Good morning! Read the latest B:1 Feature, Unleashing The Beast, which covers sophomore safety Ty Benefield’s season and how football has always been a part of who he is.

What else is brewing in today’s edition, Bronco Nation?

🏀 Women’s basketball and volleyball previews
🏆️ Degenhart added to another national award watch list
🔷 And much, much more!

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📈 STOCK UP

🔼 One Final Time. While No. 12 Boise State is riding its longest single-season winning streak in 10 years, the Broncos have an opportunity to lock in a spot in the Mountain West Championship Game on Saturday as they will face Wyoming on the road with a 5 p.m. game. One thing to watch: the Broncos' offense is third in the nation in third-down conversion percentage (52.7%) while Wyoming's defense is fifth in the country in third-down conversion percentage against.

📚️ The full Week Thirteen preview
📝 Boise State game notes

🔼 Tourney Time. Boise State women's basketball will compete in an NBA arena when the team travels to the Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors, to face San Francisco in a neutral-site matchup as part of the USF Legacy Tournament. The Broncos are 4-0 for the second straight season, and will look to start the year with five-straight wins for the ninth time in program history.

🔼 One Final Time. The Boise State volleyball team will wrap up the regular season on Saturday with Senior Day against Fresno State. On the year, Boise State is hitting .217 percent (5th MW) while holding opponents to .204 (8th MW). The Broncos lead the MW and rank 10th nationally for total service aces at 198. 

🔼 Watch Out. Boise State men’s basketball’s Tyson Degenhart was named to the 2024-25 Lute Olson Award Early Season Watch List as the only representative from the Mountain West to receive the honor. This marks Degenhart's fourth national award preseason watch list with the others being the Naismith Award Men's College Player of the Year, the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year and the Wooden Award Men's Player of the Year.

🔼 Off The Blue. A new episode featuring Boise State men’s basketball’s Javan Buchanan is streaming now. Hear from him about the Broncos’ start to the season and what he is looking forward to with the Cayman Islands Classic tipping off this weekend.

🎙️ Listen to Off The Blue with Javan Buchanan

🔼 Broncos on Sundays. The Boise State football program will be represented by seven former players in Week 12 of the NFL season including running back Alexander Mattison of the Las Vegas Raiders and two-way utility player Scott Matlock for the Los Angeles Chargers.

📚️ Read more about this week’s matchups for the pro Broncos

🔼 Seeing Success. Boise State Athletics surpassed its all-time best NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) according to data released by the NCAA on Wednesday. The Broncos recorded a four-class average GSR of 96 percent which is the top overall score in the Mountain West this year and is the highest score in conference history. Boise State has set or tied its department record in each of the last 16 reports.

🤔 BLUE TURF TRIVIA

Setting Records. Today’s trivia question…how many years has it been since Boise State women’s basketball started 4-0 in consecutive seasons?

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom and find out!

📱 FROM THE AD’S DESK

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🗓 THE WEEK AHEAD

Thursday, November 21
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. San Francisco @ 5 p.m. in San Francisco, Calif. | ESPN+ | Listen | Live Stats

Friday, November 22
No scheduled events

Saturday, November 23
👟 Cross Country @ NCAA National Championships in Madison, Wis.
🏐 Volleyball vs. Fresno State @ Noon in Boise, Idaho | Tickets | MWN | Live Stats
🏈 Football vs. Wyoming @ 5 p.m. in Laramie, Wyo. | Tickets | CBS Sports | Listen | Live Stats

Sunday, November 24
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Hampton @ 9 a.m. in George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Travel Packages | Watch | Listen
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Weber State @ 2 p.m. in Boise, Idaho | Tickets | MWN | Listen | Live Stats

Monday, November 25
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. South Dakota State/Duquesne @ TBD in George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Travel Packages | Listen

Tuesday, November 26
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. TBD @ TBD in George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Travel Packages | Listen

Wednesday, November 27
🏐 Volleyball @ First Round of Mountain West Championship in Las Vegas, Nev. | MWN

🔷Click here to view the entire Boise State Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 49 years!

This season, the Broncos marked the first time the program has had consecutive 4-0 starts since the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons.

🔷 Have a great Thursday, Bronco Nation!