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ATLANTA — Coach Billy Donovan was hesitant to share the text message from his dad at first.
He thought about it for a second, remembered that his defense allowed 150 points to the Hawks a few nights earlier and realized it was warranted.
“I don’t know if I should say this, but I got a great text from my dad,” Donovan said Tuesday. “He was texting me about something [Monday] and said, ‘I think I could have gotten 10 last night.’ ’’
Billy Donovan Sr. is 80, but before his text draws a smirk, he was a baller in the 1960s and is still Boston College’s fourth all-time leading scorer.