Bizarre Day In Boston College Sports

Well needless to say it was a bizarre day in Boston College sports Saturday with hockey losing at home and basketball winning on the road.  While no loss is ever good, hockey's 2-1 overtime loss to Notre Dame didn't irk me too much.  Although it would have been nice to continue the win streak, especially with it being senior night at Kelley Rink, the game was for the most part meaningless for the Eagles. BC had already clinched the top seed in the Hockey East Tournament and due to the stronghold both BC and Minnesota have on the top two rankings of college hockey, BC will still be a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament playing in the Worcester Regional.  Also, it wasn't like BC played bad.  It was nice to see Johnny Gaudreau extend his point streak to 29 games with another highlight reel goal, and Thatcher Demko did play well enough to deserve the win.  Hopefully this loss was one final wake-up call to remind the Eagles that they aren't invincible as they begin their postseason run next week.

As for basketball's 80-72 win over Wake Forest, I can't really comment too much on the game since I was at the hockey game while it was being played.  Although Wake Forest is almost equally as bad as BC, anytime the team can get a road win in ACC play it should be considered an accomplishment.  Also, with the win BC guaranteed that they will not finish dead last in the ACC, given the fact that even if they lose their next two games and Virginia Tech wins their, the Eagles still own the tiebreaker given their two victories over the Hokies this season.  The Eagles will try to potentially move up in the league standings this week when they take on Florida State at Conte Forum Tuesday night.

One final note about BC athletics, props to the football staff and athletic department for the "Be A Dude, Leave A Man" video that was released this weekend.  If you are a BC football fan and alum you will absolutely love this video.  It is clear that 2nd year head coach Steve Addazio is doing whatever he can to continue to promote not only the program but university as a whole.  If you haven't seen the video I have posted it below.  It is well worth the 2 minute viewing and will make you yearn for August 30th when the football season begins.