Coach Chambers accepts Penn State job

There had been talks around college basketball for the past week that Coach Pat Chambers, who had just signed a two year extension with BU, would be the next coach at Penn State. These rumors became reality on Friday. Penn State began looking for a coach last month after their former coach, Ed DeChellis, left for Navy. BU has named current assistant Brian Daly as the interim head coach and it seems he has a real chance to stay for a season as it is quite late in the year to bring a new coach with a totally new philosophy.

We will have more on this for days to come but as current BU students and fans of the basketball program, we would like to wish Coach Chambers the best at Penn State. We wish it could have been a longer stay here on Comm. Ave but chances like a Big Ten coaching job only come around so often. Hopefully the program is able to bounce back from this setback and build off of last year's season.

BU falls to La Salle 84-81 for first home loss of the season

The Terriers' men basketball team dropped to 4-6 overall this season and 2-1 at home after an 84-81 loss to the La Salle Explorers at Agganis Arena. Darryl Partin lead BU with 20 points on 8-17 shooting before fouling out with 30 seconds remaining. John Holland and Dom Morris both added 15 points off the bench but this was not enough to overcome the Explorers' offensive attack lead by Rebun Guillandeaux's 21 points and Earl Pettis' 19 points. The Terriers lost the lead for good with around five minutes remaning after trailing for much of the first half by as much with 12 points with five minutes left before halftime. BU still had two chances to tie the game and send it to OT with under a minute left but G D.J. Irving missed the second of 2 free throws and John Holland missed a three at the buzzer to sum up a frustrating night for the Terriers as they could not get much consistency on the defensive end of the court. They were in the double bonus by the end of both halves and they could have used those points back at the end of the game as John Holland's shot clanked off the backboard to end the game. Matt Griffin's intentional fall in the middle of the second half also hurt and he did not see much time for the rest of the game.
I felt like Morris has the most potential to be a difference-maker on this team as you could tell when he was on the court as he showed off all of his offensive talents. Him and Partin were easily the stars of the game for BU as Holland, Jake O'Brien, and Matt Griffin all had quiet nights. This team will need more from their upperclassmen if they want to take advantage in America East play starting in January.

BU basketball wins home opener Friday...loses to Hampton tonight

The Terriers fell to 2-3 on the season as they lost a tough one tonight 51-50 to Hampton in the preseason NIT tournament in Washington D.C. John Holland lead the way 12 points which explains it all as the team struggled all night to score while shooting 25% from the field. They shot even worse from 3 point land at 15%. Patrick Hazel lead the team with 4 blocks while the Dom Morris lead the team with 9 rebounds. The team needs a quick bounce back as they take on Nevada of the WAC tomorrow at 5:30 before they get a few days off for the Turkey Day break. The Terriers remain 1-0 at home after their 58-36 win Friday night in front of a fairly loud crowd at Case Gym. Hopefully the team continues to gel and grow as the season progresses. The team returns home Saturday at 5 to play Cornell in another non-conference game. Here is the press conference from the game Friday.