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Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Boston College head coach Steve Donahue is still taking a long view with his team, and the long-term outcome matters most. Still, wins help in getting there, and pulling out close wins help, something the Eagles did on Wednesday after going to Charleston and losing three straight.
Florida State had a pretty good offensive showing for a team the coach thinks isn’t really in sync. That’s just one indication of how high a ceiling this season’s team appears to have after they won the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.
Boston College looked nothing like last season’s team in several ways in Sunday’s 84-70 win over Florida International. This team will certainly be better, as expected, but now there’s something to go on for that idea.
A year after being about as young as a team can be, Boston College should be significantly improved. At the very least, a lot more is known about this team than a year ago at this time.
College basketball has been beset with bad news lately. There are always players declared academically ineligible around this time of the year, which is never good news, but there’s more than that going on and that’s why this has been a difficult stretch.
A look back at the 2011-12 season in the ACC, one with good but not great results and a few teams that had unexpected finishes in the NCAA Tournament.
It’s good to be an SEC fan. On Monday night, Kentucky completed its return to national supremacy by winning the program’s first championship since 1998. The title run marked the Wildcats’ second consecutive Final Four under coach John Calipari, who figures to make Kentucky a national championship contender pretty much […]
Florida State has become a program of significance both in the ACC and nationally. That was the case even before they won the ACC Tournament on Sunday, but that certainly doesn’t hurt. Now they hope to make a run in the NCAA Tournament.
Even before Mark Gottfried said it on Friday, you could see it: North Carolina State is now more ready to win the games it needs to. They weren’t ready early in the season, when they had some opportunities, but they showed this weekend at the ACC Tournament that they are in a better place now and at a good time.
Let’s give Steve Donahue credit for what he did get out of this young Boston College team. The youth of this team has been well-chronicled. The big question now that the season is over is just what there is to build on for next season.
