{"id":197317,"date":"2026-02-28T00:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/197317\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T00:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:59:08","slug":"boise-state-vs-fresno-state-in-mountain-west-mens-basketball-tv-channel-game-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/197317\/","title":{"rendered":"Boise State vs. Fresno State in Mountain West men\u2019s basketball: TV channel, game time"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boise State <\/a>men\u2019s basketball team will see a fresh opponent during Mountain West play on Saturday.<\/p>\n

For the first time this season, the Broncos (17-11, 9-8) will take on feisty Fresno State (12-16, 6-11). Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Mountain time on Saturday at Save Mart Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re starting from scratch on the scout,\u201d Boise State head coach Leon Rice said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been watching them some, but you can\u2019t skip ahead and skip somebody and be like \u2018Well, let me scout Fresno.\u2019 We know them and we know what they do, we know their system.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs have dropped five of their last six games, but all of the losses were competitive<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In its most recent outing, Fresno State suffered a 74-70 road loss to Colorado State (18-10, 9-8). The Bulldogs nearly defeated New Mexico (21-7, 12-5) at home last Saturday, falling 80-78.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c(Head coach Vance Walberg) has done a great job with this team,\u201d Rice said. \u201cThey haven\u2019t gotten the (wins), but they lost by two to New Mexico, (by four) at Colorado State. They are doing some things right.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to go there, it\u2019s on the road, and it\u2019s one of those atmospheres that\u2019s hard because \u2026 it\u2019s a huge building and they usually don\u2019t have that many people in it. So you\u2019ve got to create your own energy, you\u2019ve got to create your own enthusiasm. We\u2019re in for a big, big challenge and we\u2019re going to have to play really well on the road to get that done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senior guard Jake Heidbreder leads the Bulldogs at 17.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists. Heidbreder began his college career at Air Force and spent last season at Clemson.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Junior center Drew Fielder is Boise State\u2019s top offensive player at 14.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Broncos enter Saturday in a three-way tie<\/a> for sixth in the MWC standings with Colorado State and UNLV (14-14, 9-8). Boise State dropped both matchups with UNLV but defeated the Rams back in January, 79-73.<\/p>\n

Colorado State, which has ripped off six straight wins, will host Boise State on March 7 to close the regular season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The top four teams receive a first-round bye for the MWC Tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n

HOW TO WATCH BOISE STATE VS. FRESNO STATE\u00a0<\/p>\n

Who: Boise State resumes Mountain West play with a road game against Fresno State<\/p>\n

Records: Boise State 17-11, 9-8; Fresno State 12-16, 6-11<\/p>\n

When: 5:30 p.m. Mountain time | Saturday, Feb. 28<\/p>\n

Where: Save Mart Center | Fresno, California\u00a0<\/p>\n

TV channel: Mountain West Network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boise State men\u2019s basketball team will see a fresh opponent during Mountain West play on Saturday. For…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-197317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}