Thursday--December 20th, 2012

Boston College hired former UMass HC Don Brown as its defensive coordinator yesterday.

SB Nation Boston has a story.

So does the Boston Herald.

The Hartford Courant says its a huge blow for the Huskies.

Andrew Porter of the UConn Blog says it sucks.

I don't think this will be too bad for UMass. Boston College recruits a different universe of players than UMass. Brown might have been a bigger recruiting threat at UConn. Still, its not fun seeing Brown in Huskies blue and now as an Eagle.

All we need now is Jimmie Reid as DC for UConn...

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UMass and BC will not play each other at Gillette next year. The Eagles opted for 1-11 New Mexico State.

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Comcast Sports Philly says injuries have opened the door for Emil Igwenagu.

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Mrs Blog and I took in our first UMass hoops game of the season last night and it was a highly entertaining win over Ohio.

The game notes said Jesse Morgan's 35 points was the most since 1970 when Julius Erving scored 38 against BU. It's highly likely that I attended that game too.

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