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Effort Not a Problem For Boston College of Late
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
25 Feb 2010There have been times this season where Boston College’s effort has been in question. Much like Saturday afternoon, when the Eagles beat North Carolina, Wednesday night wasn’t one of them, as the Eagles blew out Virginia Tech 80-60 largely from playing harder.
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Quick Hitters – January 29, 2010
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
29 Jan 2010Some quick hitters as we reach the end of the week on Boston College being relevant again, Clemson not showing its best effort, a comeback win by Gonzaga and more.
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- Tags: ACC, Boston College, Bryant, Clemson, Gonzaga, Providence
Another Bad Effort Has Skinner At a Loss
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
17 Jan 2010Al Skinner is normally soft-spoken and comes off as being quite mellow. But even by his standards, the Boston College mentor seemed very subdued and at a loss for words following his team’s latest poor showing on Saturday.
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15
Jan
2009
There was no question entering this season that Wake Forest has talent, a good deal of it in fact. A recruiting class as heralded as theirs, added to a nice young core that featured sophomores James Johnson and Jeff Teague, takes care of that. What wasn’t known was how quickly this group might bring the Demon Deacons back to being contenders in the ACC. We’ve already got our answer: very quickly. As in, right now.
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9
Jan
2009
That sound you just heard was Boston College’s chances at grabbing a little of the spotlight going right down the drain.
As is often the case, crowds at Conte Forum have been anemic all season. Boston is a notorious pro sports town, to the point where in January and February, sports fans would rather call talk radio and talk about hot stove baseball, who the Patriots might draft, or pitchers and catchers reporting than the college basketball games in town that actually count in the standings.
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8
Jan
2009
When a team like Harvard knocks off a team like Boston College, an inevitable question is, “How did that happen?” The first instinct for many is to look at the favorites and find something that went wrong, but that won’t work here. For the answer to that question in regards to Harvard’s first-ever win over a ranked team, there’s one person that needs to be talked about: Jeremy Lin.
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4
Jan
2009
As we begin to enter the grinding two months of conference play, the ACC appears to be one of the top conferences in the country. The conference has two undefeated teams remaining – and neither one is named Duke or North Carolina.
One non-conference game against Harvard next Wednesday is sprinkled in, but from here on out, it’s ACC games for Boston College. The Eagles will enter with nine straight wins and a 12-2 mark, but the operative question is what to make of this team.
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19
Dec
2008
In Saturday’s 81-76 win by Boston College over Providence, neither team gave a tremendous account of itself. But the team that had the more concerning play was, without doubt, the team on the losing end of the score. Providence’s flaws were all right there on display as a reason why they lost the game, and this hasn’t been an isolated case.
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- Tags: Big East, Boston College, Providence
Saturday’s game at The Heights between Providence and host Boston College has a few notable items to it. It’s a matchup of regional rivals and of former conference foes, as the two used to play each other in the Big East all the time. The schools are less than 50 miles apart and are continuing the rivalry despite Boston College’s jump to the ACC back in 2005. It’s also a homecoming of sorts for Providence head coach Keno Davis.
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11
Dec
2008
Army may not have the won-lost record to show it, but the Black Knights look like they can be a tough out in an improved Patriot League. The biggest reason is that they have a number of scoring threats to go along with being athletic. After Monday night’s win at Bryant, ten different players have scored in double figures at least once this season.
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- Tags: ACC, Army, Big Ten, Boston College, Brown, Iowa, Ivy League, Patriot League
1
Dec
2008
While NJIT’s losing streak gets plenty of attention, Monmouth also entered Saturday’s game without a win. They were 0-6, albeit against a very difficult schedule, so they were happy to get a win. The least difficult opponent they had played before Saturday is probably FIU, and that was a road game against a team not lacking in talent that has been hit by injuries.
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- Tags: ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Boston College, Hartford, Monmouth, Niagara, NIT, Oklahoma, Penn State, Philly Hoop Group, Purdue, Rhode Island, Towson, UAB
The pre-Season NIT gave us four solid teams for the Thanksgiving week event at Madison Square Garden. Oklahoma captured the championship over Purdue in an overtime contest that had March-like intensity. Taking a look back, each team did several things well yet needs other areas to be addressed.
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- Tags: Boston College, NIT, Oklahoma, Purdue, UAB
The improvement is coming along for Boston College. There are still plenty more to come if they want to take steps forward in the ACC standings at the end of the season, but the first three games show some progress. And while head coach Al Skinner says it’s “clearly about the process” right now, the results that are coming in have to be satisfying as well.
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Miami Picks Up a Good Win in Boston
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
10 Jan 2008It wasn’t pretty, and it wasn’t overly convincing if you only look at the stat sheet. But Miami’s 77-71 win over Boston College on Saturday night had some good things for the visiting team, and it was evident in how they reacted when the game was over.
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