duke-basketball Stories - Battle of California
A Reminder That Elton Brand Used to Be Super Awesome
That's not to say he's not still awesome as a person or even fairly awesome as a basketball player, but the following story from the archives will solidify his prior awesomeness to a premier standard. A little backstory first. Elton Brand went to Duke University at a time where everyone and their...
N.C. State 76, Boston College 62: Wolfpack Cruises To Victory Over Eagles
Well, that was disappointing. Fresh off this young Eagles squad's first ACC winning streak, BC traveled to face an N.C. State team currently playing some of its best basketball of the season. The 'Pack had won seven of its last eight games after falling at home to now No. 1 Syracuse. The end result...
Feinstein's "ACC Expansion Killed Basketball" Column Misses The Mark
The WaPo's John Feinstein recently took a closer look at how ACC basketball has continued to slide in the post-expansion era in a recent column titled "Since expansion, the ACC has been merely another common conference in basketball." Feinstein cutely interweaves quotes from college basketball...
How Down Is ACC Basketball This Year? And The Big Finish
Brian: With the Boston College football season now behind us, many are starting to pay attention to college basketball. Or maybe after looking at BC’s 2-7 record, you’re conveniently skipping this season (either way). But over the course of the season you may hear announcers and pundits...
Establishing The Run Against The Irish And The Big Finish
Brian: The SB Nation blog One Foot Down had some pretty sobering stats in their preview of the Boston College rushing attack. "The Eagles are currently ranked 88th nationally with a 3.7 yards per carry average and that is with a 372 yard outburst (27.8% of all rushing yards this season) against...
ESPNU (And ESPN3.com), The New TV Home Of Boston College Basketball
Not sure how I missed this, but Boston College recently added this year's TV broadcast info onto the yearly men's hoops schedule. If you needed any more proof of the low expectations surrounding this year's squad, look no further than the hoops broadcast schedule. In the first year of the ACC's new...
Boston College To Host Penn State In 2011 Big Ten-ACC Challenge
The school, along with ESPN, announced today that BC will host Penn State in this year's 2011 Big Ten-ACC Challenge. The two schools will play on the second day of the challenge, November 30. Interesting to note that BC will host a Big Ten-ACC Challenge game for the second straight season. This...
Three-Year ACC Basketball Conference Schedule Looks Very Favorable For BC
Ever since Boston College became the 12th member of the ACC, the conference has used a three-year, rotating conference game model for setting its men's basketball schedule. Each year, a school plays a 16-game conference schedule that includes two primary partners and nine rotating partners. If the...
Reggie Jackson, Joe Trapani Earn All-ACC Basketball Honors
Congrats to Reggie Jackson and Joe Trapani for earning All-ACC basketball honors on Monday. Jackson earned All-ACC first team honors, receiving 190 of a possible 225 votes. Reggie finished the regular season averaging 18.3 points, 4.5 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game. Jackson's 18.3 a game was...
Duke 84, Boston College 68 And The Big Finish
Brian: Jeff was in attendance for BC's 84-68 loss to Duke last night. Let's start with the likes, if there are any. What did you see that you liked from the Eagles performance? Jeff: I liked that BC covered the spread. It puts the loss in perspective when you realize that BC fared slightly better...
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