No. 8 Boston College Eagles (16-16, 7-11 ACC) vs. No. 1 Miami Hurricanes (24-6, 15-3 ACC)
What: 60th ACC Tournament Quarterfinals
Time: Noon Eastern
Date: Friday, March 15, 2013
Place: Greensboro, N.C.
Arena: Greensboro Coliseum
Capacity: 23,500
TV: ESPN2 / WatchESPN (Local TV Listings)
Radio: WEEI (850 AM)
Radio Announcers: Jon Meterparel, Dave Odom
Line: Boston College +8.5
Last Time Out: The Eagles pasted Georgia Tech 84-64 behind 41 points from Olivier Hanlan.
Series: Boston College and Miami have met 41 times. Boston College leads the all-time series 24-17.
Last Meeting: Miami 72, Boston College 50 (February 5, 2013)
Last Meeting at ACC Tournament: Boston College 74, Miami 71 (March 9, 2007)
Last Five Meetings:
L - Miami 72, Boston College 50 (February 5, 2013)
L - Miami 60, Boston College 59 (January 16, 2013)
L - Miami 77, Boston College 56 (March 3, 2012)
L - Miami 76, Boston College 54 (January 29, 2012)
L - Miami 71, Boston College 64 (February 23, 2011)
Trends: BC improves to 7-7 all-time in the ACC Tournament. Sample size, but the Eagles are currently only the fourth program in the conference to have an all-time ACC Tournament winning percentage of .500 or better (Duke, North Carolina, N.C. State). The Hurricanes have won the last six games between the two sides. They have won nine of the last 11 overall.
Miami's 2011-2012 Record: 20-13 (9-7 ACC), NIT 2nd Round
Miami's Probable Starters:
G - Durand Scott (Sr.) - 6-5, 203 lbs., Bronx, N.Y. - 12.9 PPG, 2.6 APG, 4.1 RPG
G - Trey McKinney Jones (Sr.) - 6-5, 220 lbs., Milwaukee, Wi. - 9.2 PPG, 1.6 APG, 3.3 RPG
F-C - Julian Gamble (Sr.) - 6-10, 250 lbs., Durham, N.C. - 6.6 PPG, 0.2 APG, 4.9 RPG
F-C - Kenny Kadji (Sr.) - 6-11, 242 lbs., Douala, Cameroon - 13.6 PPG, 0.8 APG, 6.9 RPG
C - Reggie Johnson (Sr.) - 6-10, 292 lbs., Winston-Salem, N.C. - 7.7 PPG, 0.9 APG, 7.4 RPG
Boston College's Last Game Starters:
G - Olivier Hanlan (Fr.) - 6-4, 188 lbs., Aylmer, Quebec - 14.6 PPG, 2.4 APG, 4.2 RPG
G - Joe Rahon (Fr.) - 6-2, 195 lbs., San Diego, Ca. - 10.1 PPG, 3.6 APG, 3.3 RPG
G - Patrick Heckmann (So.) - 6-5, 205 lbs., Mainz, Germany - 7.7 PPG, 1.4 APG, 2.4 RPG
F - Ryan Anderson (So.) - 6-8, 220 lbs., Lakewood, Ca. - 15.1 PPG, 1.5 APG, 8.1 RPG
C - Dennis Clifford (So.) - 7-0, 250 lbs., Bridgewater, Mass. - 3.0 PPG, 0.5 APG, 3.2 RPG
Leave your pre-, in- and post-game comments below. Here we go.
Go Eagles!