After the team's big win last night, Boston College's conference record stands at 5-3, good for 5th place currently. It is very hard to speculate on ACC games considering the parody in the league, but I'll give it a try anyways.

It was nearly universally assumed that BC needed at least 8 conference wins to get on the bubble. 9 or 10 conference wins would almost assuredly earn us a seed in the NCAA tournament. BC's remaining games are as follows:

2/4 @ Virginia

2/8 @ Wake Forest

2/10 Clemson

2/15 Duke

2/21 @ Miami

2/24 Florida State

3/4 @ North Carolina State

3/7 Georgia Tech

BC should be able to get past Virginia and Georgia Tech with wins. Games at Miami, North Carolina State and home against Florida State are winnable, but hardly gimmes. The week of February 8-15 will be a difficult stretch for the Eagles. They face 3 highly ranked opponents in a span of seven days. Beating Wake on the road will be very difficult, given their size and ability to run the floor. I think BC may be able to pull off a win over Clemson or Duke at home, but they will certainly have to earn it. In the end, I think 4 wins is within reach, with a very good chance of winning 5 of our remaining games. If BC can continue to win the battle on the boards, they should be in every game they play here on out. BC controls their own destiny here, and if they can win 4 or 5 more games, they have a great shot at the post season.

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