American college basketball season
The 1993–94 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University during the 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . The Broncos were led by eleventh-year head coach Bobby Dye and played their home games on campus at the BSU Pavilion in Boise, Idaho .
They finished the regular season at 14–12 overall, with a 7–7 record in the Big Sky Conference ,
fifth in the standings.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
In the conference tournament at home in Boise,[ 4] [ 5] Montana State by eighteen points in a quarterfinal,[ 6] Weber State by twelve in a semifinal.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] In the final against second-seeded Idaho State , BSU won by four points.[ 10]
For a second consecutive year, the Broncos received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament without winning the regular season title; no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or the NIT . Boise State was seeded fourteenth in the West regional and lost by nine points to Louisville in the first round in Sacramento .[ 11] It was the twelfth consecutive year that the Big Sky representative lost in the first round, a streak that ended the following year .
This was Boise State's fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in Division I, the third under Dye, and their last as a member of the Big Sky Conference.
Postseason results
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Big Sky tournament
Thu, March 10 9:00 pm
(5)
(4) Montana State Quarterfinal W 75–57 15–12
BSU Pavilion Boise, Idaho
Fri, March 11 9:30 pm
(5)
(1) Weber State Semifinal W 84–72 16–12
BSU Pavilion (8,445)Boise, Idaho
Sat, March 12 7:37 pm, ESPN
(5)
(2) Idaho State Final W 85–81 17–12
BSU Pavilion (9,166)Boise, Idaho
NCAA tournament
Fri, March 18 *6:13 pm, CBS
(14W)
vs. (3W) No. 10 Louisville First round L 58–67 17–13
ARCO Arena Sacramento, California
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Mountain time.
References
^ "March Madness has arrived" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). March 7, 1994. p. 1B.^ "Idaho faces Montana in Sky opener" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). March 7, 1994. p. C2.^ "College basketball standings" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). March 8, 1994. p. C4.^ Grummert, Dale (March 11, 1994). "Vandals float past Grizzzz" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 1B. ^ Meehan, Jim (March 11, 1994). "Lightfoot, Vandals stomp Griz" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). p. C1. ^ Grummert, Dale (March 11, 1994). "Boise St. 75, Montana St. 57" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 4B. ^ Sorensen, Mike (March 12, 1994). "Taller Broncos oust Wildcats in semis with tough defense" . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D3. ^ Meehan, Jim (March 12, 1994). "Too-quick Bengals punch Vandals' ticket home" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). p. C6. ^ Grummert, Dale (March 12, 1994). "Idaho St. has UI's number" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 1B. ^ "BSU wins Big Sky title" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. March 13, 1994. p. 5B.^ "Louisville survives BSU" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. March 19, 1994. p. 6B.
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