In March, Justin Dunn’s chances of getting drafted in the first round were about as good as the beleaguered Boston College basketball team getting selected for the NCAA Tournament. He wasn’t on any top 100 lists, not even in the top 50 of college prospects.
But in early April, that all changed when Eagles coach Mike Gambino moved him into the starting rotation. There, Dunn went from a hard-throwing reliever to a lights-out starter capable of maintaining mid-to-high-90s velocity, a late-bloomer who has pitched Boston College to its first berth in the NCAA Super Regionals. On Thursday night, the Freeport, L.