Friars are let off the hook by Eagles
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Top-ranked Boston College dominated the first two periods, but Providence came on in the third and emerged with a 2-2 tie at Schneider Arena last night.
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On a night when the Boston College women's basketball team produced its worst offensive performance of the season, the Eagles still showed plenty of heart.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Temple, clawing toward the .500 mark in the Atlantic 10 Conference, had dispatched three straight bottom-feeding opponents by an average of 28 points entering yesterday's game against the University of Massachusetts. Rather than being intimidated by the league leaders, however, the Owls had the vision to be standings-blind.
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So what will Boston College's football team do for an encore? After posting back-to-back home victories in double overtime against Clemson (34-33 ) and Brigham Young (30-23 ), how do the 20th-ranked Eagles expect to top that tonight at North Carolina State?
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Larry Brown braced himself against the scorer&#39;s table, reaching for support on a sinking ship. His best player, Tim Duncan, walked past him toward the bench, having fouled out of the game.
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Aaron Ward and Dennis Wideman did not have the debut they were hoping for last night. The defensemen were factors in the Bruins taking a two-goal lead against the Flyers, but were merely onlookers in Philadelphia's 4-3 victory in overtime.
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The Boston College football team seemed haunted not just by the presence of Doug Flutie on the 22d anniversary of his Hail Mary heave to Gerard Phelan, but also by the disappointment from a 43-17 setback against Syracuse two years ago at Alumni Stadium that thwarted its last and best bid to win the Big East title outright.
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Marquette was facing an early exit from the Big East tournament, and St. John's fans were thinking about an upset. One big run and a bunch of clutch shots down the stretch helped the 18th-ranked Golden Eagles regain control Wednesday night to make the second round of the Big East tournament.
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Boston College was able to recover from a 14-point first half, but got sloppy down the stretch in falling to Vermont, 56-48, yesterday in the final of the Rhode Island Invitational in Kingston, R.I.
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It doesn't matter that Boston College is the No. 1 team in the country and sits atop Hockey East. Not when it comes to the Beanpot. No matter the circumstance, the road to the championship goes through Boston University, and last night at the FleetCenter the Eagles ran into a dead end thanks to a "backup" goalie.
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With two starters on the bench, Wake Forest had a different look at the start of its game against Temple. The postgame celebration wasn&#39;t quite the same, either.
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On the recent rare occasions when opponents have trailed the Celtics, the casual conversation during timeouts probably has been similar whether the Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat, or Detroit Pistons have been doing the talking. No team wants to enter the books as the opponent that ended Boston's franchise-record losing streak. Just as a team on a long winning streak motivates ...
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The Temple Owls have a terrible record, but they are not a bad team. Syracuse found that out Saturday when Temple defeated the Orange, 34-24, at Philadelphia, and the Boston College Eagles, who visit Lincoln Financial Field this Saturday after upsetting West Virginia, had best heed the lesson.
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Northeastern and Providence, two struggling teams, came into last night's encounter at Matthews Arena looking for an improved performance. The Huskies accomplished their mission, dominating the Friars, 6-0.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- When it came to wearing the goat's horns after Boston College's first loss of the season, a 17-15 setback against Atlantic Coast Conference foe North Carolina State Saturday night, there was no shortage of candidates in the Eagles' locker room.
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The Boston College women's basketball team suffered a humbling defeat last Thursday. Yesterday, it barely avoided a humiliating one.
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Trailing for much of the game, Boston College's Jared Dudley hits a key three-pointer with just over a minute left to propel the No. 8 Eagles over Providence, 78-75.