Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Boise heading to the Land of Lincoln

Most WAC men's basketball schedules are bereft of 'must see' home games -- at least until league play begins -- but also very few road matchups that instigate interest.

With a hat tip to Nick Jezierny, Boise State is heading to Champaign this coming season (for the semi-literate, please do not interpret this sentence to mean that we are predicting the Broncos are going to be celebrating a WAC hoops championship by breaking out the bubbly) meaning a WAC team will be facing a Big 10 squad. If memory serves us correctly, Hawaii did the same in the 2008-2009 season.

Boise State men's basketball team to visit Illinois
Nick Jezierny
Idaho Statesman
6/23/09


Boise State will get a crack at one of the top basketball programs in the Midwest this season.

University of Illinois officials confirmed Monday that the Broncos and the Fighting Illini have "agreed upon a game." Boise State has not yet signed a game contract with the Big Ten Conference school...
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