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A highly touted class holds the key to BC's future

By Jeffrey Weinstein / Heights Senior Staff
Is this the end or a new beginning? The most successful class in school history in terms of wins and consecutive NCAA tournament appearances graduated from Boston College this summer. That "class" - really two players: Jared Dudley and Sean Marshall - was the heart and soul of the Eagles.

Oates finds success by knowing own abilities

By Dan Cagen / Reporter
Just three years ago, it was hard to imagine that John Oates could be in this position. When Oates signed on to play at Boston College weeks before the beginning of the fall semester in 2004, to say he was behind the eight-ball would be an understatement. "Coming in, I signed so late in August and I just had no idea what was going on freshman year," Oates said.

Blair ready to break out

By Jessica Isner / Sports Editor
A defining moment. One defining moment is all you need to earn it all - playing time, respect, accolades, love. One defining moment can also make it all fall apart. On Feb. 11, while one massively talented but ostracized Boston College center watched from somewhere far, far away, another center saw time ticking off the clock, saw the point differential, saw his shot at glory fall through the net with three seconds remaining against Florida State.

BC's Miles well traveled but ready for new beginning

By David Amstutz
Everything happens for a reason. This old adage carries special meaning for Boston College women's basketball co-captain Rebecca Miles, a player who has experienced more change in the past four years than arguably any student-athlete in the country. Miles, a native of Australia, left her homeland for a new world in Hobbs, N.

As team leader, Rusin hopes to channel BC's past success

Junior guard remembers Sweet 16 run of 2006

By Jeffrey Weinstein / Heights Senior Staff
Corey Rusin remembers that magical season well. Just two years ago, a women's basketball team full of upperclassmen made an improbable run to the Sweet 16 as a No. 8 seed in the NCAA tournament. Rusin, then a wide-eyed freshman guard, enjoyed being a part of a team that had great chemistry, and most of all, the same kind of success that she had experienced at Wilmington and then Twin Valley High School in Vermont.

Brown rises to expectations

By Nick Tarnoff / Heights Senior Staff
She was the 2005 and 2006 Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year, not to mention the 2005 Independent School League MVP and a two-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic with 2,358 points and 1,1,52 rebounds in her high school career. She's a player with impressive credentials that have garnered much hype and high expectations.