Boise State gets Sienna-ized

Toss out the name Sienna amidst college basketball aficionados (ourselves included) and most will shrug. But the Albany, New York-based school is coming off a MAAC championship and Sports Illustrated has the Saints ranked 29th in its pre-season predictions.

So Sienna's 82-52 home win over Boise State isn't truly surprising although some expected the point differential to be in the teens somewhere. The Broncos shot just under 35% from the floor, a paltry 2-17 from long range and committed 22 turnovers.

But Boise will get better as the season goes along. The million dollar questions is how much progress will be made in 2008-2009?

Turnovers prove costly as Broncos fall hard at Siena
BSU turns the ball over on its first five possessions and 22 times overall in a 30-point loss.
Idaho Statesman
11/18/08

The Boise State men's basketball team's road opener at Siena went from an early season test to a wakeup call.

BSU committed 22 turnovers, made only 2-of-17 shots from 3-point range and never led in a humbling 82-52 loss Monday to the Saints in front of 6,626 fans at the Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y.

"We knew what they were going to give us - we talked about it," BSU coach Greg Graham said. "We weren't sure how we were going to respond, and we didn't respond very well."

The Broncos (1-1) turned the ball over on their first five possessions and seven of their first nine.

"We broke down, panicked, lost our composure and did a lot of dumb things," Graham said... Go here for the remainder.