The Boise State men’s basketball team took a hit in the KenPom rankings following a tougher-than-expected matchup with Fresno State. The Broncos (21-8, 13-5) closed Saturday’s road game on a 10-2 run to escape with a 66-61 Mountain West Conference victory.

With five minutes remaining and Boise State basketball trailing 59-56 to Mountain West basement dweller Fresno State, Boise State head coach Leon Rice reminded his team they’d been in this position before.

After some favorable results early in the day that weakened said bubble, Boise State was minutes away from flying too close to the sun and getting burned badly. A Quad 4 loss would have sent the Broncos tumbling down the bubble and closed the door on any type of at-large chances.

Mired in a sports gambling scandal and coming off a loss to Air Force (4-25, 1-17), Fresno State only had pride to play for against the re