History - Boise State University Athletics

It is one of the fi nest college basketball venues in the West...
TACO BELL ARENA
It has been the site of cherished moments for Bronco
basketball fans, and it has provided some of the greatest
spectacles in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
Boise State University’s Taco Bell Arena has been the home
of Bronco basketball since 1982. Formerly known as the BSU
Pavilion, Taco Bell Arena has provided Boise State fans with
plenty of thrills for more than 25 years — from the exciting
Big Sky Conference championship days of Chris Childs and
Arnell Jones in the late 1980s to the Broncos’ run in the 2011
College Basketball Invitational in the debut season of head
coach Leon Rice.
With a dedicated fan base cheering them on, it’s a good bet
the 2011-12 Broncos will continue to enjoy the home-court
advantage Taco Bell Arena has provided over the years.
Taco Bell Arena has also seen its share of thrilling basketball
YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RECORD
1982-83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
1983-84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3
1984-85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
1985-86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5
1986-87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1
1987-88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
1988-89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
1989-90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5
1990-91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3
1991-92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
All-Time Record at Taco Bell Arena
YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RECORD
1992-93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2
1993-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3
1994-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
1995-96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
1996-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
1997-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-0
1998-99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
1999-00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
2000-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
2001-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
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moments beyond Bronco hoops. As one of the premier
basketball facilities in the West, the 12,480-seat arena has
been selected to host fi rst- and second-round games in the
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in 1983, 1989, 1992,
1995, 1998, 2001, 2005 and 2009.
And those “March Madness” contests in Taco Bell Arena
have set the stage for some of the most spectacular games
and exciting fi nishes in NCAA Tournament lore.
Who can forget the coast-to-coast buzzer-beater by UCLA’s
Tyus Edney that beat Missouri 75-74 and propelled the
Bruins to the 1995 title?
Or what about the opening round of the 2001 tournament
where the four games in Taco Bell Arena— highlighted by
Hampton’s 58-57 upset of second-seeded Iowa State — were
decided by a total of seven points? Basketball experts called
it the most exciting single day at one site in tournament
history.
YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RECORD
2002-03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
2003-04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
2004-05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7
2005-06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
2006-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2
2007-08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5
2008-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3
2009-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
2010-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
OVERALL: 327-119 (.733)
Taco Bell Arena