1978–79 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team

1978–79 Boston College Eagles men's basketball
Conference	Independent
1978–79 record	21–9
Head coach	Tom Davis
Home arena	Roberts Center

The 1978–79 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 1978–79 NCAA men's basketball season.

In 1981, forward Rick Kuhn was convicted of conspiracy in a point shaving scheme in which he, guard Jim Sweeney, and possibly other members of the team attempted to manipulate the scores of some games on behalf of organized crime. Kuhn was sentenced to 10 years in prison, later reduced to 28 months.^[1] Sweeney testified that he acted under duress, and was not charged.^[2]

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Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight
5.0 !C		Beaulieu, JoeJoe Beaulieu	—	—
1.5 !G		Bennett, MikeMike Bennett	—	—
3.5 !F		Bowie, MichaelMichael Bowie	—	—
3.5 !F		Caraher, VinVin Caraher	—	—
1.5 !G		Chandler, DwanDwan Chandler	—	—
1.5 !G		Chase, TimTim Chase	—	—
1.5 !G	14	Cobb, ErnieErnie Cobb	—	—
5.0 !C		Crevier, RonRon Crevier	—	—
2.5 !G/F		Foy, ChrisChris Foy	—	—
1.5 !G		Jantzen, ChrisChris Jantzen	—	—
3.5 !F	35	Kuhn, RickRick Kuhn	—	—
5.0 !C		Meggers, TomTom Meggers	—	—
3.5 !F		Shrigley, RichRich Shrigley	—	—
1.5 !G	11	Sweeney, JimJim Sweeney	—	—

Head coach

Tom Davis

Assistant coach(es)

Kevin Mackey

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Last update: 2016-Feb-10

References

↑ Schmitt, Eric (June 26, 1985). "Rick Kuhn Recalls Point-Shaving Case". The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
↑ Hohler, Bob (March 16, 2014). "When 'Goodfellas' collided with BC basketball". The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 16, 2016.

Boston College Eagles men's basketball

Venues	Roberts Center (1958–1988) Conte Forum (1988–present)

Rivalries	Boston University Harvard UMass

Culture & lore	Baldwin the Eagle "For Boston" 1978–79 point shaving scandal

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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1978–79 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team

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