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The Opening Tip: Hampton
November 18, 2025 | Men's Basketball, #ForBoston Files
The Pirates are one of four teams to make their debut on a BC schedule.
Earl Grant admittedly wasn't sure how his Boston College basketball team would respond to the aftermath of its 60-59 loss to Central Connecticut State. The Eagles hadn't faced the adversity of a self-inflicted loss, so dealing with their first total setback as a collective unit, as this year's team, cast a pall over the sticker shock of the program's second-ever loss to an NEC team. No way of quieting the internal noise about the loss existed, and BC found no option other than to walk through the choppy seas created by the unexpected misfortune.
He especially wanted the players to experience, as he often noted, the fruits of their labor, but the weekend road trip to Temple loomed larger than usual because the Owls were a more traditional northeast powerhouse with their own exceptional tradition as a Philadelphia Big 5 school. Their 30-odd NCAA Tournament appearances and status as one of the Atlantic-10 Conference's original powerhouses were the kind of star power that would have made for a great cross-section against the past life of BC's own Big East history, at least.
But beyond the casual conversation over Temple's two NIT victories over Boston College - one of which was in the 1969 championship round - this was the kind of game that the Eagles apparently needed. No intimidation factor existed, so each team spent two halves delivering the kind of punches and body blows capable of sharpening internal resolve. By the end, few thought about the one-point loss to the Blue Devils, but everyone discussed the attitude-adjusting five-point win over the previously-unbeaten Owls.
"When you're on a journey and you deal with adversity and disappointment and setbacks, you never know how the team is going to respond," said Grant in his postgame remarks. "When you have a team that's forming, and this team hasn't been together with the blend of new guys and returners, they're trying to learn how to win. We're trying to eliminate losing by finding out the right rotations that we can play, so to come on the road after a really hard and disappointing loss where we defended at a championship level, shows a lot about character."
The criticisms about BC's ability to close out an opponent hit the Eagles particularly hard after CCSU compounded the previous overtime loss to Florida Atlantic, so their ownership in the second half of Saturday's game perfectly captured the growth inside of the team's locker room. The Owls never totally faded into oblivion after entering halftime with a five point deficit, but the individual achievements within the collective team game buried Temple into stretchtime minutes.
Donald Hand, Jr.'s 12-point second half performance particularly stood out, though his role often facilitated the rest of the team after his five rebounds complemented Aidan Shaw's 10-board breakout. Boden Kapke likewise went 3-for-6 with three assists during an inside-out game that relentlessly attacked Temple's interior, and Luka Toews went 3-for-5 while Fred Payne assumed a bit of alpha dog status with six points, two assists, a steal, a rebound - and a couple of key free throws to ice a 76-71 game.
"I was anxious to see what our response would be," said Grant. "I'm really learning that we have to be process-oriented and not result-oriented. Even last Wednesday [after the CCSU loss], it was supposed to be a day off, but I had other things planned for that day and realized that I have to stop planning. We have to take everything one day at a time and trust the process of one game at a time. We'll learn from this [win], and we're learning a lot about our group right now."
Returning home with its second win in hand, Tuesday's home game provides more opportunity for continued education. Here's what to watch in the Eagles' first-ever matchup with Hampton:
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Hampton Storylines (Smokey Robinson Edition)
Oh, but if you feel like lovin' me,
If you got the notion.
I second that emotion.
I grew up in a household that possessed extremely different music tastes. Maybe it's influencing how my wife and I raise our children in our different genres, but I remember Sunday mornings with the six-CD changer blaring so many tunes throughout the Rubin household (you young'ins might need to Google that one). My dad, for example, played a good chunk of Three Dog Night and The Rolling Stones while my mom hooked us into Motown with The Supremes and The Temptations. About 20 years ago, I stumbled my own way into The Miracles, and with it came a new love for Smokey Robinson.
Twenty years ago also coincided with my own personal discovery of the Hampton Pirates and the fourth No. 15 seed to ever defeat a No. 2 seed in the first round. I actually picked that game in my bracket because MEAC teams never earned seeds higher than the ritualistic No. 16 blowout to a top-ranked team. That Hampton even moved into a No. 16 seed was a tribute or credit to a very good mid-major that also hadn't played a big conference opponent beyond Kansas State.
Drawing Iowa State, strange as it sounds, was the best possible matchup. For a top-seeded team, the Cyclones were weirdly ice cold against Baylor in the Big 12 Tournament and rarely scored 80 points in a single game. They'd torched Oklahoma but struggled with both Troy and Brigham Young in a mid-December tournament in Hawaii, and both Northern Iowa and Southern Mississippi handed them tough outs in the first part of the year. Oddly enough, they had one of the best players in the tournament, but a path to winning existed if the Pirates could shut down Jamaal Tinsley.
In the end, Tarvis Williams hit a shot with less than 10 seconds remaining to complete a 10-point comeback that beat the second-seeded Cyclones. I felt like a creative genius for picking a No. 15 seed (let's ignore the number of teams that I've lost in the first weekend of every bracket pick), and a legend was born in Boise.Â
So take a good look at my face.
You'll see my smile, it's out of place.
If you look closer, it's easy to trace.
The tracks of my tears.
It's hard to pinpoint this year's Hampton squad without replaying the yo-yo effect that's impacted a number of teams at the start of the season. At 2-3, the Pirates hold a Division I win over an underrated Brown University squad that finished last season with a winning record despite slipping through the Ivy League's cracks, but they lost to a previously-winless Holy Cross team because the Crusaders essentially shot the lights out of the Hart Center gymnasium.
Alarmists and optimists can point more specifically to how three different players cut through the internal mechanisms of Hampton's defense. Six-foot, seven-inch Aidan Disu, in particular, had 10 points and four rebounds while guards Joe Boston and Tyler Nugent combined for 38 points and seven rebounds from the backcourt, which by itself is an indication that the defense couldn't double down on anyone getting to the paint. Looking even deeper, Disu's 5-for-7 game in the interior translates to an opportunity for BC's frontcourt to continue growing in a way that sprouted Shaw and Kapke against Temple.
"I saw us sticking to our identity," said Grant about the team's performance at Temple. "I saw us being really connected with good finish and energy on the road. I saw a lot of good things. We try to be a winning team, and it was a good start [in Philadelphia]."
There's some sad things known to man.
But ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown,
When there's no one around.
Temple's ability to shoot 39 percent from the floor and 35 percent on three pointers kept the Owls relevant during Saturday's second half, but it wasn't enough to overcome the 9-for-31 first half that included an 0-for-8 mark on three-pointers. From an analytics standpoint, they wouldn't have even been in the game at the break if they hadn't gone 13-for-15 on free throws, so there's a direct pathway to the solidification of BC's defensive strategy.
What I really liked about BC's effort on the back end exemplified and stamped the team's dedication to education, and the Eagles essentially used their own deficiency as a tool to bury an opponent. In plain English, BC turned what CCSU did to its offense into a net positive by utilizing the morphing zone against Temple. Unlike CCSU, though, the Eagles were able to send Kapke towards the free throw line whenever they shifted from 2-3 to 3-2, and their switches kept the Owls completely off of their mark.Â
"We had to make adjustments," said Grant. "We were running into an opponent who had 90 points in their last game and shot 50 percent from three. So we knew we had a challenge in front of us, but we thought we had a good plan. Boden was great and used his size and length to make guys miss shoot over him while staying on the floor and not jumping ahead. It was good for him to be able to do it and make the adjustments that we made."
*****
Question Box
What's the next form of the amoeba?
I'm not sure if BC's defense is officially an amoeba at this point, but that mid-play switching between man-to-man and two different zones offered impressive shutdowns. Aiden Tobiason shot 1-for-8 in the first half because he couldn't get clear paths or looks at the basket, and neutralizing Derrian Ford opened enough space to overcome his eventual second half breakout.
Like the Owls, Hampton is going to attack the basket from an outside-in mentality, so shutting down that three-point look and taking Xzavier Long and Daniel Johnson out of their rhythms is a paramount key. Knowing that Long is an ace at getting to the free throw line while attacking the rim places pressure on Shaw, Kapke and Jayden Hastings, but Johnson's size as a shooting guard is equally impressive.
Can Fred Payne and DJ Hand continue developing into BC's closers?
Both Payne and Hand nailed key free throws in the final minute of the second half, and Payne's layup kept the lead around seven points after Masiah Gilyard hit two free throws to pull Temple within two possessions. Given the ongoing development of their new roles in the first four games, their ability to step to the line and close out an opponent is a new revelation on a team seeking its newest or latest group of alpha killers.
What does 6-7 even mean?
Yep. I went there. I mentioned a couple of guys that were six-feet, seven-inches tall, and my 40-year old brain immediately looked at my children. I mentioned a "six-seven" guy, and now my four year old is nonstop yelling "SIX SEEEEVEN" in the house.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS. I'm scared, I want it to stop, and I think I'd like a snack now.
*****
BC-Hampton X Factor
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger. Except for the extinction of coffee. That might kill me -Tanya Masse
Earl Grant's lineups always seemed to have that one player capable of storming the paint to grab rebounds. What started with TJ Bickerstaff continued with Quinten Post and Devin McGlockton before last year's reinvention around Chad Venning and DJ Hand, and even with Hand and Jayden Hastings still entrenched in the backcourt, the emergence of both Aidan Show and Chase Forte as legitimate rebounders gives BC a big enough presence to deepen its opportunities.
From an analytics standpoint, Shaw's performance against Temple specifically crushed the Owls because he produced an 85 percent stop percentage. That means that the opponent failed to score on 85 percent of possessions in which he was involved at the defensive end. HIs rebound rate grabbed approximately 23 percent of available shots with an additional 20 percent on offensive rebounds, and he blocked 18 percent of his defensive possessions.
Comparatively speaking, Hand was the only other player who came even remotely close to those figured with that type of minutes volume, and his block numbers were down while his fouls committed per 40 minutes were higher.
"He's really a high level athlete," said Grant. "He's long and fast, so a big thing that he brings is rebounding and rim protection. He's quick off the floor and can really run. He actually can switch onto guards, so he gives us a weapon defensively."
Shaw's offensive output is still developing, but the number of taller players on Hampton's roster with height and length makes it more likely that the six-foot, seven-inch transfer from Missouri is going to have a bigger role at both ends of the floor.
*****
Scoreboard Watching
We're finally hitting the part of the season where the top-ranked opponents are playing one another. Omitting the obvious game between Connecticut and Brigham Young, tonight's a prime example when No. 5 Duke draws No. 24 Kansas as part of the State Farm Champions Classic. From an ACC perspective, a season start that's destroyed the rest of the country can only get stronger and move the league back towards the top of the college basketball windmill if the Blue Devils can score a win over another traditional blue blood.
They're hardly the only ones on the schedule, though. No. 25 NC State's Monday night win over VCU was one of those victories that the league failed to gain over the past few years, and Notre Dame gave Ohio State a full money's worth in a one-point loss on Sunday. While none of those compare to the Duke-Kansas game at Madison Square Garden, they're still much-needed wins.
As for the rest of the nation, Duke-Kansas comes after No. 12 Kentucky's game against No. 17 Michigan State while tomorrow night brings No. 4 Arizona to No. 3 UConn and No. 11 Alabama to No. 8 Illinois. Outside of the top-25 exclusivity, Xavier's game against Old Dominion is a key test for its early season bandwidth, and No. 21 Arkansas draws a Winthrop team that finished second in last year's Big South, while No. 3 UConn plays No. 4 Arizona tomorrow night.
*****
This Random Day In History
On November 18, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln boarded a train for Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for a short speech. The site of the famous July battle between the Union and Confederate armies, what he said on November 19 ultimately connected and redefined the United States - and the future of America - to its mission statement. It recognized the sacrifices of soldiers that bound themselves an idea, and it became the defining moment of a presidency that ended altogether too quickly after the end of the Civil War.
The irony is that the Gettysburg Address is one of the most influential speeches in American history, but it never actually mentioned slavery. Instead, it framed the Civil War as something bigger and greater than a single institution, and that rallying cry determined that slavery needed to end. Its lasting influence on the country's history is therefore incredible because the battle for equality is more fluid than a single term, and it really has no end point.
It extended beyond the physical laws of the young nation, and it's now etched on the wall of the Lincoln Memorial. In a modern society where the fight for equality is still ever-present, it's a good reminder of all that this country can become if it commits to a common goal.
*****
Pregame Quote and Final Thoughts
I don't count the sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting because they're the only ones that count. -Muhammad Ali
Tuesday night is a great opportunity for Boston College to compete with a CAA team rooted in some of the more historical college basketball contexts. Fresh off of a victorious reset at Temple, the Eagles are starting to push forward and can finally gain a foothold if they move to the correct side of .500, but it'll take another good effort against a team that's no different from the volume-efficient three-point shooters from the previous two weeks.
Returning home with the win over the Owls helps, but the Pirates should force the Eagles to dig into their bag of tricks for another round of development.
Boston College and Hampton tip-off at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night, from Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Television coverage is slotted for the ACC Network Extra with streaming service available through ESPN's direct-to-consumer platform for Internet and mobile devices. For viewers without access to the network, radio broadcast is available on WEEI 850 AM and mobile device apps where the channel is available.
He especially wanted the players to experience, as he often noted, the fruits of their labor, but the weekend road trip to Temple loomed larger than usual because the Owls were a more traditional northeast powerhouse with their own exceptional tradition as a Philadelphia Big 5 school. Their 30-odd NCAA Tournament appearances and status as one of the Atlantic-10 Conference's original powerhouses were the kind of star power that would have made for a great cross-section against the past life of BC's own Big East history, at least.
But beyond the casual conversation over Temple's two NIT victories over Boston College - one of which was in the 1969 championship round - this was the kind of game that the Eagles apparently needed. No intimidation factor existed, so each team spent two halves delivering the kind of punches and body blows capable of sharpening internal resolve. By the end, few thought about the one-point loss to the Blue Devils, but everyone discussed the attitude-adjusting five-point win over the previously-unbeaten Owls.
"When you're on a journey and you deal with adversity and disappointment and setbacks, you never know how the team is going to respond," said Grant in his postgame remarks. "When you have a team that's forming, and this team hasn't been together with the blend of new guys and returners, they're trying to learn how to win. We're trying to eliminate losing by finding out the right rotations that we can play, so to come on the road after a really hard and disappointing loss where we defended at a championship level, shows a lot about character."
The criticisms about BC's ability to close out an opponent hit the Eagles particularly hard after CCSU compounded the previous overtime loss to Florida Atlantic, so their ownership in the second half of Saturday's game perfectly captured the growth inside of the team's locker room. The Owls never totally faded into oblivion after entering halftime with a five point deficit, but the individual achievements within the collective team game buried Temple into stretchtime minutes.
Donald Hand, Jr.'s 12-point second half performance particularly stood out, though his role often facilitated the rest of the team after his five rebounds complemented Aidan Shaw's 10-board breakout. Boden Kapke likewise went 3-for-6 with three assists during an inside-out game that relentlessly attacked Temple's interior, and Luka Toews went 3-for-5 while Fred Payne assumed a bit of alpha dog status with six points, two assists, a steal, a rebound - and a couple of key free throws to ice a 76-71 game.
"I was anxious to see what our response would be," said Grant. "I'm really learning that we have to be process-oriented and not result-oriented. Even last Wednesday [after the CCSU loss], it was supposed to be a day off, but I had other things planned for that day and realized that I have to stop planning. We have to take everything one day at a time and trust the process of one game at a time. We'll learn from this [win], and we're learning a lot about our group right now."
Returning home with its second win in hand, Tuesday's home game provides more opportunity for continued education. Here's what to watch in the Eagles' first-ever matchup with Hampton:
****
Hampton Storylines (Smokey Robinson Edition)
Oh, but if you feel like lovin' me,
If you got the notion.
I second that emotion.
I grew up in a household that possessed extremely different music tastes. Maybe it's influencing how my wife and I raise our children in our different genres, but I remember Sunday mornings with the six-CD changer blaring so many tunes throughout the Rubin household (you young'ins might need to Google that one). My dad, for example, played a good chunk of Three Dog Night and The Rolling Stones while my mom hooked us into Motown with The Supremes and The Temptations. About 20 years ago, I stumbled my own way into The Miracles, and with it came a new love for Smokey Robinson.
Twenty years ago also coincided with my own personal discovery of the Hampton Pirates and the fourth No. 15 seed to ever defeat a No. 2 seed in the first round. I actually picked that game in my bracket because MEAC teams never earned seeds higher than the ritualistic No. 16 blowout to a top-ranked team. That Hampton even moved into a No. 16 seed was a tribute or credit to a very good mid-major that also hadn't played a big conference opponent beyond Kansas State.
Drawing Iowa State, strange as it sounds, was the best possible matchup. For a top-seeded team, the Cyclones were weirdly ice cold against Baylor in the Big 12 Tournament and rarely scored 80 points in a single game. They'd torched Oklahoma but struggled with both Troy and Brigham Young in a mid-December tournament in Hawaii, and both Northern Iowa and Southern Mississippi handed them tough outs in the first part of the year. Oddly enough, they had one of the best players in the tournament, but a path to winning existed if the Pirates could shut down Jamaal Tinsley.
In the end, Tarvis Williams hit a shot with less than 10 seconds remaining to complete a 10-point comeback that beat the second-seeded Cyclones. I felt like a creative genius for picking a No. 15 seed (let's ignore the number of teams that I've lost in the first weekend of every bracket pick), and a legend was born in Boise.Â
So take a good look at my face.
You'll see my smile, it's out of place.
If you look closer, it's easy to trace.
The tracks of my tears.
It's hard to pinpoint this year's Hampton squad without replaying the yo-yo effect that's impacted a number of teams at the start of the season. At 2-3, the Pirates hold a Division I win over an underrated Brown University squad that finished last season with a winning record despite slipping through the Ivy League's cracks, but they lost to a previously-winless Holy Cross team because the Crusaders essentially shot the lights out of the Hart Center gymnasium.
Alarmists and optimists can point more specifically to how three different players cut through the internal mechanisms of Hampton's defense. Six-foot, seven-inch Aidan Disu, in particular, had 10 points and four rebounds while guards Joe Boston and Tyler Nugent combined for 38 points and seven rebounds from the backcourt, which by itself is an indication that the defense couldn't double down on anyone getting to the paint. Looking even deeper, Disu's 5-for-7 game in the interior translates to an opportunity for BC's frontcourt to continue growing in a way that sprouted Shaw and Kapke against Temple.
"I saw us sticking to our identity," said Grant about the team's performance at Temple. "I saw us being really connected with good finish and energy on the road. I saw a lot of good things. We try to be a winning team, and it was a good start [in Philadelphia]."
There's some sad things known to man.
But ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown,
When there's no one around.
Temple's ability to shoot 39 percent from the floor and 35 percent on three pointers kept the Owls relevant during Saturday's second half, but it wasn't enough to overcome the 9-for-31 first half that included an 0-for-8 mark on three-pointers. From an analytics standpoint, they wouldn't have even been in the game at the break if they hadn't gone 13-for-15 on free throws, so there's a direct pathway to the solidification of BC's defensive strategy.
What I really liked about BC's effort on the back end exemplified and stamped the team's dedication to education, and the Eagles essentially used their own deficiency as a tool to bury an opponent. In plain English, BC turned what CCSU did to its offense into a net positive by utilizing the morphing zone against Temple. Unlike CCSU, though, the Eagles were able to send Kapke towards the free throw line whenever they shifted from 2-3 to 3-2, and their switches kept the Owls completely off of their mark.Â
"We had to make adjustments," said Grant. "We were running into an opponent who had 90 points in their last game and shot 50 percent from three. So we knew we had a challenge in front of us, but we thought we had a good plan. Boden was great and used his size and length to make guys miss shoot over him while staying on the floor and not jumping ahead. It was good for him to be able to do it and make the adjustments that we made."
*****
Question Box
What's the next form of the amoeba?
I'm not sure if BC's defense is officially an amoeba at this point, but that mid-play switching between man-to-man and two different zones offered impressive shutdowns. Aiden Tobiason shot 1-for-8 in the first half because he couldn't get clear paths or looks at the basket, and neutralizing Derrian Ford opened enough space to overcome his eventual second half breakout.
Like the Owls, Hampton is going to attack the basket from an outside-in mentality, so shutting down that three-point look and taking Xzavier Long and Daniel Johnson out of their rhythms is a paramount key. Knowing that Long is an ace at getting to the free throw line while attacking the rim places pressure on Shaw, Kapke and Jayden Hastings, but Johnson's size as a shooting guard is equally impressive.
Can Fred Payne and DJ Hand continue developing into BC's closers?
Both Payne and Hand nailed key free throws in the final minute of the second half, and Payne's layup kept the lead around seven points after Masiah Gilyard hit two free throws to pull Temple within two possessions. Given the ongoing development of their new roles in the first four games, their ability to step to the line and close out an opponent is a new revelation on a team seeking its newest or latest group of alpha killers.
What does 6-7 even mean?
Yep. I went there. I mentioned a couple of guys that were six-feet, seven-inches tall, and my 40-year old brain immediately looked at my children. I mentioned a "six-seven" guy, and now my four year old is nonstop yelling "SIX SEEEEVEN" in the house.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS. I'm scared, I want it to stop, and I think I'd like a snack now.
*****
BC-Hampton X Factor
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger. Except for the extinction of coffee. That might kill me -Tanya Masse
Earl Grant's lineups always seemed to have that one player capable of storming the paint to grab rebounds. What started with TJ Bickerstaff continued with Quinten Post and Devin McGlockton before last year's reinvention around Chad Venning and DJ Hand, and even with Hand and Jayden Hastings still entrenched in the backcourt, the emergence of both Aidan Show and Chase Forte as legitimate rebounders gives BC a big enough presence to deepen its opportunities.
From an analytics standpoint, Shaw's performance against Temple specifically crushed the Owls because he produced an 85 percent stop percentage. That means that the opponent failed to score on 85 percent of possessions in which he was involved at the defensive end. HIs rebound rate grabbed approximately 23 percent of available shots with an additional 20 percent on offensive rebounds, and he blocked 18 percent of his defensive possessions.
Comparatively speaking, Hand was the only other player who came even remotely close to those figured with that type of minutes volume, and his block numbers were down while his fouls committed per 40 minutes were higher.
"He's really a high level athlete," said Grant. "He's long and fast, so a big thing that he brings is rebounding and rim protection. He's quick off the floor and can really run. He actually can switch onto guards, so he gives us a weapon defensively."
Shaw's offensive output is still developing, but the number of taller players on Hampton's roster with height and length makes it more likely that the six-foot, seven-inch transfer from Missouri is going to have a bigger role at both ends of the floor.
*****
Scoreboard Watching
We're finally hitting the part of the season where the top-ranked opponents are playing one another. Omitting the obvious game between Connecticut and Brigham Young, tonight's a prime example when No. 5 Duke draws No. 24 Kansas as part of the State Farm Champions Classic. From an ACC perspective, a season start that's destroyed the rest of the country can only get stronger and move the league back towards the top of the college basketball windmill if the Blue Devils can score a win over another traditional blue blood.
They're hardly the only ones on the schedule, though. No. 25 NC State's Monday night win over VCU was one of those victories that the league failed to gain over the past few years, and Notre Dame gave Ohio State a full money's worth in a one-point loss on Sunday. While none of those compare to the Duke-Kansas game at Madison Square Garden, they're still much-needed wins.
As for the rest of the nation, Duke-Kansas comes after No. 12 Kentucky's game against No. 17 Michigan State while tomorrow night brings No. 4 Arizona to No. 3 UConn and No. 11 Alabama to No. 8 Illinois. Outside of the top-25 exclusivity, Xavier's game against Old Dominion is a key test for its early season bandwidth, and No. 21 Arkansas draws a Winthrop team that finished second in last year's Big South, while No. 3 UConn plays No. 4 Arizona tomorrow night.
*****
This Random Day In History
On November 18, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln boarded a train for Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for a short speech. The site of the famous July battle between the Union and Confederate armies, what he said on November 19 ultimately connected and redefined the United States - and the future of America - to its mission statement. It recognized the sacrifices of soldiers that bound themselves an idea, and it became the defining moment of a presidency that ended altogether too quickly after the end of the Civil War.
The irony is that the Gettysburg Address is one of the most influential speeches in American history, but it never actually mentioned slavery. Instead, it framed the Civil War as something bigger and greater than a single institution, and that rallying cry determined that slavery needed to end. Its lasting influence on the country's history is therefore incredible because the battle for equality is more fluid than a single term, and it really has no end point.
It extended beyond the physical laws of the young nation, and it's now etched on the wall of the Lincoln Memorial. In a modern society where the fight for equality is still ever-present, it's a good reminder of all that this country can become if it commits to a common goal.
*****
Pregame Quote and Final Thoughts
I don't count the sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting because they're the only ones that count. -Muhammad Ali
Tuesday night is a great opportunity for Boston College to compete with a CAA team rooted in some of the more historical college basketball contexts. Fresh off of a victorious reset at Temple, the Eagles are starting to push forward and can finally gain a foothold if they move to the correct side of .500, but it'll take another good effort against a team that's no different from the volume-efficient three-point shooters from the previous two weeks.
Returning home with the win over the Owls helps, but the Pirates should force the Eagles to dig into their bag of tricks for another round of development.
Boston College and Hampton tip-off at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night, from Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Television coverage is slotted for the ACC Network Extra with streaming service available through ESPN's direct-to-consumer platform for Internet and mobile devices. For viewers without access to the network, radio broadcast is available on WEEI 850 AM and mobile device apps where the channel is available.
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