As the calendar turns to March, the wait continues for Boston College men’s basketball to play in the kinds of meaningful games in this month that galvanize an alumni community and create lifelong memories.
It’s now been 13 years since the Eagles qualified for the NCAA tournament, and so for over a decade’s worth of students now, they have no memory of a time when campus was buzzing over March basketball, other than a few half-steps like the ACC tournament run in 2018, or hosting an NIT game in 2011.
The BC program made baby steps this year, and the hope is that before too long a new generation of students and alumni will have a year they point to and reminisce about with their friends, roommates, and classmates for decades to come.