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.
!colspan=9| Exhibition
!colspan=9| Regular season
!colspan=9| 2013 Mountain West tournament
!colspan=9| 2013 NCAA tournament
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 selected for 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 NameGP–GSMPGPTSPPGFG %3P %FT %ASTREBBLKSTL 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
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