# 2016–17 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos, led by seventh year head coach Leon Rice, played their home games at Taco Bell Arena as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 12–6 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament to San Diego State. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Utah in the first round before losing in the second round to Illinois.

## Previous season

The Broncos finished the season 20–12, 11–7 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to Colorado State. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament after declining an invitation from the inaugural Vegas 16.

## Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Mikey Thompson | 1 | G | 6'4" | 180 | RS Senior | North Las Vegas, NV | Graduated |
| Anthony Drmic | 3 | G/F | 6'6" | 203 | RS Senior | Endeavour Hills, Australia | Graduated |
| Collin Landry | 12 | G | 6'3" | 180 | Freshman | Portland, OR | Walk-on; didn't return |
| Cody Spjute | 20 | G | 6'4" | 195 | Freshman | Boise, ID | Walk-on; didn't return |
| Montigo Alford | 21 | G | 5'9" | 168 | Senior | Bloomington, CA | Graduated |
| James Webb III | 23 | F | 6'9" | 202 | RS Junior | Augusta, GA | Declare for 2016 NBA draft |
| Lonnie Jackson | 25 | G | 6'4" | 178 | RS Senior | Valencia, CA | Graduated |

### Incoming Transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Cameron Oluyitan | 23 | G | 6'7" | 190 | Sophomore | Sugar Land, TX | Junior college transferred from Gillette College. |

## Recruiting

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Justinian Jessup SF | Longmont, CO | Longmont High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Sep 12, 2015 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 68 ||||||
| Alex Hobbs SG | La Porte, TX | La Porte High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Sep 9, 2015 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Marcus Dickinson PG | Norman, OK | Norman North High School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | May 11, 2016 |
| Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: – Rivals: – ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 7, 2016. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Costa Rica foreign tour ||||||
| 08/12/2016* 5:00pm | | vs. Brock | W 76–56 | | San Joaquín de Flores Costa Rica |
| 08/12/2016* 7:00 pm | | vs. Ottawa | L 88–90 | | San Joaquín de Flores, Costa Rica |
| 08/13/2016* 5:00 pm | | vs. Costa Rica national team | W 74–54 | | Heredia, Costa Rica |
| 08/14/2016* 12:00 pm | | vs. Ottawa | W 73–49 | | Palmares, Costa Rica |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/28/2016* 7:00 pm | | Lewis–Clark State | W 85–53 | | Taco Bell Arena (2,905) Boise, ID |
| 11/05/2016* 4:00 pm | | Northwest Christian | W 91–76 | | Taco Bell Arena (2,812) Boise, ID |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2016* 2:00 pm | | Northwest | W 85–46 | 1–0 | Taco Bell Arena (2,989) Boise, ID |
| 11/17/2016* 5:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at College of Charleston Charleston Classic quarterfinals | L 47–60 | 1–1 | TD Arena (3,430) Charleston, SC |
| 11/18/2016* 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Mississippi State Charleston Classic consolation round | L 68–80 | 1–2 | TD Arena (3,517) Charleston, SC |
| 11/20/2016* 11:30 am, ESPN3 | | vs. Western Michigan Charleston Classic 7th place game | W 91–70 | 2–2 | TD Arena (1,293) Charleston, SC |
| 11/25/2016* 7:00 pm | | Presbyterian | W 82–56 | 3–2 | Taco Bell Arena (4,061) Boise, ID |
| 11/28/2016* 9:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 23 Oregon | L 63–68 | 3–3 | Matthew Knight Arena (6,824) Eugene, OR |
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm, MWN | | SMU | W 71–62 | 4–3 | Taco Bell Arena (4,812) Boise, ID |
| 12/03/2016* 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Evansville MW–MVC Challenge | L 67–72 | 4–4 | Ford Center (3,773) Evansville, IN |
| 12/05/2016* 8:00 pm, theW.tv | | at Loyola Marymount | W 80–79 | 5–4 | Gersten Pavilion (1,332) Los Angeles, CA |
| 12/10/2016* 2:00 pm | | Portland Cancelled (travel conditions), game moved to 2017–18. | | | Taco Bell Arena Boise, ID |
| 12/18/2016* 4:30 pm | | Idaho State | W 82–59 | 6–4 | Taco Bell Arena (4,303) Boise, ID |
| 12/21/2016* 7:00 pm | | Cal State Northridge | W 79–62 | 7–4 | Taco Bell Arena (3,468) Boise, ID |
| Mountain West regular season ||||||
| 12/28/2016 7:00 pm, RTNW | | at Utah State | W 83–80 | 8–4 (1–0) | Smith Spectrum (7,227) Logan, UT |
| 12/31/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Colorado State | W 74–73 | 9–4 (2–0) | Taco Bell Arena (5,413) Boise, ID |
| 01/04/2017 9:00 pm, CBSSN | | at UNLV | W 77–59 | 10–4 (3–0) | Thomas & Mack Center (8,872) Paradise, NV |
| 01/07/2017 9:15 pm, ESPNU | | San Diego State | W 78–66 | 11–4 (4–0) | Taco Bell Arena (4,411) Boise, ID |
| 01/14/2017 5:00 pm | | at Fresno State | L 80–89 | 11–5 (4–1) | Save Mart Center (6,978) Fresno, CA |
| 01/17/2017 9:00 pm, ESPNU | | New Mexico | L 70–81 | 11–6 (4–2) | Taco Bell Arena (3,752) Boise, ID |
| 01/21/2017 3:00 pm | | at San Jose State | W 75–65 | 12–6 (5–2) | Event Center Arena (1,907) San Jose, CA |
| 01/25/2017 8:00 pm, CBSSN | | Nevada | L 57–76 | 12–7 (5–3) | Taco Bell Arena (7,059) Boise, ID |
| 01/28/2017 4:00 pm, RTNW | | at Wyoming | W 80–65 | 13–7 (6–3) | Arena-Auditorium (6,552) Laramie, WY |
| 01/31/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Colorado State | W 79–76 | 14–7 (7–3) | Moby Arena (3,926) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/04/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Utah State | W 72–70 | 15–7 (8–3) | Taco Bell Arena (7,560) Boise, ID |
| 02/11/2017 4:00 pm, RTNW | | Air Force | W 76–66 | 16–7 (9–3) | Taco Bell Arena (7,208) Boise, ID |
| 02/14/2017 8:00 pm, CBSSN | | at New Mexico | L 73–78 | 16–8 (9–4) | The Pit (11,071) Albuquerque, NM |
| 02/18/2017 4:00 pm, RTNW | | Wyoming | W 91–87 | 17–8 (10–4) | Taco Bell Arena (7,420) Boise, ID |
| 02/22/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Nevada | L 77–85 | 17–9 (10–5) | Lawlor Events Center (8,625) Reno, NV |
| 02/25/2017 2:00 pm | | San Jose State | W 85–78 | 18–9 (11–5) | Taco Bell Arena (7,293) Boise, ID |
| 02/28/2017 8:00 pm, CBSSN | | Fresno State | L 67–74 | 18–10 (11–6) | Taco Bell Arena (5,804) Boise, ID |
| 03/04/2017 2:00 pm, RTNW | | at Air Force | W 98–70 | 19–10 (12–6) | Clune Arena (2,118) Colorado Springs, CO |
| Mountain West tournament ||||||
| 03/09/2017 9:30 pm, CBSSN | (3) | vs. (6) San Diego State Quarterfinals | L 68–87 | 19–11 | Thomas & Mack Center (5,057) Paradise, NV |
| NIT ||||||
| 03/14/2017* 8:00 pm, ESPNU | (6) | at (3) Utah First Round – Illinois State Bracket | W 73–68 | 20–11 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,097) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 03/20/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN | (6) | at (2) Illinois Second Round – Illinois State Bracket | L 56–71 | 20–12 | State Farm Center (5,713) Champaign, IL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time Source. ||||||