BC Sports
Jacobs becomes second Eagle drafted
Senior guard Amber Jacobs has more basketball in her future, as she was selected 33rd overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the third round of the 2004 WNBA Draft on Saturday. The All-Big East second-team and Big East All-Tournament member was the second Boston College women's basketball player ever selected in the WNBA Draft. Cal Bouchard was drafted 60th overall in the fourth round by the Detroit Shock in 2000. Jacobs finished her career at BC fourth in scoring with 1,544 points and fifth in assists with 469 assists. She added an exclamation point to her tremendous career by winning the 16th Annual Mountain Dew College Slam Dunk & Three-Point Shooting Championship.
Shannon to wear the "C" on sweater
The men's hockey team announced its captains for the 2004-05 season on Friday. Ryan Shannon, who will be a senior and led the Eagles in scoring this past season, was named captain. In a stellar year, Shannon earned All-Hockey East First-Team and All-America Second-Team honors. Fellow seniors Andrew Alberts and Ryan Murphy and junior Patrick Eaves were named the assistant captains for next season. Alberts was honored as a First-Team All-American and Second-Team All-Hockey East member. Eaves was named Second-Team All-Amercian and Second-Team All-Hockey East as he was the Eagles' third leading scorer. Murphy, known for his gritty play, is most notable for scoring the winning goal in the Beanpot.
O'Donnell named Pitcher of the Week
Senior right-handed pitcher Matt O'Donnell earned Big East Pitcher of the Week honors April 12. O'Donnell pitched a complete game, striking out six, walking only two, and giving up no earned runs to beat the fourth-ranked Notre Dame and deliver the Irish their first conference loss of the season. BC won 7-4 as O'Donnell gave up only six hits over seven innings. The victory over Notre Dame was BC's first win over the Irish since May 13, 2001. This is O'Donnell's first Big East distinction and he is the only Eagle to be honored by the conference thus far this year. On the season, O'Donnell is 3-3 with a 4.91 ERA in eight games started.
Barros returns to court with Celtics
In need of some veteran leadership and three-point shooting ability, the Boston Celtics named Boston College alum Dana Barros to their roster last week. Barros, who played 306 games for the Celtics during his 13-year NBA career, had been part of the Celtics coaching staff for the final 32 games of the season before the decision to make him a player. Barros played the point for four seasons with the Eagles from 1985 to 1989. In that period, he amassed 2,342 points, a record not surpassed until Troy Bell in the 2002-03 season. He also played 1,233 minutes during the 1987-88 season, which still stands as the BC single-season record.
Big East
Gordon, Okafor leaving for the NBA
Next year's Big East men's basketball landscape changed greatly this past week when, to no one's surprise, Connecticut juniors Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon announced their intentions to enter the NBA Draft. Okafor, a First-Team All-American, has already earned his degree and has a chance to be the first player taken in the draft in June. He was named the national player of the year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and Sports Illustrated. Gordon led the Huskies in scoring with 18.5 points a game, including 21.2 points in six tournament games, and is being projected as a top 10 pick. Together, Gordon and Okafor helped UConn win the national championship last season. While UConn will reload, the defections will give other teams in the Big East a chance at the title.
Students face penalties after riots
Twenty-three students from the University of Connecticut will face suspension and possibly even expulsion due to out of control celebrations after the school's basketball teams ran the table in this year's NCAA Tournaments, reported UConn's dean of students last Thursday. After the UConn men defeated Georgia Tech to win their second championship in school history, fans reportedly set fires, vandalized buildings, overturned cars, and broke many windows in Celeron Square near the Connecticut campus. The same actions were repeated the following night when the UConn women won their third straight title. The arraignments are set to happen early this week.
Nation
WNBA drafts best women in nation
Women's college basketball's best heard their names called on draft day as the WNBA held its 2004 draft on Saturday. Connecticut's Diana Taurasi was selected first overall by the Phoenix Mercury. Taurasi led UConn to three straight national titles, won the 2003 and 2004 Naismith National Player of the Year awards, and the 2003 AP Player of the Year award. The Washington Mystics made Duke's Alana Beard the second pick in the draft. Despite falling short of the Final Four, Beard was named the 2004 AP Player of the Year. Charlotte held the third pick and the Sting made Stanford's Nicole Powell its pick. Powell was an AP All-American First-Team selection this season. Lindsay Whalen knocked BC out of the NCAA Tournament and was picked fourth overall by the Connecticut Sun. She has been named to the AP All-American Second-Team the past two seasons.
NCAA joins NFL against Clarett
The NCAA filed a legal brief in support of the NFL's appeal to keep former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett out of the NFL Draft. The NFL's appeal comes months after a lower court ruling that the league's prior rule, which said that players must be out of high school for at least three years in order to be eligible for the draft, violated antitrust law. The decision has led to numerous young players announcing their intention to enter the draft, including Clarett, USC's Mike Williams and Pittsburgh's Larry Fitzgerald. The draft will begin this Saturday.
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