# 2012–13 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team

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. The full schedule was released on August 17.
| 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. 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. 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 |

## Gallery

* Ryan Watkins tip vs LSU on December 14.
* Joe Hansted attempts a 3 vs Walla Walla on January 5.
* Boise State vs New Mexico on January 16.
* Boise on Offense vs UNLV on February 2.