CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Last year's run to the National Invitation Tournament changed the game for the Boston College basketball program. Advancing to the postseason for the first time in six years offered the clearest evidence of the growth within Earl Grant's greater mission, and beating Providence shook the cobwebs off a long-standing rivalry for an Eagles' team that notched its first postseason tournament win since 2011. And then the offseason happened.
It is impossible to ignore how the 2024 offseason impacted Boston College after its entire core from last season departed. Center Quinten Post, exhausted of his eligibility, left the largest hole by heading to the NBA's Golden State Warriors, but a quick census of last season's roster stripped Grant's Eagles of any continuity.