Category Archives: Scott Slant

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Boise State goes dancin’ for the first time

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Boise State goes dancin’ for the first time

Presented by BBSI BOISE. This Day In Sports…March 13, 1976: In its first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament, Boise State runs into the Runnin’ Rebels of UNLV in the first round of the West Regional in Eugene. The Big Sky champion Broncos trailed by only seven early in the second half, but the Rebels ended…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: A rejuvenated Javan Buchanan in Vegas?

SCOTT SLANT: A rejuvenated Javan Buchanan in Vegas?

Presented by ALPHAGRAPHICS. Wednesday Weekly…March 12, 2025. It was somewhat surprising to see Boise State’s Javan Buchanan named Mountain West Sixth Man of the Year Wednesday. We didn’t really think of Buchanan that way, but it’s certainly a show of respect from conference coaches and selected media members. Now, if Buchanan can look at that…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: “The darkest days in the history of sports”

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: “The darkest days in the history of sports”

Presented by THE JAMES. This Day In Sports…March 11, 2020, five years ago today: It is historic. As in, infamously historic. It was a Wednesday, and it began with the declaration that the coronavirus had grown into a pandemic. Then, locally, Boise’s Treefort music festival was postponed. The dominoes kept falling, right through the early…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: From Twin Falls to the Hall of Fame

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: From Twin Falls to the Hall of Fame

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…March 10, 1991: Eddie Sutton, whose college head coaching career began in the state of Idaho, becomes the first coach ever to take four different schools to the NCAA Tournament when Oklahoma State is named to the field of 64. The Cowboys were seeded third in the East…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: It’s a Tyson Degenhart kind of day

SCOTT SLANT: It’s a Tyson Degenhart kind of day

Presented by ZAMZOWS. Friday Special…March 7, 2025. Full disclosure: I’ve been working with Tyson Degenhart since the end of his freshman year, having been the point person for his popular “Degenhart Dozen” at Pastry Perfection. As NIL deals go, it’s modest, just like Tyson. He’s as good as it gets—as a person and as a…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The biggest night of Shaq’s best season

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The biggest night of Shaq’s best season

Presented by ALPHAGRAPHICS. This Day In Sports…March 6, 2000, 25 years ago today: The highest-scoring game in the NBA career of Shaquille O’Neal, who put up 61 points and pulled down 23 rebounds in the L.A. Lakers’ 123-103 win over the L.A. Clippers. And Shaq did it on his 28th birthday. O’Neal went 24-for-35 from the…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Broncos stick to the task at hand

SCOTT SLANT: Broncos stick to the task at hand

Presented by THE JAMES. Wednesday Weekly…March 5, 2025. Well, you can look at it this way. Air Force got out to an 8-2 lead on Boise State Tuesday night. And the Broncos’ biggest was 35 points at 78-43. So the Broncos went on a 76-35 run in their 80-57 win over the Falcons in Clune…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The Boise State women’s MW four-peat

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The Boise State women’s MW four-peat

Presented by ALPHAGRAPHICS. This Day In Sports…March 4, 2020, five years ago today: Boise State becomes the first Mountain West team in history to win four consecutive women’s conference tournament championships when it outlasts Fresno State 80-76 in overtime at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. It was also the Broncos’ fifth title…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The Celtics’ shooting stars – McHale’s turn

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The Celtics’ shooting stars – McHale’s turn

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…March 3, 1985, 40 years ago today: Boston power forward Kevin McHale scores a team record 56 points in a 138-129 win over the Detroit Pistons on the parquet floor in the old Boston Garden. McHale went 22-for-28 from the field, getting the 56 without the benefit of a…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Still a bittersweet Boise State moment

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Still a bittersweet Boise State moment

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…February 28, 2020, five years ago today: Boise State baseball, dormant since 1980, had made its official return a week earlier at the University of Texas. But this is when a 40-year home game hiatus ends for the Broncos, as they blank Northern Colorado 4-0 at Memorial Stadium before…MORE