BC Wraps Up Regular Season on Saturday at Louisville

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. LOUISVILLE - ALL-TIME SERIES

Today's game marks the 18th meeting between the two schools. Boston College is 7-10 all-time versus Louisville.
This is the second of two regular season matchups vs. the Cards. BC earned an 89-77 victory at Conte Forum on Feb. 13.
The Eagles have won the previous three meetings.The Eagles were 2-0 versus the Cardinals last season.
BC won 75-65 during the regular season and earned an 80-62 win in the opening round of the ACC Tournament.
Boston College is 3-8 versus the Cardinals in ACC play.

POST AMONG NATION'S ELITE

Quinten Post is one of the best players in the country and his stat line for the Eagles this season is perfect evidence.
He is the only major conference player in the nation averaging 16.8 points, 8.0 boards, 2.9 assists, and 1.9 blocks per game.
The last ACC player to average that season stat line: Wake Forest's Tim Duncan in 1996-97.
Using only points and rebounds: Post is one of six major conference players averaging at least 16.8 points and 8.0 rebounds per game; two in the ACC (Omier); five are on the Wooden midseason list.
Since the 1990-91 season, Post joins Jared Dudley, Craig Smith (3x), Danya Abrams (2x), and Bill Curley (2x) as the only BC players to average at least 16.8 points and 8.0 rebounds.
Using only points and assists: Post is one of 21 major conference players to average at least 16.8 points and 2.9 assists.
Post is one of three players nationally with a 50/40/80 line of percentages - at 51.4 FG%, 44.6 3FG%, and 80.7 FT%.
It's not a small sample: in 79 games at BC since 2021-22, Post has registered nearly a 50/40/80 shooting line - .517 FG; .421 3FG; .793 FT. - the only active player (min. 10.0 ppg) to post such shooting lines since the start of 2021-22- present.
Over the past three seasons vs. major conference opponents (61 games), Post is averaging 13.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.3 blocks while shooting .519/.433/.787.
Post is one of two players to rank among the top 10 in the ACC in scoring, rebounding, blocks, and FG percentage.

MOST IMPROVED McGLOCKTON

Devin McGlockton is one of the ACC's Most Improved Players, showing major jumps in several stat categories
Through 30 games, McGlockton is fourth on the Eagles in scoring (10.4) and second in rebounding (6.0) and blocks (1.0).
McGlockton's per game averages have increased across the board: scoring +4.3, rebounding +2.1, and blocked shots +0.3.
In ACC play (19 games), McGlockton is averaging 11.8 points and 6.3 rebounds in 32 minutes per game.
Year-over-year, he has almost tripled his scoring (+6.3) and more than doubled his rebounding (+2.8) in ACC games.
McGlockton leads the ACC in FG percentage (ACC games only) at .609 (92-151); up from .500 a year ago.
The 6-7 forward ranks 36th nationally (3rd ACC) in effective FG% (.625) and 58th nationally (5th ACC) in true shooting percentage (.638) - metrics which adjusts for 3-point shooting.
He has two double-doubles and has set new career-highs in scoring (30), rebounding (14), and blocks (3) this year.

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

Quinten Post is one of seven major conference players in the last 27 years to tally at least 40 3-pointers, 80 assists, and 50 blocks in a season.
Over his last six games, Jaeden Zackery is 11-of-16 from beyond the arc (.688); he was 15-of--50 (.300) in his first 24 games.

ON THIS DATE: MARCH 9

Boston College is 6-1 all-time and 1-1 in ACC play in games played on the March 9 calendar date.
Five of the wins came in conference tournament play - three in the Big East and two in the ACC.
March 9 marks the dual celebration of National Crabmeat and National Meatball Days.
Several historic events occurred on March 9: 1776: Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" first published; 1820: Congress passed the Land Act, paving the way for westward expansion; 1932: Eamon deValera elected president of the Republic of Ireland; 1987: U2's "The Joshua Tree" released; 1997: The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) was shot and killed in L.A.
Notable March 9 birthdays: U.S. soccer great Clint Dempsey, chess master Bobby Fischer, author Mickey Spillane, Olympic skiier Julia Mancuso, saxophonist Ornette Coleman, explorer Amerigo Vespucci, and Irish activist Bobby Sands.

MASON MADSEN, FOR STARTERS

Since entering the starting lineup seven games ago, Mason Madsen is averaging 13.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.3 assists.
The 6-4 guard has made 23 3-pointers over that seven-game span, connecting from long-range at a .418 clip.
On Feb. 24 at N.C. State, Madsen scored 21 points (8-11 FG; 4-7 3FG) to go with seven boards and two assists.
Madsen drilled a career-high seven 3-pointers en route to a career-high 25 points in a win over Miami on Feb. 17.
At Florida State, he scored 14 points (4-8 3FG), while tallying 11 points, four rebounds, four assists vs. Louisville.
In his first start of the seven-game string, Madsen had a team-high 15 points (6-11 FG) at Duke on Feb. 10.
In eight total games as a starter this year, he is averaging 14.0 points per game and has made 26-of-62 3-pointers.
In the 21 games he came off the bench, Madsen averaged 6.1 points per game in nearly 17 minutes per outing.

ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE HELPERS

As a playmaker, Jaeden Zackery ranks among the top players nationally in three different categories.
He is 84th nationally in assist/turnover ratio (2.31:1), 106th in total assists (127), and 118th in assists per game (4.2).
Earlier this month, Zackery became the 14th different Eagle since 1996-97 to reach the 100 assist mark in a season.
Zackery's 127 assists are the most by a BC player since Ky Bowman (165) during the 2017-18 campaign.
Jaeden Zackery is one of six Boston College players to tally at least 127 assists and 55 steals in a single season.
The others: Michael Adams (2x), Troy Bell, Howard Eisley, Duane Woodward, and Jim Sweeney.

THREE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER

BC has connected on 68 3-pointers over its last seven games, including a season-high 15 in the first meeting vs. Miami.
The 15 3-pointers made against Miami tied for the fourth-most in a single-game in Boston College men's basketball history.
Over the seven-game stretch, the Eagles are connecting at a .410 clip from the perimeter, making 68-of-166 shots from deep.
The Eagles rank 44th nationally - and third in the ACC - in 3-point percentage, making 36.6% of their long-range attempts.
The 36.6% clip ranks as the 11th-best season 3FG% in BC history; the 245 made 3-pointers is fifth-best in a single-season.

RECORD BOOK RESET

Career

Quinten Post is eighth all-time on BC's career blocked shots list. He has 102 swats in 79 games.
Jaeden Zackery sits at 10th all-time on Boston College's steals list. He has 160 swipes in 97 games.
Zackery also ranks fifth on BC's all-time 3-point field goal percentage list, connecting on .402 for his career (109-271).

Season

Post's 54 blocked shots this season rank as the seventh-most in a single-season in Boston College history.
Devin McGlockton's .588 field goal percentage mark would rank as the 10th-best single-season FG proficiency mark.
Mason Madsen's .426 3-point percentage ranks as seventh-best in BC's single-season record book.

LOW TURNOVER COUNT

Boston College ranks 72nd nationally (7th in ACC) in turnovers per game, committing 10.6 turnovers per game.
It would rank as the lowest turnovers/game rate since Boston College tracked the stat beginning in 1979-80.
Previously, the lowest turnovers per game rate was 2010-11, when BC committed 11.1 turns per outing.
BC has registered single-digits in the TO column 16 times (10-6 in those games), including 3-2 in games with five or fewer.

ANALYTICALLY CORRECT

Per KenPom, Boston College ranks 64th nationally (7th ACC) in adjusted offensive efficiency with a 114.2 rating.
The metric measures the total points scored by a team per 100 possessions.
It is the highest national ranking in the key offensive metric since the 2013-14 season, when BC was 32nd with a 114.3 mark.
In ACC play only, BC ranks ninth overall in the conference, with a 106.0 adjusted offensive efficiency mark.

McBLOCKTON

Over the past two seasons, BC is 24-11 when Devin McGlockton tallies a blocked shot; 10-2 when he blocks at least two shots.
The sophomore forward has registered at least one block in 19 of 30 games in 2023-24 and two blocks in six games.
The versatile 6-7 post presence is averaging just under 1.0 blocked shots per game in over 30 minutes of playing time.

CAN'T KNOCK THE HUSTLE

Boston College is 5-3 this year, 7-1 in 2022-23 and 13-5 since Feb. 21, 2022 when Jaeden Zackery scores at least 15 points.
He scored a team-high 19 points, making all three 3-point attempts - including his 1,000th career points - at Florida State.
Zackery tallied a career-high 21 points in nearly 39 minutes of play at The Citadel on Nov. 10.
Against Notre Dame, Zackery had a team-high 20 points, grabbing three rebounds, and dropping three dimes.
When Zackery goes to the free throw line at least five times, BC is 3-3 this year, was 7-2 in 2022-23, and is 12-6 all-time.
Zackery has committed one or fewer turnovers in 12 games in 2023-24 and has 42 total turns in 790 minutes this year.
Boston College has won 13 of its last 17 games when Zackery commits one or fewer turnovers in a game.
Zackery is one of three ACC players (Mintz - 14; Beekman - 14; Zackery - 13) with at least 13 games of 10 pts/4 asst/2 stl.
Last season, Zackery had nine games with four or more assists. He's done so in 21 of 30 games this season.
On Feb. 13, Zackery became the 17th different Boston College player since the 1996-97 season to tally at least 100 assists.
With 127 assists so far this season, it is the most dimes by an Eagle since 2017-18 (Ky Bowman - 165).

COMEBACK KINGS

Seven of Boston College's 16 wins have come when the Eagles have trailed by double digits: Richmond (14, 1H); Harvard (10, 2H); vs. St. John's (10, 2H), at Georgia Tech (16, 2H); Notre Dame (12, 1H); Louisville (10, 1H); at Miami (10, 1H).
Boston College's 16-point comeback win at Georgia Tech was the largest for the Eagles since Jan. 15, 2022.
On that date, the Eagles came back from 23 down in the first half at Clemson to win by two - 70-68.
The 16-point comeback at GT was the third-most in BC history, behind Clemson (23) and Kent State (18) on Dec. 29, 2004.

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