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Boise State Basketball Week in Review: February 11th

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San Diego State Heartbreak aside, Broncos moving in the right direction.

By Jesse Baker
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The Mountain West

Another week in Splitsville (one win, one loss) for the Broncos. League standings have pretty much stayed the same since last week except for Air Force (who lost twice) and is beginning to play to form.

STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL
Mountain West W-L GB PCT W-L PCT STRK
#15 New Mexico 7-2 -- .778 20-4 .833 L1
Colorado State 6-2 .5 .750 19-4 .826 W4
San Diego State 6-3 1 .667 18-5 .783 W2
UNLV 5-4 2 .556 18-6 .750 W1
Air Force 5-4 2 .556 14-8 .636 L2
Boise State 4-5 3 .444 16-7 .696 W1
Nevada 3-6 4 .333 12-11 .522 W1
Fresno State 2-7 5 .222 8-14 .364 L1
Wyoming 2-7 5 .222 16-7 .696 L1
EXPANDED AP 25 USA TODAY HOME ROAD OVERALL
Mountain West W-L W-L W-L W-L PF PA
#15 New Mexico 3-0 3-1 12-1 5-3 67.5 61.2
Colorado State 0-2 1-2 13-0 4-4 73.5 59.7
San Diego State 1-2 2-3 11-1 4-2 70.1 59.1
UNLV 2-1 2-0 14-1 4-5 74.2 63.7
Air Force 1-4 1-3 10-1 3-6 72.0 66.6
Boise State 1-2 2-3 10-1 4-6 74.9 65.6
Nevada 0-1 0-3 10-4 2-7 69.0 70.2
Fresno State 0-2 0-3 5-6 3-8 60.1 61.4
Wyoming 2-1 2-1 10-3 6-4 62.1 55.8

Source: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/44/year/2013/mountain-west-conference

Last Week

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1 2 Total
Boise St. Broncos 28 34 62
San Diego St. Aztecs 38 25 63

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Kanye West Comparison Song: Welcome to Heartbreak

Pretty obvious choice here. SDSU dominated the first half leading by as much as 17. Coming out after halftime, the Broncos began chipping away at that lead and eventually took their first lead of the game at the 5:43 mark. Derrick Marks (16 pts) made 1 of 2 free throws with 11 seconds, leaving the door open for Chase Tapley's game winning three. The loss is by no means Marks' fault. Late-game execution, however, has become worrisome. Youth? Maybe. Maybe not. Both teams close out the regular season on March 9th at Taco Bell Arena. Looking into the future, that may turn out to be the make or break game for Boise State's NCAA Tournament chances.

1 2 Total
Wyoming Cowboys 19 42 61
Boise St. Broncos 37 31 68

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Kanye West Comparison Song: Paranoid

The streak of games where Boise State has failed to put the game away has grown to three (Win vs UNLV, Loss vs SDSU, W vs Wyo, not to mention the OT Loss vs New Mexico). I wonder late game paranoia has begun to creep into the minds of the players, only creating more problems. I believe they call that a self-fulfilling prophecy. A win is a win, though. Hopefully, the problems are fixable. For a team that went 26-for-26 from the free throw line just a couple of weeks, it's curious that free throw misses are a big part of that. I guess that's why they call it the Law of Averages.

This Week

Boise State only has one game this week. Hooray for rest! The Broncos fell at home to New Mexico last time around. Let's return the favor! I firmly believe the MWC will get five teams into the NCAA Tournament. That probably requires a .500 record in league, requiring one or two upsets the rest of the way. This team is more than capable, and it starts this week.

Boise State

Record: 16-7, 4-5 MWC
AP Ranking: NR
RPI: 45 (Last Week: 58)
Best Win: UNLV (RPI: 21)
Worst Loss: @Utah (RPI: 170)

@ New Mexico – Saturday, February 16, 2013 @ 7:00pm MST, Albuquerque, NM

TV: Root Sports
Record: 16-5, 4-3 MWC
AP Ranking: 15
RPI: 4
Best Win: Colorado State by 5 (RPI: 15)
Worst Loss: South Dakota State (RPI: 74)
Key Player: Tony Snell (11.6 ppg)
Last Time against Boise State: 22 points, 7-12 FG, 3-5 3FG

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