The Boston College men's basketball team has its origins in 1904, and the squad has played, through the 2008-09 season, 71 seasons of hoops. In 1904, a men's varsity team was sanctioned and on December 26 of that year BC played its first-ever game, losing 8–6 to Battery H of Navy, and won its first-ever game that season against Tufts, 23–17, in Medford. Basketball, not a popular sport at the turn of the 20th century, suffered through years of weak fan support and only lasted three initial seasons before being dropped. A brief revival in the early 1920s brought the men's team back, but it was dropped again following the 1924–25 season. Finally, following World War II when the sport began to really take off in the United States, the basketball team became permanent in the 1945–46 season.

In 1963, BC hired Boston Celtics legend Bob Cousy as head coach, and in his six years as coach the Eagles earned postseason berths in five of those years including a trip to the Elite Eight in 1967. Through the years Boston College has hired several other notable coaches including Chuck Daly, Dr. Tom Davis, Gary Williams and former Eagle, Jim O'Brien '71.

In one of the darkest stories in BC history, several members of the 1978-79 basketball team were accused of being involved in a point-shaving scandal that drew national attention due to the involvement of the infamous Mafia associate Henry Hill; one player, Rick Kuhn, was found guilty and served time in jail for his efforts in the fix.

Boston College basketball, however, would be forever changed as a charter member of the Big East Conference, which formed in time for the 1979–80 season. With more national exposure and better competition — leading to improved and more expansive recruiting — BC had ensured itself of an opportunity to compete at the highest level of NCAA Division I basketball every year.

From the time the seven original Northeastern schools formed the Big East, the BC men's basketball team saw several highs: Advancing to the Elite Eight in the 1982 NCAA Tournament, winning the Big East Tournament in 1997 and 2001, four Big East Coach of the Year awards, three Big East Player of the Year awards and a memorable win over No. 1-ranked North Carolina in the 1994 NCAA tourney.

Among Boston College's biggest non-conference rivals in basketball is the University of Massachusetts. First played in 1905 and held annually since 1995, BC's basketball rivalry with UMass is called the "Commonwealth Classic" and was played on several occasions at what is now known as TD Banknorth Garden in the 1990s. The Eagles are 22–17 against its cross-state rival. The Boston College men's basketball team have made 18 overall appearances in the NCAA tournament including three trips to the Elite Eight and have been to the NIT 10 times. BC has produced 4 conference players of the year: John Bagley '83, was the Big East Player of the Year in 1980–1981, Troy Bell '03 was co-Big East Player of the Year in 2000–2001, and won the title outright in 2002–2003, and Jared Dudley '07 was the ACC Player of the Year in 2006–07. Notable BC student-athletes who have gone onto a career in the NBA include: Michael Adams '85, John Bagley '83, Dana Barros '89, Troy Bell '03, Bill Curley '94, Howard Eisley '94, Jay Murphy '84, Gerry Ward '63, Sean Williams '07 and Craig Smith '06 and Jared Dudley '07.

 

 

Date	Opponent / Event	Location	Time
11/08/09	vs. St. Michael's *	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	W, 99-58
11/13/09	vs. Dartmouth	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	W, 89-58
11/17/09	vs. St. Francis (NY)	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	W, 72-44
Paradise Jam
11/20/09	vs. Saint Joseph's	St. Thomas, USVI	L, 84-80
11/21/09	vs. South Dakota St.	St. Thomas, USVI	W, 75-58
11/23/09	vs. Northern Iowa	St. Thomas, USVI	L, 81-69
11/28/09	at Providence	Providence, R.I.	W, 82-77
12/02/09	at Michigan	Ann Arbor, Mich.	W, 62-58
12/06/09	vs. Miami #	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	W, 61-60
12/09/09	vs. Harvard	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	L, 74-67
12/13/09	vs. Rhode Island	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	L, 80-69
12/20/09	vs. Bryant University	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	W, 72-46
12/23/09	vs. Massachusetts	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	W, 79-67
12/30/09	vs. South Carolina	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	W, 85-76
01/02/10	vs. Maine	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	L, 52-51
01/05/10	vs. NJIT	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	W, 89-32
01/09/10	at Clemson #	Clemson, S.C.	L, 72-56
01/13/10	at Duke #	Durham, N.C.	L, 79-59
01/16/10	vs. Maryland #	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	L, 73-57
01/19/10	at Miami #	Coral Gables, Fla.	W, 79-75
01/23/10	at Virginia Tech #	Blacksburg, Va.	L, 63-62
01/26/10	vs. Clemson #	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	W, 75-69
01/30/10	vs. Florida State #	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	L, 61-57
02/06/10	vs. Duke #	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	L, 66-63
02/09/10	at Wake Forest #	Winston-Salem, N.C.	L, 92-85
02/14/10	at Florida State #	Tallahassee, Fla.	L, 62-47
02/20/10	vs. North Carolina #	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	W, 71-67
02/24/10	vs. Virginia Tech	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	W, 80-60
02/27/10	at Georgia Tech #	Atlanta, Ga.	L, 73-68
03/03/10	vs. Virginia #	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	W, 68-55
03/07/10	at North Carolina State #	Raleigh, N.C.	L, 66-54

 

 

 

2009-10 Boston College Eagles - Men's Basketball
NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
0	Reggie Jackson	G	6-3	200	Sophomore	Colorado Springs, CO
5	Biko Paris	G	6-1	200	Junior	New Orleans, LA
11	Corey Raji	F	6-6	218	Junior	Township of Washington, NJ
12	Joe Trapani	F	6-8	228	Junior	Madison, CT
14	Nick Mosakowski	G	6-1	190	Junior	Swampscott, MA
15	Rakim Sanders	G-F	6-5	230	Junior	Pawtucket, RI
21	Tyler Roche	F	6-7	218	Senior	Hooksett, NH
24	Evan Ravenel	F-C	6-8	255	Sophomore	Tampa, FL
25	Peter Rehnquist	G-F	6-4	205	Sophomore	Sharon, MA
30	Dallas Elmore	G	6-5	210	Sophomore	Fort Collins, CO
52	Josh Southern	C	6-10	248	Junior	Saginaw, MI
55	Cortney Dunn	F	6-8	242	Junior	Dallas, TX