On more than one occasion in the month leading up to his team’s first game of the 2017-18 season, Boise State men’s basketball coach Leon Rice pointed out that he used 61 different starting lineups in seven previous seasons with the Broncos.
While Rice doesn’t anticipate his starting lineup for Thursday’s 74-69 exhibition win over College of Idaho will be the same one he uses once the calendar turns to 2018, fans at Taco Bell Arena did get an idea who might be the Broncos’ biggest contributors this season.
After a slow and sloppy first half that included eight turnovers and a five-point deficit to the NAIA Coyotes, the Broncos regained composure and did what was expected — win.