Any hope of getting an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament without winning the Mountain West is now completely gone. Utah State dropped their fourth straight game in conference play on January 20th to Boise State in a 62-59 game that sent the Aggies to 10-9 on the season and 1-5 in conference play. Utah State led the Broncos going into the half 30-24 before the Broncos were able to score 38 points in the second half and hold Utah State to 29 points.
A big reason for this loss was the shooting percentage for Utah State. The Aggies made only 20 of their 52 attempted shots (38.