The Florida Gators got a tougher-than-expected challenge from Army on Wednesday in their season opener, needing a second-half comeback led by Tre Mann and Tyree Appleby to fend off the previously unbeaten Black Knights.
But while Boston College comes into its Thursday night tussle with the Gators (9:30 p.m., ESPN2 or WatchESPN) with a blemished 1-2 record, the Eagles won’t be clipped easily.
BC’s two losses are to Villanova and St. John’s, likely to be top-shelf teams in this year’s Big East, and they came by a combined 13 points in wildly disparate games: The 76-67 loss to the Wildcats covered 64 possessions, but the Eagles hung with the Red Storm for a daunting 85 possessions in a 97-93 defeat.