CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Season openers are often exercises in the unknown. Monday night's matchup with Boston College and Cornell was no exception.
The Big Red entered Conte Forum having been picked fifth out of eight in the Ivy League - a year after a 15-win campaign. But as life goes in college basketball, departures of the top four scorers allowed for some newer players to step into their roles, looking for the upset. Boston College, while on the opposite side of the retention scale, started two newcomers - freshman Prince Aligbe and junior transfer Mason Madsen - while also dealing with the injury unavailability of two starters, in Quinten Post and DeMarr Langford Jr The result on opening night?