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Arguably the best player on the Eaglesa roster has been completely non-existent for Boston College to start the season.

Senior Tyler Roche scored a career-high 30 points to lead Boston College to an 89-58 season-opening victory over Dartmouth before 4,277 fans in Conte Forum.

Boston College is expected to be without three players - including two starters - for its first two games of the season.

Boston College returns an experienced core of four starters and plenty of versatility from last season's team that won 22 games and made the school's seventh trip to the NCAA Tournament in nine years.

After one half of play, Boston College had received zero points from their top four scorers from last year.

Prior to the game, head coach Al Skinner enforced some discipline among his team.

Boston College coach Al Skinner doesn't need to remind his players that they were a little inconsistent last year.

Confidence is high for the Boston College mena s basketball team on the heels of last seasona s success.

The Eagles were highly successful in many areas in their exhibition match-up on Sunday afternoon.

Over a span of four seasons, there were not many teams that could slow down point guard Tyrese Rice.

Coach: Al Skinner . Last year: 22-12 . Key loss: G Tyrese Rice. Key returnees: F Joe Trapani, G Rakin Sanders.

Is it really early November? No, it can't be. Boston College's practice gym has no windows, so you can't tell the weather outside, whether there's snow on the ground or the first fall leaves are still blustering on campus.

Junior Rakim Sanders is poised for a breakout year as the focal point of BC's flex offense.

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Ita s never easy to go on the road in college basketball. This is a top 25 breakdown of some of the toughest and most intimidating venues in college basketball.

Assuming you followed them last season, you won't need a program to identify the Eagles.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: The Eagles added no signees to their roster for this season.

The college hoops season is right around the corner. Boston College is in preparation for their opener next month.

After being burned by its nonconference schedule last season, the South Carolina men's basketball team unveiled a ramped-up slate for this season, including a visit to one of the ACC's most consistent programs.

Loading... 1 of 2 Marcus Fisher powers down the court during the final of the Hampton Roads Pro-Am basketball summer league at Booker T. Washington High School took place on Sunday, August 9, 2009 in Norfolk.