The 1980–81 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos were led by first-year head coach Dave Leach and played their home games on campus at Bronco Gymnasium in Boise, Idaho.
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| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| Record | 7–19 (4–10 Big Sky) |
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| Assistant coach | Prescott Smith |
| Home arena | Bronco Gymnasium |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 25 | – | 4 | .862 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 12 | – | 14 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 7 | – | 19 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Arizona | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 8 | – | 17 | .320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Big Sky Conference tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
They finished the regular season at 7–19 overall, with a 4–10 record in the Big Sky Conference, seventh in the standings.[1][2]
Leach was hired in March from Oregon State, where he had spent the previous decade as an assistant under Ralph Miller.[3][4][5] Assistant coach Prescott Smith also moved over from OSU, and was earlier at Portland State.[6]
No Broncos were named to the all-conference team; center Larry McKinney was on the second team.[7][8][9]
References
edit- ^ "College standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 3, 1981. p. 4C.
- ^ "College standings". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 2, 1981. p. 18.
- ^ "Boise State names Leach as new coach". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 16, 1980. p. 7C.
- ^ "Dave Leach gets job as BSU cage coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). March 16, 1980. p. 11D.
- ^ Humphrey, Bud (March 19, 1980). "New basketball coach named". The University Arbiter. (Boise, Idaho). (Boise State University). p. 1.
- ^ "Boise State names assistant coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. April 3, 1980. p. 4B.
- ^ "Guards head league's list". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 12, 1981. p. 22.
- ^ "Briefs: Kellerman honored". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 12, 1981. p. 52.
- ^ "Harper is all-Big Sky". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. March 12, 1981. p. D6.
External links
edit- Sports Reference – Boise State Broncos – 1980–81 basketball season