Wahoo Wire

With basketball season gearing up, Wahoo Wire will be previewing each ACC team.

Boston College

Last Season:

ACC: 6-10

Overall: 15-16

Postseason: None

What they lost:

After going backwards every year since they joined the ACC, BC fired coach Al Skinner this offseason, which wasn’t that big of a surprise.  Al had stopped winning games and was seriously lacking in the recruiting department over the past 3 years, leaving BC in a situation with zero incoming players for 09-10.  His firing, however, led to the transfer of star forward Rakim Sanders and incoming freshman point guard Brady Heslip.  Sanders would have been a senior this season and had been a difficult matchup for most teams to handle throughout his career and Heslip was poised to compete for a starting spot.  BC also lost two other commitments, leaving them (again) with no incoming players.

What they gained:

Hope was renewed for the program, however, with the hire of the hottest name in coaching, former Cornell coach Steve Donahue.  Donahue has proven his ability to take lesser players and make them better (see Cornell’s NCAA tournament run last year), but the ACC is not the Ivy League.  He did manage to swing two of his recruits over to the Eagles (sharpshooter Danny Rubin and point guard Gabriel Moton), but neither were projected to play in a big time conference.

Summary:

If you look up “transition year” in the sports dictionary, I’m almost positive you’d see a picture of the 2010-11 BC Eagles.  With only two freshmen on the roster and no sophomores, this is an experienced team that hasn’t experienced much winning.  It will be interesting to see what that means in terms of wins this campaign, but BC fans need to be ready for a rough year or two.

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