Boise State To Host Another Major Opponent for 2026 Season

While Boise State's football team preps for the fall, the basketball program is making headlines for preparations of their own. All Bronco sports will be moving into the Pac-12 this coming year (effective July 1st) and everyone is excited for a new chapter and chance to 'level up'.

Exciting news for Boise State in regards to their scheduling broke this afternoon. Boise State will have a shot at what could be a Quad 1 matchup against Butler.

Butler, a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana, has long been known to be a strong basketball program that can land major recruits and make serious runs in March.

The best news for Boise State fans? The matchup will be taking place right here in Boise, this Fall.

It will be exciting to see Boise State matchup against a major university like Butler.

The team finished seventh in he Big East last season which may not sound too impressive, but competed against the likes of Seton Hall, Creighton, Villanova, and National Runner-Up, UConn.

The Broncos will host the game at Extra Mile Arena and will be on Sunday, November 8th with tip times and television information to be released later on.

Pac-12 opponent, Gonzaga University, will 'mop the floor' with Boise State's non-conference schedule, in comparison. The Zags may well have one of the nation's most difficult non-conference schedules as they enter their first year in the Pac-12, facing the likes of Purdue, Michigan State, Duke, Creighton, and Kentucky.

Boise State's Most Underappreciated Star

Boise State seems to mean "football" for most, right? On a national stage, after all, it's the blue turf and the success that the Broncos have had on it that made the university a household name. What happens on the hardwood, however, is far from appreciated at the level that it should be. Leon Rice came to Boise State as a blessing from one of the most powerful basketball programs in the nation: Gonzaga University. Now, the winningest basketball coach in the history of the school seems to take immediate heat if the Broncos aren't in the Final Four. Spoiled by wins on the football field, fans seem to expect the same of the basketball program but when the investment in basketball is so much less than football--can you really have these types of expectations!?

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