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Eagles chances at making tournament are a very long, long-shot

January 19th, 2010 admin No comments

By: Dave Cheng, YawkeyTalkies Staff Writer
If any BC basketball fans went into the opening week of conference play with an optimistic attitude, chances are their hopes died as quickly as each of the games ended.  Early this season, BC managed to squeeze out a 61-60 win against ACC foe Miami.  Since then, BC has lost their last three conference games by a combined score of 52 points, and the Eagles never managed to break the 60 point barrier in any of the losses.  BC is now the lowest team on the totem pole and is tied for last in the ACC with Miami and North Carolina State.
In case any of the readers out there missed any of the games, here’s a quick recap.  Trevor Booker led Clemson with 19 points and BC forward Joe Trapani did his best trying to keep up leading the Eagles with 13 but it was all for naught as the Tigers handed the Eagles their first conference loss of the season.  The Duke Blue Devils crushed (sorry, there really is no other word that fits appropriately here) the Eagles by 20 points in a 79-59 loss.  On a positive note, BC’s Reggie Jackson scored [...]