Monday, March 31
Las Vegas, NV
5:30 p.m.
George Washington University
vs
Boise State
Photo by: Mitchell Layton
Men's Basketball Opens College Basketball Crown vs. Boise State Monday
3/28/2025 12:55:00 PM | Men's Basketball
WASHINGTON - GW men's basketball is set to take on Boise State in the opening round of the inaugural College Basketball Crown on Monday afternoon inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Tip is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. ET with live coverage on Fox Sports 1.
Discounted tickets and hotel packages are available directly through the Crown here.
FIRST SINCE...
GW is back in the postseason for the first time since 2017 when it advanced to the second round of the CBI. The Buff & Blue recorded the 16th 20-win campaign in the program's 111 years, doing so for the first time in eight years (2016-17) and tallying 20 regular-season wins for the first time since 2015-16. GW also won a game in the A-10 Championship tournament for the first time since 2020-21 and made its first trip to the league quarters since 2016-17.
POSTSEASON HISTORY
Discounted tickets and hotel packages are available directly through the Crown here.
FIRST SINCE...
GW is back in the postseason for the first time since 2017 when it advanced to the second round of the CBI. The Buff & Blue recorded the 16th 20-win campaign in the program's 111 years, doing so for the first time in eight years (2016-17) and tallying 20 regular-season wins for the first time since 2015-16. GW also won a game in the A-10 Championship tournament for the first time since 2020-21 and made its first trip to the league quarters since 2016-17.
POSTSEASON HISTORY
The Crown represents GW's 20th appearance in postseason history, joining 11 trips to the NCAA Tournament, six NITs and a pair of CBI appearances. GW's last win in the postseason came in the 2017 CBI over Toledo on March 15, 2017 at the Smith Center. This will be GW's first neutral-site postseason event since winning the 2016 NIT at Madison Square Garden.
A LOOK AT THE BRONCOS
One of the first four teams out of the NCAA Tournament, Boise State advanced to the Mountain West Championship before falling to Colorado State, who recently advanced to the NCAA Round of 32. The Broncos feature a balanced attack headlined by a trio of double-digit scorers in Tyson Degenhart (17.9 ppg, 6.1 rpg), Andrew Meadow (12.5 ppg) and Alvaro Cardenas (11.7 ppg, 7.0 apg).
Cardenas is seventh in the country with 7.0 apg while Boise as a team assists on 56% of its made field goals. Outside of the top three, eight different players average between 10-20 minutes per game and 2.0 - 9.0 points per game.
The Broncos rank 10th nationally in rebounding margin (+8.8), are 19th in free throw percentage (77.7%) and 33rd in scoring defense (66.1 ppg).
A POTENTIAL LOOK AHEAD
Should GW advance, it would take on the winner of Utah and Butler on Wednesday. The Buff & Blue have never faced the Utes and only faced Butler once as conference foes in 2013, when GW fell the Bulldogs in Butler's only season in the A-10.
A LOOK AT THE BRONCOS
One of the first four teams out of the NCAA Tournament, Boise State advanced to the Mountain West Championship before falling to Colorado State, who recently advanced to the NCAA Round of 32. The Broncos feature a balanced attack headlined by a trio of double-digit scorers in Tyson Degenhart (17.9 ppg, 6.1 rpg), Andrew Meadow (12.5 ppg) and Alvaro Cardenas (11.7 ppg, 7.0 apg).
Cardenas is seventh in the country with 7.0 apg while Boise as a team assists on 56% of its made field goals. Outside of the top three, eight different players average between 10-20 minutes per game and 2.0 - 9.0 points per game.
The Broncos rank 10th nationally in rebounding margin (+8.8), are 19th in free throw percentage (77.7%) and 33rd in scoring defense (66.1 ppg).
A POTENTIAL LOOK AHEAD
Should GW advance, it would take on the winner of Utah and Butler on Wednesday. The Buff & Blue have never faced the Utes and only faced Butler once as conference foes in 2013, when GW fell the Bulldogs in Butler's only season in the A-10.
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