS) 11 Devonaire Doutrive G 6-5 185 Jr. Dallas, Texas (Arizona) 15 Donovan Ivory G 6-6 190 So. Appleton, Wis. (UMass Lowell) 24 Abu Kigab F 6-7 220 Sr. St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada (Oregon) 13 Pavle Kuzmanovic G 6-5 175 Fr. Loznica, Serbia (ABS Primorje 1945) 25 Lukas Milner C 6-10 225 Jr. Olathe, Kan. (Johnson County CC) 1 Kasean Pryor G 6-9 188 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (Link Year Prep) 12 Max Rice G 6-5 194 RS-Fr. Boise, Idaho (Bishop Kelly HS) 0 Marcus Shaver, Jr. G 6-2 185 RS-Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Portland) 4 Burke Smith F 6-11 212 Fr. Glen Allen, Va. (Trinity Episcopal School) 23 Naje Smith F 6-7 201 Jr. Spokane, Wash. (Cochise College) 22 Sam Winter G 6-2 185 Fr. Montesano, Wash. (Montesano HS) COACHES Head Coach: Leon Rice, 11th Season (Washington State) Assistant Coach: Mike Burns, Fifth Season (Central Washington) Assistant Coach: Tim Duryea, Third Season (North Texas) Assistant Coach: R-Jay Barsh, Second Season (Puget Sound) Director of Basketball Operations: David Moats, Fourth Season (Wyoming) Graduate Assistants: Connor Kolodziej, John Kubrak, James Reid Video Coordinator: Trevor Stranger PRONUNCIATION GUIDE MEDIA RELATIONS Emmanuel Akot ...........................................................................A-cot Assistant Athletic Director: ............................................. Mike Walsh Mladen Armus .......................................... M’LAD-en / ARR-mussh E-Mail: [email protected] RayJ Dennis ...............................................................................RAY-jay Cell Phone: ...............................................208-921-7396 Devonaire Doutrive .....................................DEV-in-air / DO-treev Fax: ............................................................................ 208-426-1778 Address: ................................................... 1910 University Drive Abug Kigab ...............................................................................KEY-jab ....................................................................... Boise, ID 83725-1020 Pavle Kuzmanovic .................PAW-vlay / kooz-MAWN-uh-vitch Press Row Phone ................................................ 208-921-7396 Kasean Pryor .............................................................................KAY-sin Website: .......................................................................BroncoSports.com Naje Smith .............................................................................NAW-zjay Twitter: ......................................................................@BroncoSportsMBB Seven NCAA Tournament Appearances 2 Game #1 | at Houston #0 #1 #4 #10 MARCUS SHAVER, JR. KASEAN PRYOR BURKE SMITH RAYJ DENNIS RS-Jr., 6-2, 185, G Fr., 6-9, 188, G Fr., 6-11, 212, F So., 6-2, 180, G Phoenix, Ariz. Chicago, Ill. Glen Allen, Va. Oswego, Ill. #11 #12 #13 #14 DEVONAIRE DOUTRIVE MAX RICE PAVLE KUZMANOVIC EMMANUEL AKOT Jr., 6-5, 185, G RS-So., 6-5, 194, G Fr., 6-5, 175, F RS-Jr., 6-8, 210, G Dallas, Texas Boise, Idaho Loznica, Serbia Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada #15 #21 #22 #23 DONOVAN IVORY DERRICK ALSTON, JR.