2017–18_Boston_College_Eagles_men's_basketball_team

2017–18 Boston College Eagles men's basketball
2017–18 Boston College Eagles men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	19–16 (7–11 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Christian (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Scott Spinelli; Bill Wuczynski; Chris Cheeks;
Home arena	Conte Forum
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 2017–18 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourth-year head coach Jim Christian,^[1] played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 19–16, 7–11 in ACC play to finish in 12th place. In the ACC tournament, they defeated Georgia Tech and NC State before losing in the quarterfinals to Clemson. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Western Kentucky.

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Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 10, 2017* 7:30 pm, ACCN Extra		Maine Hall of Fame Tip Off	W 85–65	1–0	18 – Tied	15 – Hawkins	4 – Robinson	Conte Forum (4,522) Chestnut Hill, MA
Nov 12, 2017* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra		South Carolina State	W 91–52	2–0	21 – Mitchell	11 – Hawkins	6 – Bowman	Conte Forum (3,104) Chestnut Hill, MA
Nov 14, 2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Sacred Heart Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic	W 73–53	3–0	22 – Hawkins	9 – Mitchell	7 – Bowman	Conte Forum (3,130) Chestnut Hill, MA
Nov 18, 2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN3		vs. Texas Tech Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic Naismith Bracket semifinals	L 64–75	3–1	15 – Bowman	7 – Tied	4 – Bowman	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
Nov 19, 2017* 3:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. La Salle Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic Naismith Bracket third place game	W 82–61	4–1	25 – Robinson	11 – Hawkins	7 – Bowman	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
Nov 22, 2017* 4:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Colgate	W 83–79	5–1	26 – Robinson	11 – Hawkins	8 – Bowman	Conte Forum (3,277) Chestnut Hill, MA
Nov 25, 2017* 8:00 pm, FS1		at Providence	L 66–86	5–2	19 – Tied	12 – Hawkins	4 – Tied	Dunkin' Donuts Center (10,806) Providence, RI
Nov 29, 2017* 9:00 pm, ESPNU		at Nebraska ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 62–71	5–3	17 – Robinson	9 – Reyes	6 – Bowman	Pinnacle Bank Arena (10,742) Lincoln, NE
Dec 2, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Hartford	W 73–61	6–3	23 – Robinson	11 – Popovich	4 – Tied	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (3,348) Hartford, CT
Dec 9, 2017 12:00 pm, ESPN		No. 1 Duke	W 89–84	7–3 (1–0)	30 – Bowman	10 – Bowman	9 – Bowman	Conte Forum (8,606) Chestnut Hill, MA
Dec 12, 2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Columbia	W 81–66	8–3	21 – Robinson	12 – Bowman	6 – Bowman	Conte Forum (3,989) Chestnut Hill, MA
Dec 17, 2017* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Central Connecticut	W 84–65	9–3	15 – Chatman	14 – Mitchell	4 – Robinson	Conte Forum (4,669) Chestnut Hill, MA
Dec 23, 2017* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Richmond	W 78–73	10–3	30 – Chatman	10 – Popovic	3 – Bowman	Conte Forum (5,538) Chestnut Hill, MA
Dec 30, 2017 2:00 pm, RSN/NESN		at No. 9 Virginia	L 58–59	10–4 (1–1)	29 – Robinson	9 – Bowman	1 – 4 tied	John Paul Jones Arena (14,538) Charlottesville, VA
Jan 3, 2018 7:00 pm, RSN/NESN		No. 25 Clemson	L 70–74	10–5 (1–2)	28 – Robinson	9 – Bowman	6 – Bowman	Conte Forum (3,911) Chestnut Hill, MA
Jan 6, 2018 4:00 pm, RSN/NESN		Wake Forest	W 77–71	11–5 (2–2)	25 – Robinson	10 – Bowman	5 – Robinson	Conte Forum (5,247) Chestnut Hill, MA
Jan 9, 2018 8:00 pm, ACCN		at No. 20 North Carolina	L 66–96	11–6 (2–3)	21 – Bowman	10 – Mitchell	5 – Bowman	Dean E. Smith Center (17,104) Chapel Hill, NC
Jan 13, 2018* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Dartmouth	W 86–72	12–6	19 – Bowman	10 – Mitchell	6 – Bowman	Conte Forum (4,953) Chestnut Hill, MA
Jan 15, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Florida State	W 81–75	13–6 (3–3)	19 – Tied	13 – Bowman	5 – Bowman	Conte Forum (5,867) Chestnut Hill, MA
Jan 21, 2018 12:00 pm, ACCN		at Louisville	L 69–77	13–7 (3–4)	19 – Robinson	11 – Mitchell	4 – Robinson	KFC Yum! Center (16,827) Louisville, KY
Jan 24, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Syracuse	L 63–81	13–8 (3–5)	21 – Robinson	5 – Tied	4 – Tied	Carrier Dome (21,262) Syracuse, NY
Jan 31, 2018 9:00 pm, RSN/NESN		Virginia Tech	L 80–85 ^OT	13–9 (3–6)	32 – Robinson	12 – Mitchell	8 – Bowman	Conte Forum (4,091) Chestnut Hill, MA
Feb 4, 2018 12:00 pm, ESPNU		Georgia Tech	W 80–72	14–9 (4–6)	19 – Tied	10 – Mitchell	5 – Robinson	Conte Forum (4,763) Chestnut Hill, MA
Feb 6, 2018 8:00 pm, ACCN		at Notre Dame	L 85–96	14–10 (4–7)	46 – Robinson	11 – Mitchell	5 – Bowman	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,953) South Bend, IN
Feb 10, 2018 2:00 pm, RSN/NESN		No. 25 Miami (FL)	W 72–70	15–10 (5–7)	29 – Robinson	12 – Bowman	6 – Bowman	Conte Forum (7,740) Chestnut Hill, MA
Feb 13, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPNews		at Pittsburgh	W 81–58	16–10 (6–7)	27 – Robinson	14 – Popovic	7 – Bowman	Peterson Events Center (2,835) Pittsburgh, PA
Feb 17, 2018 4:00 pm, ACCN		Notre Dame	L 67–84	16–11 (6–8)	29 – Robinson	11 – Popovic	3 – tied	Conte Forum (8,606) Chestnut Hill, MA
Feb 20, 2018 7:00 pm, RSN/NESN		at NC State	L 66–82	16–12 (6–9)	21 – Bowman	13 – Mitchell	3 – Robinson	PNC Arena (15,225) Raleigh, NC
Feb 24, 2018 2:00 pm, RSN/NESN		at Miami (FL)	L 78–79	16–13 (6–10)	30 – Robinson	5 – tied	7 – Mitchell	Watsco Center (7,010) Coral Gables, FL
Feb 28, 2018 9:00 pm, RSN/NESN		Syracuse	W 85–70	17–13 (7–10)	23 – Bowman	6 – Popovic	7 – Robinson	Conte Forum (5,718) Chestnut Hill, MA
Mar 3, 2018 2:00 pm, RSN/NESN		at Florida State	L 76–85	17–14 (7–11)	22 – Bowman	11 – Robinson	5 – Bowman	Donald L. Tucker Center (9,825) Tallahassee, FL
ACC tournament
Mar 6, 2018 12:00 pm, ESPN2	(12)	vs. (13) Georgia Tech First round	W 87–77	18–14	26 – Bowman	11 – Mitchell	6 – Bowman	Barclays Center (10,612) Brooklyn, NY
Mar 7, 2018 2:00 pm, ESPN	(12)	vs. (5) NC State Second round	W 91–87	19–14	26 – Robinson	15 – Mitchell	5 – Robinson	Barclays Center (17,732) Brooklyn, NY
Mar 8, 2018 2:00 pm, ESPN	(12)	vs. (4) No. 19 Clemson Quarterfinals	L 82–90	19–15	23 – Bowman	9 – Mitchell	4 – Bowman	Barclays Center (17,732) Brooklyn, NY
NIT
Mar 13, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN3	(5)	at (4) Western Kentucky First Round – USC Bracket	L 62–79	19–16	18 – Bowman	10 – Mitchell	3 – Tied	E. A. Diddle Arena (6,176) Bowling Green, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Connar Tava	2	F	6'6"	250	RS Senior	Macomb, MI	Graduated
Ty Graves	3	G	6'0"	165	Freshman	Greensboro, NC	Transferred to Saint Louis
Garland Owens	5	F	6'5"	222	Senior	Gaithersburg, MD	Graduated
A. J. Turner	11	G/F	6'7"	188	Sophomore	Mount Clemens, MI	Transferred to Northwestern
Aser Ghebremichael	14	F	6'8"	195	Sophomore	Somerville, MA	Walk-on; didn't return
Mo Jeffers	15	F	6'9"	240	RS Senior	Washington, D.C.	Graduated

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Luka Kraljević #56 PF	Crown Point, IN	Don Bosco Prep	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	N/A	Nov 16, 2016
Luka Kraljević #56 PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN:
Steffon Mitchell SF	Shakopee, MN	Sunrise Christian Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	May 5, 2017
Steffon Mitchell SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A
Vin Baker Jr. SF	Old Saybrook, CT	Hamden Hall Country Day School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	May 1, 2017
Vin Baker Jr. SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A
Avery Wilson SG	Forest Park, GA	Forest Park High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Apr 21, 2017
Avery Wilson SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

US college sports recruiting information for 2018 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Wynston Tabbs #51 SG	Leonardtown, MD	Saint Mary's Ryken	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	Aug 11, 2017
Wynston Tabbs #51 SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Jairus Hamilton #14 SF	Concord, NC	Cannon School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jan 11, 2018
Jairus Hamilton #14 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

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2017–18 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Virginia †	17	–	1	.944	31	–	3	.912
No. 9 Duke	13	–	5	.722	29	–	8	.784
No. 22 Miami (FL)	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
No. 20 Clemson	11	–	7	.611	25	–	10	.714
NC State	11	–	7	.611	21	–	12	.636
No. 10 North Carolina	11	–	7	.611	26	–	11	.703
Virginia Tech	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
Florida State	9	–	9	.500	23	–	12	.657
Louisville	9	–	9	.500	22	–	14	.611
Notre Dame	8	–	10	.444	21	–	15	.583
Syracuse	8	–	10	.444	23	–	14	.622
Boston College	7	–	11	.389	19	–	16	.543
Georgia Tech	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
Wake Forest	4	–	14	.222	11	–	20	.355
Pittsburgh	0	–	18	.000	8	–	24	.250

† 2018 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll