Boston College Eagles basketball
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| University | Boston College | |||
| Conference | ACC | |||
| Location | Chestnut Hill, MA | |||
| Head coach | Jim Christian (3rd year) | |||
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Conte Forum (Capacity: 8,606) |
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| Nickname | Eagles | |||
| Student section | Super Fans | |||
| Colors | Maroon and Gold |
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| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1967, 1982, 1994 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1967, 1968, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1994, 2006 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1958, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1975, 1997, 2001 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1981, 1983, 2001, 2005 | ||||
The Boston College Eagles are a Division I college basketball program that represents Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. The team has competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since 2005, having previously played in the Big East. The Eagles have appeared in 18 NCAA Tournaments in their history, most recently in 2009. Home games have been played at the Conte Forum since 1988. The Eagles are currently coached by Jim Christian.
In 1904, the first men's varsity team was sanctioned at Boston College. On December 26 of that year, BC played its first-ever game, losing 8–6 to Battery H of Navy. The team earned its first win 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 lasted three initial seasons before being abandoned. A brief revival in the early 1920s brought the men's team back before being dropped again following the 1924–25 season. Finally, following World War II when the sport began to gain popularity in the United States, the basketball team became a permanent part of the Boston College athletics program for the 1945–46 season. Through 2013-14, there have been 76 seasons of BC basketball.
In 1963, BC hired Boston Celtics legend Bob Cousy as head coach and earned postseason berths in five of his six years in the role, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 1967. Boston College has hired several other notable coaches through the years, including Chuck Daly, Tom Davis, Gary Williams and former Eagle Jim O'Brien ('71).
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