Every day at practice, Boston College's basketball players face inspiration from the names and faces of the past. The Eagles practice under a looming banner of legends in Power Gym, and the basketball offices and facilities are littered with memories of previous seasons. The images turn players into legends and memories into fabled stories.
On Saturday, the Eagles became one of them. Wearing custom alternate gray uniforms for the first time this season, Boston College defeated the No. 1-ranked Duke Blue Devils, 89-84, in Chestnut Hill.
"At halftime we said, '20 minutes to a lifetime memory,'" head coach Jim Christian said.