BC Eagles Come Out on Top - With or Without Trophy

A rawkus weekend of college basketball culminated last night — the Duke @ UNC cliffhanger, Ohio St. beating Illinois, Mizzou beating Kansas — a weekend that included our Boston College Eagles running over Rutgers on Saturday night for the 78-66 win. That victory clinched the Big East conference regular season title for the Eagles. Even though they finished tied with the almost-always dominant University of Connecticut, they won the conference title as a result of the win they had over UConn earlier in the season - their only matchup in this regular season.

In the wake of the victory came some drama, though, as the BC athletic director, Gene DeFilippo threw some verbal jabs at Big East commisioner Mike Tranghese for being on hand in Storrs, CT. to give UConn their share of the championship, but not being present here in Boston when the Eagles won their rightful share. It might be an understatement to mention that Mr. DeFilippo was a tad bit miffed. He's inclined to believe that B.C.'s move to the ACC next season has something to do with it. The same thought certainly crossed Bostonist's mind when word came down about this percieved bit of "snubbery".