Louisville travels to Chestnut Hill to face-off again the Boston College Golden Eagles on Wednesday night. Boston College is 10-10 (4-5 in ACC) and sports wins over Wake Forest, Notre Dame, California, Virginia and Virginia Tech. This team is not as dangerous as it was with Ky Bowman a year ago when Louisville traveled to BC and lost by 10 in a mid-January game…… but it is still a dangerous team capable of slowing the pace and creating opportunities to a muck-it-up type of game.
Still there are some inexcusable losses for an ACC team: Belmont, DePaul, St. Louis, Richmond. In an individual season one of these might be OK…. but owning all 4 in a single season is a rough reality for this group. BC struggles to score, Louisville is one of the best defensive teams in the country…… it’s not a recipe for success for BC.
| – | Louisville | Boston College |
| Strength of Schedule (Ken Pom) | 57th | 58th |
| PPG | 74.8 (65th) | 64.2 (306th) |
| Avg Scoring Margin | 12.5 (10th) | -3.2 (238th) |
| Field Goal % | 46.1% (42nd) | 40.2% (308th) |
| Effective FG% | 53.0% (41st) | 46.1% (305th) |
| 2-pt FG % | 50.2% (125th) | 47.0% (256th) |
| 3-pt FG % | 38.7% (10th) | 29.8% (319th) |
| FT % | 71.8% (125th) | 64.6% (319th) |
| Team Fouls Per Game | 16.7 (110th) | 15.3 (30th) |
| Opp Team Fouls Per Game | 17.1 (224th) | 17.3 (209th) |
| FT Attempted Per Game | 18.4 (183rd) | 17.8 (214th) |
| Opp FT Attempted Per Game | 15.6 (53rd) | 16.0 (65th) |
| Opp Shooting % | 37.0% (5th) | 43.0% (172nd) |
| Opp Effective FG% | 43.1% (7th) | 49.3% (170th) |
| Opp 2-pt FG % | 42.6% (13th) | 48.2% (143rd) |
| Opp 3-Pt FG % | 29.2% (20th) | 34.1% (220th) |
| Rebound Rate | 54.2% (27th) | 46.3% (314th) |
| Assists Per Game | 14.6 (55th) | 12.6 (196th) |
| Turnovers Per Game | 12.3 (76th) | 13.8 (210th) |
| Blocks Per Game | 3.0 (177th) | 2.9 (186th) |
| Steals Per Game | 5.4 (268th) | 8.7 (16th) |
| Opp Turnovers Per Game | 11.7 (303rd) | 16.2 (29th) |
| Opp Blocks Per Game | 3.1 (144th) | 3.0 (115th) |
| Opp Steals Per Game | 6.0 (113th) | 6.6 (209th) |
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