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IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Mountain West has a NCAA Tournament problem – recent postseason history hasn’t been kind to the league outside of one San Diego State run, Colorado State pulls off Friday upset to give MW some juice, how can Boise State and its league partners improve their postseason resume moving into the Pac-12 era, B.J. (BNN Report) with BSU football storylines as spring camp resumes next week (all eyes on RB Sire Gaines and his health), Bob (Bronco Focus) on one gymnast’s quest to return to the NCAAs, Lindsey Vonn and top international skiers in Idaho for World Cup Finals

BNN REPORT: FOOTBALL STORYLINES FOR WHEN SPRING CAMP RESUMES NEXT WEEK

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: NCAA Tournament begins and we focus on a trip down memory lane – what’s your favorite flashback, so many Boise memories – what’s the hope of the NCAAs returning to ExtraMile Arena, BYU player says his family invented the tater tot and one company with deep Idaho roots responds with NIL deal (and free tots!), could college basketball big men from Georgetown and Virginia (both from Idaho) transfer to Boise State, Bob shares the story of BSU’s most dominant athlete in Bronco Focus, how the Steelheads are scrambling for a playoff spot

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME (PRE-GAME AND POST-GAME): We open the show with a preview of Boise State-San Diego State basketball at the Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas – and finish with post-game reaction after Broncos advance to Friday night semifinals with impressive 62-52 victory, coach Leon Rice employs wild 3-point strategy (finishes with school-record 40 attempts), BSU closes out win with strong rebounding/defense, quick preview of BSU-New Mexico semifinal, Degenhart needs 18 points to break school’s career-scoring record

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Special programming note for IST on Thursday – starting at 2 p.m. for Boise State basketball pre-game show, how much confidence do you have in the Broncos to beat San Diego State in their first game of the Mountain West Tournament, Tyson Degenhart on the childhood nostalgia of listening/watching day-time sports, separate one-on-one interviews with BSU football players Matt Lauter (TE) and A’Marion McCoy (CB), Demarcus Lawrence signs new three-year deal with Seahawks, listen as Mariners broadcaster gets drilled with foul ball

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Boise State AD Jeramiah Dickey joins the show from Las Vegas to talk basketball, Mountain West Tournament hopes, how to grow the program and what’s up with the new Pac-12 and north end zone project, BSU basketball fans continue the conversation – what is the state of this program going into the MW, Bob sits down with Tyson Degenhart for a Bronco Focus conversation, Kellen Moore seems to have won his first few weeks as head coach of the Saints, Vandals win rare basketball game in Boise

JERAMIAH DICKEY: BOISE STATE AD ON THE STATE OF BASKETBALL, HOW TO IMPROVE – AND WHAT’S NEXT WITH THE NEW PAC-12

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Tyson Degenhart Appreciation Day – Boise State basketball star down to his final home game, Degenhart joins the show in studio to talk about a surging team, Senior Night emotions and his future, Bob shares what’s at stake Friday night in Bronco Focus, CBS bracketologist Jerry Palm on NCAA hopes for BSU (in the field) and the Mountain West (four teams), TE Matt Lauter is No. 4 in our series of Most Important Players on the BSU football roster, six former Broncos diving into NFL free agency

TYSON DEGENHART: BOISE STATE BASKETBALL STAR ON SENIOR NIGHT, SCORING RECORD AND NCAAS

BRACKETOLOGY: JERRY PALM OF CBS SPORTS ON BOISE STATE & THE MOUNTAIN WEST