The one thing that we thought we’d see from BC Saturday, and they had plenty of it, was heart. The Eagles were outclassed but they never stopped playing hard and despite losing 72-61. They competed to the final whistle. The Blue Devils were up by 21 with 7:13 left and the Eagles cut it back to 11 at the final buzzer.
In particular, Boston College got outstanding efforts from James Karnik and Makai Ashton-Langford who didn't back down in the face of Duke’s superior athleticism.
But Duke still prevailed and not simply because of superior athleticism. The Blue Devils played hard and certainly had to work hard to match BC’s intensity.