GAME DAY FACTS WHO Boston College Eagles (9-7, 0-4 ACC) vs Florida State Seminoles (13-4, 1-3 ACC) WHAT The Eagles are still trying to put it all together after four losses to open the conference schedule. #11 FSU comes in this afternoon fresh off an upset loss to Pitt that they will be itching to put behind them with a road win. The Seminoles have has a rocky start to ACC play as well, dropping three of their first four. Leonard Hamilton’s squad boasts a top-20 defense, however, and are better than their record suggests. WHERE Conte Forum WHEN Sunday, January 20, 2019 Tipoff is set for 12PM HOW TO WATCH ESPNU HOW TO LISTEN Listen on BC IMG Sports Network (WEEI 850 AM in the Boston area). GAME NOTES Tabbs is shooting around, and it looks likely that he’ll play. Martin Jarmond has announced a giveaway of four free tickets to any government worker during the shutdown. The storm has had no effect on the tipoff time. Both teams are here and ready to go HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG ON TWITTER Follow @bcinterruption for game coverage, and check out the BC men’s basketball account @BCMBB. Follow our men’s basketball writers at @choppintoppin, @mattoneil55, @yourfriendktb, and @EJHoffses<doc-sep>No. 11 Florida State travels to Chestnut Hill, Mass. to face Boston College at Conte Forum on Sunday at noon. The game will be televised by ESPNU. You can stream the game here. The broadcast crew consists of Anish Shroff (play-by-play) and Cory Alexander (color analyst). The game can also be heard on Seminole IMG Radio Network. You can stream the audio here. Gene Deckerhoff and Keith Jones will provide coverage. The Seminoles (13-4, 1-3 ACC) are looking to end a two-game losing streak, while the Eagles (9-7, 0-4 ACC) are looking for their first Atlantic Coast Conference victory of the season. It is their only scheduled meeting of the season. POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUP FOR FLORIDA STATE C #21 Christ Koumadje (6.6 rpg, 1.5 bpg; 4 pts and 4 rebs vs. Boston College, Feb. 20, 2017) F #0 Phil Cofer (9.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg; 13 pts and 9 rebs vs. Boston College, Feb. 18, 2015) G #3 Trent Forrest (9.4 ppg, 3.5 apg; 21 pts and 10 rebs vs. Boston College, March 3, 2018) G #14 Terance Mann (11.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg; 21 pts and 9 rebs vs. Boston College, Jan. 15, 2018) G #23 M.J. Walker (7.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg; 7 pts and 2 rebs vs. Boston College, Jan. 15, 2018) TOP RESERVES F #25 Mfiondu Kabengele (12.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg; 8 pts and 3 rebs vs. Boston College, March 3, 2018) G #13 Anthony Polite (3.8 ppg, 1.8 rpg; First career game against Boston College) G #31 Wyatt Wilkes (1.8 ppg, 0.7 rpg; First career game against Boston College) F #1 RaiQuan Gray (3.9 ppg; 2.0 rpg; First career game against Boston College) G #5 PJ Savoy (7.8 ppg, 2.0 rpg; 15 pts and 3 asts vs. Boston College, Feb. 20, 2017) G #10 David Nichols (7.4 ppg, 1.3 apg; First career game against Boston College) G #24 Devin Vassell (5.1 ppg, 1.5 rpg; First career game against Boston College) POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUP FOR BOSTON COLLEGE F #1 Jairus Hamilton (6.1 ppg, 5.0 rpg; First career game vs. Florida State) F #21 Nik Popovic (13.8 ppg, 7.2 rpg; 14 pts and 5 rebs vs. Florida State, Jan. 15, 2018) G #0 Ky Bowman (19.9 ppg, 8.3 rpg; 22 pts and 5 asts vs. Florida State, March 3, 2018) G #5 Jared Hamilton (3.3 ppg, 1.3 rpg; First career game vs. Florida State) G #25 Jordan Chatman (12.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg; 20 pts and 4 rebs vs. Florida State, March 3, 2018) Officials: Referee is Roger Ayers and the umpires are Mike Stephens and Bill Covington, Jr. FSU is cold from the perimeter: In ACC play, FSU is just 22-for-96 (22.9%) from the perimeter. Prior to ACC play, FSU was 94-for-275 (34.2%) from deep. Bowman leads the way: Boston College junior guard Ky Bowman is the only player in the country averaging at least: 19.9 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.5 steals, and 0.7 blocks per game. It is the most well-rounded stat line in 26 years of Division I basketball. In 1992-93, Penny Hardaway of Memphis posted at least that stat line (21.0 ppg/8.5 rpg/6.4 apg/2.5 spg/1.2 bpg). Bowman is one of four Eagles averaging double figures. He is joined by freshman guard Wynston Tabbs (14.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.7 apg), junior forward Nik Popovic (13.8 ppg, 7.2 rpg) and senior guard Jordan Chatman (12.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 2.1 apg). Series History: Sunday's game marks the 18th meeting between the two schools. FSU has an 11-6 advantage over the Eagles. The Eagles and Seminoles split their regular season series in 2017-18. The Eagles are 5-3 at home against Florida State. FSU has won six of the last seven and nine of the last 11 matchups. Leonard Hamilton vs. BC: Leonard Hamilton is 17-14 (11-6 at Florida State, 7-8 at Miami) against Boston College in his career. Up next: After their game against Boston College, FSU will return to Tallahassee and host Clemson on Tuesday, Jan. 22nd at 7 p.m. That game will be televised by ESPNU. It marks a stretch where four of FSU’s next six conference games are at home. Noles247.com will provide updates in the thread below.<doc-sep>When the AFC and NFC Championship Games are going down, most folks don’t even bother looking at what the other sports have to offer. In fact, if they did look at today’s college basketball slate, they’d likely look away in disgust. Just a couple of games are on the board, with the most heavily bet being Florida State-Boston College (12 p.m. ET). Sharp bettors don’t give a hoot and holler about who is playing and whether a game will be nationally televised, though. They just care about the value. And they’ve found some. Florida State @ Boston College 12 p.m. ET | ESPNU Sharp angle: Over (moved from 144.5 to 148) The No. 11 Seminoles head to Chestnut Hill to take on the once-good BC Eagles squad. Neither team has impressed so far in conference play, with FSU 1-3 and BC 0-4. The spread has been fairly quiet, with FSU a 6-point road favorite. The over/under has been hit hard, though. The public is actually fairly split on this game, with 53% of bettors taking the over, but sharps have been pounding the over. It’s getting 82% of the cash and has had multiple steam moves triggered on it. This combination has helped it rise 3.5 points since opening. Missouri State @ Drake 4 p.m. ET | ESPN CE Sharp angle: Missouri State (moved from +6.5 to +4) Say it ain’t so. Sharps fading Drake? I know, most folks would have gone with a Drizzy GIF or no GIF at all, but I’m going to go a little old school on you and show some love for the better half of the now defunct “Drake & Josh” friendship. This Missouri Valley conference showdown probably won’t have many fans in the stands. You know … because of the football game. However, sharps stayed up all night to hit this line. After opening at +6.5, the line has gradually been moving in Missouri State’s favor despite just 31% of spread bets. A reverse line move came in at 4:17 a.m. ET, which reveals sharps jumped on the Bears at +5. They’re now down to +4 around the market. This movement may come as a surprise considering Missouri State is just 8-10 straight up (SU) and 5-9 against the spread (ATS), compared to 13-5 SU and 10-4-1 ATS for Drake — some of the better marks in the country. South Dakota @ Omaha 7 p.m. ET | CBS Sports Network Sharp angle: South Dakota (moved from +5.5 to +4.5) There’s nothing like some Summit League Sunday sharp action on South Dakota. The Coyotes are not a popular bet in the eyes of the public. I say public somewhat loosely in this case because there’s been only a few hundred bets tracked on this game so far. I don’t imagine many of them are from the most casual of casual Joes, either. Money has been on its side, though. Despite getting just 32% of the tickets, South Dakota is getting 69% of the money. It opened at +5.5 yesterday at supper time, moved to +5 at Italian supper time and finally to +4.5 on Sunday morning.<doc-sep>
The No. 11 Florida State basketball (13-4, 1-3) team gets its third shot at its first ACC road win today, as the Seminoles are in Chestnut Hill, MA to face the Boston College Eagles (9-7, 0-4). The game will tipoff at noon, and you can watch on ESPNU. So, who is BC? They’re the No. 120 team in the country, per Kenpom, and No. 141 in the NCAA’s NET Rankings. The Eagles are pretty similar at each end of the floor, with the nation’s 132nd ranked offense and the 112th defense. The ’Noles and Boston College have played at similar speeds so far this year, with FSU 98th and BC 114th in adjusted tempo. Junior guard Ky Bowman (6-1, 188) leads the Eagles in several key categories: points (19.9 PPG, third in the ACC behind Duke’s RJ Barrett and Zion Williamson), assists (3.6 APG), steals (1.5 SPG), and, as you might expect, minutes (38.6 MPG). Bowman is also second on the team in rebounds, with 8.0 RPG, and second with a 34.6% mark from long range. If that three-point percentage seems low, that’s because it is. BC is even worse than Florida State from beyond the arc, making just 30.3% of its attempts— the lowest mark in the conference (FSU’s 31.3% is tied for 11th out of 15). So where are the Eagles proficient? You’re really not going to like reading this after the Seminoles’ Pitt debacle, but Boston College is quite good at getting to the free-throw line. The Eagles get to the stripe 23.8 times per game, 33rd in the nation. However, unlike the Panthers on Monday night, BC doesn’t typically convert a great deal of its freebies, hitting free throws at just a 70.1% success rate—11th best in the ACC. FSU is sixth in the conference, at 73.8%.