1982–83 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team

{{short description|American college basketball season}}

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|mode=Basketball

|year=1982–83

|team=Boise State Broncos

|logo = Old Boise State Script logo.png

|logo_size = 150

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|conference=Big Sky Conference

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|short_conf=Big Sky

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|record=10–17

|conf_record=5–9

|head_coach=Dave Leach

|hc_year = 3rd

|asst_coach1=Mike Conklin

|asst_coach2=Prescott Smith {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=36ZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6776%2C140653 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Leach calls his firing 'bolt out of the blue' |date=March 1, 1983 |page=3C}}

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|stadium=BSU Pavilion

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{{1982–83 Big Sky men's basketball standings}}

The 1982–83 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University during the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos were led by third-year head coach Dave Leach and played their home games on campus at the new BSU Pavilion in Boise, Idaho.

They finished the regular season at {{nowrap|10–17 overall,}} with a {{nowrap|5–9}} record in the Big Sky Conference, sixth in the {{nowrap|standings.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=95dfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4535%2C2616241 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|title=College basketball standings |date=March 7, 1983 |page=6C}}}} The conference tournament included only the top four teams for the eighth and final time; the Broncos did not qualify for a fifth consecutive year.

With one game remaining, at rival Idaho, athletic director Gene Bleymaier announced in late February that Leach's one-year contract at $33,000 would not be renewed.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8ZdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2666%2C181602 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Boise State fires Leach as coach |date=March 1, 1983 |page=1C}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4dkvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qe4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7047%2C85897 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Boise fires Dave Leach |date=March 1, 1983 |page=16}} Bobby Dye of Cal State Bakersfield was hired as head coach in late March {{nowrap|at $41,000.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vO0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7085%2C8317984 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Dye doesn't promise a Bronco turnaround |date=March 31, 1983 |page=30}}{{cite news |url=https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1165&context=focus |work=BSU Focus |location=(Boise, Idaho) |title=Bobby Dye hired as new head coach for Boise State |date=April 1983 |page=1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kaFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2893%2C5296641 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Bobby Dye new BSU basketball coach |date=March 31, 1983 |page=3B }}}}

No Broncos were on the all-conference team; junior swingman Vince Hinchen was named to the second team.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=re0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5597%2C169865 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|agency=Associated Press |title=Kellerman honored |date=March 16, 1983 |page=C2}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gqFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4192%2C132029 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Big Sky: Kellerman, Smith, Hopson, and Arnold receive honors |date=March 16, 1983 |page=2C}}