1994. Jim O'Brien's Eagles beat Dean Smith's one seeded national champions in the second round. BC made it out of the 8/9 first round game to meet Carolina and stun the basketball world over the weekend. Billy Curley made the cover of SI (first BC kid since Flutie). It was a very big deal at the time.
The thing that struck me about that team, thinking about them just now, the morning after Coach O'Brien and Billy came up to Standish to play local DIII squad St. Joseph's (Emerson lost), is how fucking ugly that particular Eagle team was.
Don't get me wrong. Jay Murphy and the English guy with a temper were no prizes. Michael Adams? Looked like a horse kicked him in the face (you ever really look at Mike's face?) Bags?
But the '94 team? Ugliest Eagles ever (not including the cheerleaders down through the years. That's a whole nother story)
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The Eagles...
Gerrod Abram - Big Ass Abram
Danya Abrams -Are you kidding me? Smith called him "the dirtiest player in the country." Should have called him the unsightlieast
Brad Christianson - Big white guy who, I'm sure was ugly. He just never got in any games soz I could get a look at him
Bill Curley - Now this dude is ugly. 6 10, all arms, legs, and knees. Ran like he was falling out of a building. And he beat the fucking Heels that year in one of the biggest wins in BC history
Howard Eisley - Pretty boy did pretty good for himself in The Association, didn't he? If you had said this guy was a ten year NBA player his senior year in high school in Michigan, you'd have gotten a lot of bets against. (=Don't give up)
Paul Grant - As ugly as Curley without the talent. Paint chipper
Kevin Hrobowski - Who?
Malcolm Huckaby - Played like he was named
Keenan Jourdon - Ugly bench guy
Marc Molinsky- Ugly bench guy
Jim Ryan - Ugly bench guy. Do you think with a name like "Jim Ryan" the kid was black? Nope? Good for you
Good thing OBie (aka Fireman Bill) was on hand to dress things up a bit....
(what?)
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