Game 9: Boston College

Post by **MikeUMA** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:53 pm

UMass87 wrote:This is not a particularly good BC team. They are very beatable.

Please don't say anything else that will end up in their locker room. They just won at Maryland, 81-78, weathering a furious Terp rally late. Any road win in the ACC is a good one.

BC radio was demanding a sellout crowd at Conte on Wednesday, challenging the students to show strong.

Tyrese Rice led the Eagles with 19. Corey Raji scored 17 off the bench in 18 minutes.

UMass87 · Post by **UMass87** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:52 pm

I'm pretty sure Tyrese Rice doesn't care what I think...btw...Maryland is no great shakes this year, either.

Rocks22 · Post by **Rocks22** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:37 am

MikeUMA wrote:BC radio was demanding a sellout crowd at Conte on Wednesday, challenging the students to show strong.

They better friggin sell out after not providing any tickets to the UMass ticket office.

And oh yeah,

throwdown · Post by **throwdown** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:20 am

umassfan0299 wrote:
Chris20 wrote:
umassfan0299 wrote: we need to bring it on defense and do a good job on the boards if we want to win.
Don't wait in the rain......

I think we need to either force them or hope they voluntarily play a run and gun game, just like Cuse.
Don't think that will work. We'll run, but I don't think our run and gun game will be good enough to beat good teams without playing defense.

Theres a reason why Sedale Jones and Papa Lo were the only freshmen that got any runs in the Marist game (not counting garbage time), while Groebe and Glass sat on the bench, and it wasn't because of offense. I think Ford is going to make it simple, buckle down on D or don't play, and if that means giving Gaffney 35 minutes a game so be it, atleast he gives the effort.

Correia, Glass, and Hill played also. Correia played 14 minutes.

theguru · Post by **theguru** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:06 pm

Rocks thanks for my new desktop

chlaur1 · Post by **chlaur1** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:20 pm

This is not a particularly good BC team. They are very beatable.

BC could very well be undefeated. They lost a very close game to Providence. They beat URI, Michigan, and Maryland. Rice is the real deal and there freshman are very talented.

With that being said if we can shoot 40% from 3's and play D with some heart and passion we have a chance to pull off an upset. Hopefully we can catch BC in a lull after there big ACC opener road win.

shovelhd · Post by **shovelhd** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:21 pm

Because, you know, playing UMass, is like practice.

InnervisionsUMASS · Post by **InnervisionsUMASS** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:21 pm

shovelhd wrote:Because, you know, playing UMass, is like practice.

I HATED that quote. I was pissed because I missed the game the year after that due to a trip to Chicago. I had all these ideas for signs and whatnot. They blew us out in Amherst though, so it wouldn't have mattered much I guess.

Post by **MikeUMA** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:25 pm

UMass has game notes up:
http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m ... 07aaa.html

John Rooke & Ron Perry to call the game on the U.

CrooksisRhyming · Post by **CrooksisRhyming** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:49 pm

shovelhd wrote:Because, you know, playing UMass, is like practice.

You can flip that around and recall the time that a Florida State football player called B.C.'s football stadium a "nice practice facility."

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:37 pm

what bars around amherst carry the U?

Rocks22 · Post by **Rocks22** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:22 pm

ktabz16 wrote: put that on a bumber sticker

Can't take credit for it. Stole it off some guy on USCHO.

78 · Post by 78 » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:00 am

chlaur1 wrote:
This is not a particularly good BC team. They are very beatable.
BC could very well be undefeated. They lost a very close game to Providence. They beat URI, Michigan, and Maryland. Rice is the real deal and there freshman are very talented.

With that being said if we can shoot 40% from 3's and play D with some heart and passion we have a chance to pull off an upset. Hopefully we can catch BC in a lull after there big ACC opener road win.

While BC has an impressive 7-1 record, let us not forget that we are 6-2. Also, Maryland is average at best this year and Michigan is awful. Michigan lost to Harvard. The BC win over URI is impressive. All of that said, things will have to go really well for us to win this game. Blair is impressive inside and the freshman Corey Raji has been playing great of late and was just named ACC freshman of the week. Blair had 10 blocks versus Maryland.

MassMan06 · Post by **MassMan06** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:24 am

What's the deal with parking at Conte?

DrG · Post by **DrG** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:06 am

MassMan06 wrote:What's the deal with parking at Conte?

You can park on campus.