Posts Tagged ‘Pat Chambers’
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
(Boston, MA) – Multiple team sources have confirmed that sophomore guard Mike Terry Jr. has left the Boston University Terriers and will look to transfer at the end of the school year.
Terry, a sophomore guard from Philadelphia, played in 28 games during the past season, averaging 1.6 points in nine minutes per game.
Generously listed at six-feet, Terry played in 57 games during his two-year career on Comm. Ave., was a defensive-minded guard who was viewed by coaches and teammates a terrific practice player and top-flight teammate who brought tremendous energy every day.
Terry was not forced out the door, and, according to multiple sources, would have been welcomed back with open-arms by the current coaching staff.
However, the writing was on the wall that Terry’s role moving forward would have been of little more than a practice player, and the word is that he is looking to transfer where he will see an increased role on the court (likely to a D2 or D3).
Terry is the second member of former Terriers head coach Pat Chambers’ first full-recruiting class to leave BU, joining center Mat Piotrowski on the transfer list.
The Terriers now have two open scholarships to fill, and are reportedly looking to land at least one impact transfer.
Tags: Boston University, BU, Leaves Program, Mat Piotrowski, Mike Terry Jr., Pat Chambers, Terriers, Transfer, Transfer list
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Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
An version of this Story appears on Boston.com
It’s a mid-summer night in July, and Fenway Park is overflowing with excitement. The collapse of September still months away, energy permeates the thick, heavy air.
Outside the ballpark, on the dark side of the Green Monster, Landsdowne Street is a ghost town — empty soda bottles, stale popcorn, and condiment wrappers litter the ground. Moving in the shadows, Corey Lowe is in his seventh month of purgatory.
Lowe walks alone, with a slow and gingerly gait. Stiff and upright, his steps are short. His knees bowed out, he sways from side to side – resembling a penguin – belying his young age of 23 and revealing the toll that the past five years have taken on his body.
The toll on his mind is harder to see, as he checks IDs, buses tables and tosses out drunks at a bar. He tries to avoid the thin cracks of light which escape the ballpark; he doesn’t want to be noticed, remembered.
Five years earlier, Lowe was one of the top high school basketball 
prospects in recent Massachusetts basketball history. A little over a year ago, he had cemented his legacy as one of the greatest players ever at Boston University, with the best post-season tournament ever by a Terrier.
And just like that, it was over.
He hit bottom last summer, in the shadows of Fenway.
Now, as the sports season that made him famous is in full-swing, Lowe is trying to pick up the pieces and resume his basketball career in the shadows of where it all began. The player who led Newton North High School to back-to-back state championships in 2005 and 2006 has come back to basketball after a rise that made headlines in college sports — and a fall that nearly broke him.
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Tags: Boston University, BU, Corey Lowe, Pat Chambers, Terriers, Tyler Morris
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Friday, June 24th, 2011
Joe Jones was named head coach of the Terriers on Thursday
Boston University wasted little time in hiring Pat Chambers’ replacement, as Boston College associate head coach Joe Jones was named as the 25th head coach of the Terriers on Thursday.
“After an extensive search, we are thrilled to have Joe Jones take over the reins of a BU basketball program that is on the rise,” said BU Athletic Director Mike Lynch. “Joe comes with impressive credentials and past head coaching experience that will help take the program to the next level. I am happy to welcome Joe, his wife and their kids to the Terrier family.”
The announcement came as a surprise to many around the America East, as Lynch and the BU athletic department kept a tight lid on their list of candidates, and Jones name was never mentioned by media outlets as a front-runner. Furthermore, prior to his season at BC, Jones spent seven seasons as head coach at Columbia, with only one winning season.
Numbers alone may not tell the whole story with Jones, however, as Columbia had been a perennial doormat – an athletic program that seemed incapable to simply compete – before Jones took over and led them to respectability. He also has a reputation as a strong recruiter, has America East roots and is another “Philly guy” who may be able to tap into his Philadelphia connections to keep the current Terriers squad intact. (more…)
Tags: Boston College, Boston University, Coach, Coaching change, Joe Jones, Mike Lynch, Pat Chambers, Terriers
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Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Two years ago, Boston University hired a 37 year old upstart without much of a resume as its head coach, announcing Villanova associate head coach Patrick Chambers as the successor to Dennis Wolff. From day one, Chambers brought energy and enthusiasm to an apathetic fan base while rejuvenating a deflated squad, pledging a sense of family and a commitment to the program. After leading the Terriers through a surprising charge through the America East Tournament, reaching the America East Championship game – the doorstep of the NCAA Tournament – during his first season at the helm, Chambers led the Terriers to the NCAA during his sophomore campaign.
In his first two years, Chambers compiled a 42-28 (.600) overall record and a 23-9 (.719) mark in league action. In the months of February and March, he was 21-4 (.840). After leading the Terriers to the semifinals of the 2010 CBI tournament and the second round of the 2011 NCAA’s, he was rewarded with a contract extension and bump in pay.
Less than three months later, he was gone. Far sooner than anyone expected, Chambers moved onward and upward from the America East, taking the head coaching position at Penn State vacated by Ed DeChellis. (more…)
Tags: Boston University, BU, Dennis Wolff, Joe Paterno, Mike Jarvis II, Orlando Vandross, Pat Chambers, Penn State, Rick Pitino Jr., Ron Everheart, Walter McCarty
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Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Of all the former America East players suiting up amongst the ranks of 
professional ball, Tyler Morris (Boston University ‘10) certainly didn’t play at the highest level this past season, nor did he put up the biggest numbers. But few players have fought as hard, or as through as much on-the-court adversity as Morris to simply set foot on the court. And on Tuesday, Morris hit what was arguably the biggest shot by any former AE-er in 2011, banking in a three-quarter court shot at the buzzer of game six of the Romanian A Division Championship, breaking what was a 61-61 and giving his club, U Mobitelco Cluj Napoca, a 64-61 win and the league title.
“That shot was crazy dawg,” says former Albany Great Dane Levi Levine, who spent the past season competing in the same league as Morris and who was watching the championship game on TV in Romania. “I’m out here so I saw it when it happened on TV and I was about to run around the house!”
That Morris even had the ball in his hands with a championship game on the line was an improbable story in itself. A few short months ago, simply playing professional basketball seemed like a pipe dream to Morris.
To say it has been a roller-coaster career may be an understatement. (more…)
Tags: Boston University, BU, Dennis Wolff, Greg Oden, Levi Levine, Mike Conley Jr., NBA, Pat Chambers, Romania, Tyler Morris
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Monday, March 14th, 2011
(Photograph’s courtesy of Steve McLaughlin)
Terrier Nation was elated. Mankind (the wrestler) was devastated.
The best player in the league stepped up in the conference’s biggest game. John Holland powered Boston University to a thrilling 56-54 win over Stony Brook in the final seconds of the America East championship game, and the Terriers punched their ticket to the Big Dance for the first time since 2002.
Boston University took its only lead of the day over Stony Brook with 2.4 seconds left, as Holland calmly sunk two free throws and survived a halfcourt heave to win the America East title. It was an interesting (nail-biting, thrilling, heartbreaking, controversial) end to a memorable title game played on national TV in the league’s best venue in front of a raucous crowd and terrific atmosphere. (more…)
Tags: Boston University, Bryan Dougher, BU, Chris Martin, Dallis Joyner, Danny Carter, Darryl Partin, Darryl Proctor, Dunk, Jamar Wilson, John Holland, Malik Rose, Mankind, Matt Griffin, NCAA Tournament, Pat Chambers, Seawolves, Speedy Claxton, Steve Pikiell, Stony Brook, T.J. Sorrentine, Terrier, Vermont
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Boston University redshirt junior forward Pat Hazel is a lot of things. A muscular 6-foot-6, the Marquette transfer holds his
BU's Pat Hazel throws down the second of his two dunks (Photo courtesy of Shane Bufano)
ground in the low post, and has blocked a league-leading 62 shots from both that position and as a help defender. On offense, Hazel generates plenty of second-shot opportunities – his OR% of 11.1 is tied for third-best among all AE qualifiers, trailing only Stony Brook’s Dallis Joyner and Albany’s Blake Metcalf – and despite often finding himself in a crowd of defenders around the hoop, Hazel shot a tidy 52.8% from the floor. The All-Defensive Team nominee’s ability to function effectively as a clean-up guy around the hoop made him a valuable contributor at both ends of the floor for the Terriers this season.
But after 32 games this season, it was safe to say that Hazel was not either of two things: a dunker or a free throw shooter. Heading into Sunday’s semifinal against the host, the No. 6 Hartford Hawks, a Hazel dunk prompted a hard pinch to make sure the observer wasn’t dreaming. And the charity stripe was anything but charitable to Hazel. Pat connected at a wholly uninspiring 44.0% clip. In fact, Hazel had never attempted more than one free throw in a game for BU without missing at least once. Hoping for 2-of-2? Good luck with that.
So years from now, when robots parse the box score from the Terriers’ closely contested 55-49 semifinal victory at Hartford for the umpteenth time, they won’t realize that what Pat Hazel did on Sunday took a running leap past “improbable,” landing safely in the zone of “unthinkable.” (more…)
Tags: Anthony Minor, Boston University, Hartford, Joe Zeglinski, John Gallagher, John Holland, Matt Griffin, Pat Chambers, Patrick Hazel
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Thursday, January 27th, 2011
It was a glass half-full, glass half-empty kind of game for both Boston University and Binghamton Wednesday night at the Agganis Arena.
Darryl Partin scored 20 points and John Holland added 16, including six key free throws during the Terriers comeback, to lead Boston University to a 71-66 win. Mahamoud Jabbi was brilliant in defeat, scoring 22 points on 9-of-14 shooting to go along with 10 rebounds, four blocks, two assists and a steal.
The game had a “Twilight Zone” feel, tipping off at 9:30, as the second part of a men’s/women’s double-header, inside a nearly empty state-of-the art arena as a snowstorm raged outside. (more…)
Tags: Binghamton, Boston University, Darryl Partin, Dominic Morris, Don Anderson, Javon Ralling, Jimmy Gray, John Holland, Kyrie Sutton, Mahamoud Jabbi, Mark Macon, Mike Gordon, Moussa Camara, Pat Chambers
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
The results of this past week’s results haven’t yielded any major shuffles in the conference pecking order, but one team took a hard fall while at least one other is clearly on the upswing. To whom could that refer? Read our America East Power Rankings to find out.
1. Vermont Catamounts (11-4, 2-1 AE)
Last week: Won at Stony Brook, 55-49, on Tuesday; Won vs. Albany, 60-48, on Thursday; Lost at Boston University, 74-65, on Sunday
This week: Saturday vs. UMBC
No team wants to lose a game, but for the Catamounts, an wake-up call early in conference play might not be the worst thing in the world. Vermont didn’t display the requisite hustle or execution in their loss to the Terriers yesterday, something head coach Mike Lonergan can use to rekindle his team’s sputtering spark. While the defense had remained sound prior to Sunday, the Catamounts’ last real offensive outburst (84 points at Iona) has been in the rear-view mirror for three weeks now. Vermont has posted three straight games of sub-50 eFG% for the first time since January of last season. Saturday’s walkthrough, er, game against the Retrievers in Burlington should provide a necessary tune-up. (more…)
Tags: Albany, Binghamton, Boston University, Bryan Dougher, D.J. Irving, Dallis Joyner, Darryl Partin, David Coley, Evan Fjeld, Ferg Myrick, Hartford, Jimmy Gray, John Gallagher, John Holland, Logan Aronhalt, Maine, Marcus Rouse, Mike Black, Mike Lonergan, Morgan Sabia, New Hampshire, Pat Chambers, Stony Brook, Tim Ambrose, Troy Barnies, UMBC, Vermont
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Thursday, January 6th, 2011
No one wanted to admit it afterwards, but Tuesday night’s contest was very close to a “must-win” game for both Boston University (6-10, 1-1 AE) and the University of New Hampshire (6-8, 0-2 AE). In the end, it was the Terriers, behind 20 points from John Holland and a monster 8 point, 10 rebound, 6 block by Pat Hazel, who came out 61-54 winners in a hard-fought, frequently messy game where neither team wanted to give an inch. (more…)
Tags: Alvin Abreu, Bill Herrion, BU, Chris Kurz, Dane DiLiegro, Ferg Myrick, John Holland, Matt Griffin, New Hampshire, Pat Chambers, Patrick Hazel, Scott Morris, Travis Robinson
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