Eagles Open the 2021-22 Season vs. Dartmouth on Tuesday

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. DARTMOUTH - ALL-TIME SERIES

Today's game marks the 31st meeting between the two schools.
Boston College is 22-8 all-time vs. Dartmouth, dating back to 1904-05.
The last meeting came on Jan. 13, 2018, with BC winning, 86-72.
Big Green assistant coach Josh Einhorn served as a graduate manager at Boston College from 2018-20.
BC has won its last seven meetings with the Big Green.

BOSTON COLLEGE VERSUS THE IVY LEAGUE

Boston College is 94-30 in games versus Ivy League opponents.
Harvard is BC's' most common Ivy League foe (51 meetings; 35-16).
BC versus the Ivy League: Brown (20-1); Columbia (3-0); Cornell (3-0); Dartmouth (22-8); Penn (1-2); Princeton (1-0); Yale (9-3).

BOSTON COLLEGE IN SEASON OPENERS

In its 89 previous season openers, Boston College has posted an outstanding 69-20 (.775) winning percentage.
Last year, BC dropped a 76-67 decision to No. 3 Villanova in the season opener on Nov. 25 in the 2K Empire Classic.
BC won its 2019-20 opener - 77-70 - at home over Wake Forest.
BC has played its season opener at Conte Forum in six of the last seven seasons and 31 of the last 35 years.

THE EARL GRANT ERA IS UNDERWAY

Earl Grant was introduced as the 13th head men's basketball in Boston College history on March 17.
Grant arrived at the Heights after a highly successful seven-year stint at the College of Charleston.
From 2014-21, Grant compiled a 127-89 overall record, including three consecutive 20-win seasons from 2016-19.
Grant led the Cougars to a top-four finish in the CAA in each of the last five seasons, including the 2018 regular season and conference tournament championship.
Under Grant, CofC was one of only 21 NCAA Division I schools to have players drafted in both the 2019 and 2020 NBA Drafts.
He was a finalist for the 2019 Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award, presented annually to a coach who not only achieves success on the basketball court, but who also displays moral integrity off the court.

BOSTON COLLEGE - SEVENTH-LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF MINUTES RETURNING

Boston College has the seventh-lowest percentage nationally of minutes played returning for 2021-22.
Returning BC players accounted for 27.6% of minutes played a season ago.
This ranks fourth-lowest among power conferences, behind Creighton (18%), Missouri (19.7), and Iowa State (25.1).
The Eagles return 30.3% of its scoring, 37.2% of its rebounding, and 39.1% of its assists from last season.

TODAY'S BOSTON COLLEGE NOTE(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

Makai Ashton-Langford and DeMarr Langford Jr. are one of 15 sets of brothers that play on the same Division I team.
Today's game is the fourth-earliest calendar date for a Boston College game. The earliest was Nov. 6, twice.
According to my own research (src: Google), there are approximately 2,800 7-footers in the world. @BCMBB has two of them.

ON THIS DATE: NOVEMBER 9

Boston College has never played on the November 9 calendar date.
November 9 marks the dual celebration of National Scrapple and National Louisiana Days.
Several notable events in history occurred on November 9 - 1872 - The Great Fire of Boston - started on the corner of Summer and Kingston - destroying 776 buildings across 65 acres of land downtown; 1906 - Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to visit a foreign country; 1953 - The SCOTUS rules Major League Baseball exempt from anti-trust laws; 1968: Joe Cocker's version of the Beatles' "With a Little Help..." goes No. 1 in the U.K.
Notable November 9 birthdays: astronomer Carl Sagan; actress Dorothy Dandrige; wrestler Chris Jericho; rapper Big Pun.

THREE VETERAN TRANSFERS JOIN ROSTER

Three transfers will suit up for Boston College this season.
Brevin Galloway is a graduate transfer from the College of Charleston.
Last season, the 6-2, 200 lb. guard was averaging 15.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 2.8 assists - including a 27-point/5-rebound/4-assist/3-steal performance vs. Marshall - before suffering a season-ending knee injury.
T.J. Bickerstaff is a transfer from Drexel. A junior academically, the 6-9, 210 lb. forward has three years of eligibility remaining.
Last year, averaging 10.2 points and 4.1 rebounds in 20 games, as the Dragons advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
Quinten Post is a 7-0 forward who transferred to Boston College from Mississippi State. He has three seasons of eligibility.
Last season, when the athletic post man scored six points or more, MSU was 5-2.

TRANSFERS WITH SOME EXPERIENCE VS. THE ACC

While at CofC, Brevin Galloway averaged 12.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.5 steals in two games vs. ACC foes.
In the 2020-21 opener, Galloway scored 15 points - knocking down 3-of-6 from the perimeter - at North Carolina.
As a junior, Galloway talllied 10 points in a non-conference matchup against Wake Forest.
T. J. Bickerstaff registered 19 points, five rebounds, and two steals at Pitt last season while at Drexel.

ASHTON-LANGFORD'S JOURNEY CONTINUES

Makai Ashton-Langford enters his fourth season of college basketball in 2021-22.
Last season, the point guard from Worcester, Mass. posted career-highs averages in scoring (9.6 ppg), rebounding (3.3), assists (3.2), and steals (1.7) in 15 games played.
Over the final four games of the 2020-21 season, he averaged 13.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists - one of just two ACC players to post those averages over the final stretch of the regular season.
During that span, the 6-3 guard shot nearly 56% from the floor (20-36) and 40% from 3FG (6-15), while posting an assist/turnover ratio of 2.71:1 (19:7) and a steal/turnover ratio of 0.86:1 (6:7).
Ashton-Langford ranked 56th nationally in steal percentage (3.6) and 201st in assist rate (24.5) per KenPom.
He tallied double-digits in the scoring column on seven occasions and dished out six or more assists on three occasions.
This past summer, Ashton-Langford was awarded his undergraduate degree in communications from Boston College.
He began his college career at Providence, playing 63 games for the Friars from 2017-19.

THE TALLEST COLLEGE DORM ROOM IN THE COUNTRY

Justin Vander Baan and Quinten Post are what is believed to be the tallest pair of roommates in America.
The pair of 7-footers live together on campus - and mark the first time since 2014-15 that BC has two 7-footers on its roster.
Dennis Clifford and Kyle Caudill were together on the BC roster from 2011-15.
Prior to that, Nate Doornekamp and Kirsten Zoellner played together from 2001-03.
Boston College is one of seven schools with at least two 7-footers on its roster in 2021-22. Florida State tops the list, with four.

INSIDE THE METRICS - STYLE OF PLAY (per KenPom)

Earl Grant-coached teams have shown a strong ability to take care of the ball.
From 2016-21, Grant's Charleston teams consistently ranked among the top teams in the country in TO% (# of poss/turns).
In 2017-18 - CofC's NCAA Tournament season, the Cougars posted a 15.1% TO rate - good for 16th-best nationally.
Other TO rate marks: 2016-17 - 15.9 (24); 2017-18 - 15.1 (16); 2018-19 - 5.6 (19); 2019-20 - 16.3 (33); 2020-21 - 16.3 (48).
That is coupled with CofC's consistent ranking among the top 100 in eFG%, including a high of 37th nationally in 2018-19 (54.2), and the Cougars' high rate of shooting from the perimeter.
Last year, CofC connected on 38.2% from beyond the arc - 11th-best nationally.
Grant's teams have ranked among the nation's top 100 in 3-point percentage in three of the last four seasons.

BOO FROM THE WOO - LANGFORD JR. EMERGING

Last season as a freshman, DeMarr Langford Jr. scored a season-best 17 points in the Feb. 27 win over Notre Dame.
Langford Jr. was 7-of-9 from the foul line, including going 4-for-4 with less than 11 seconds left to seal the victory.
He added six rebounds, two assists, and a steal in BC's second win over the Irish in the last 18 tries.
Earlier, at home against #22/21 Virginia, Langford Jr. tallied a then season-high 14 points.
Prior to that, in his second collegiate start, he tallied 12 points, eight boards, three assists, and two steals at #21/24 Duke.
In 18 games, Langford Jr. averaged 6.7 points and 4.2 boards while adding 1.4 assists, and 1.1 steals per game.
As a starter, Langford Jr. averaged 9.0 points, 5.1 boards, 2.0 assists, and 1.2 steals in nine games.
Langford Jr. - nicknamed Boo by his grandmother - is the younger brother of starting point guard Makai Ashton-Langford.
On Nov. 26, 2020 vs. Rhode Island, they became the first brothers who are Massachusetts natives to start the same game for BC.

READY FREDDIE

Frederick Scott enters his final season as a collegian having connected on nearly 40% from beyond the arc.
Scott - a 6-8, 230 lb. forward - has made 108 of-279 shots from the outside in 103 career games.
In limited action last season, Scott averaged 7.6 points and 3.9 boards.
The grad transfer from Munster, Ind. came off the bench to score 18 points vs. Notre Dame on Feb. 27.
Between Rider and BC, Scott has compiled 1,203 career points and a career 11.7 points per game average.

KARNIK A SEASON AGO

James Karnik saw action in 14 games in 2020-21 for Boston College, missing three games prior to gaining his eligibility waiver.
The 6-9 forward averaged 6.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, ranking third on the team on the glass.
Karnik led BC with 20 points (8-13 FG) - one off his career-high - to go with eight boards vs. Syracuse on Dec. 12, 2020.
As a starter, the Surrey, British Columbia product averaged nearly 8.0 points to go with 6.3 boards per game.
He scored in double figures twice and had seven or more rebounds on six occasions.

ABOUT THE NEWCOMERS

Four Boston College freshmen are making their Division I debuts tonight vs. Dartmouth.
Kanye Jones is a 6-4 guard from Orlando. Jones originally committed to Earl Grant at Charleston before signing at BC.
A 2020-21 FHSAA Class 7A All-State pick, he averaged nearly 21.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 2.0 steals.
Devin McGlockton is a 6-7 forward from Cumming, Ga. McGlockton earned All-State accolades in football and basketball.
As a senior, he led South Forsyth H.S. to a record 23 wins as he averaged 18.0 points and 10.0 boards per outing.
Gianni Thompson is a 6-8 forward from Newton, Ma. He was rated as a four-star recruit on 247Sports.com.
As a junior, he was an All-NEPSAC selection at Brimmer & May, averaging 19.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game.
Jaeden Zackery is a 6-2 guard from Salem, Wisc. He was a 2020-21 Third Team NJCAA All-American at Chipola College.
Zackery averaged 12.5 points, 3.8 boards, and 4.2 assists for Chipola, which finished 23-5, winning the Panhandle Conference.

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