The Boston College men’s basketball program went through a tumultuous offseason in 2021. Jim Christian was fired before the end of the regular season, almost all of the Eagles’ top producers transferred out of the program, the head coaching hire of Earl Grant seemed to come out of left field, and Grant had to scramble to recruit players to fill out the roster. The 2021-22 season seemed to be set-up for disaster, which made what Jaeden Zackery did even more impressive.
Zackery was inserted into the line-up immediately as a starter for all 33 games after being recruited out of JUCO program Chipola College, where he lead his team to a NJCAA Final Four appearance.