When the sun sets tomorrow over The Heights, the lights in Conte Forum will be flicked on to highlight one of the nation's top match-ups. The Terrapins of Maryland come to town to battle our Boston College Eagles. After a disappointing loss to Notre Dame in the BB&T Classic, the Terps rebounded against Fordham on Wednesday. DJ Strawberry & Company will hope to keep the momentum going in Chestnut Hill.

The Junkyard Dog, averaging nearly 20 and 10, has been trained to keep trespassers out. Jared will continue his All-American campaign for the Eagles, leading the team that is rebounding like Pamela Anderson after shedding herself of Tommy Lee.

Gary Williams will be the second coach with a national championship on his resume to come to Conte this season. Tom Izzo was the first, and he left without adding to his mounain of career victories.

Tomorrow's game should be filled with emotion, as students take a break from their studies to watch the first game of the highly anticipated ACC schedule. The Terrapins feature 5 regulars that shoot over 40% from three point land. That is critical, because if they take the ball into the paint, Sean Williams will reject them with a frequency akin to the ball-busters working the door at Mary-Ann's.

The schizophrenic Eagles make it difficult to decisively make a prediction on the game. Based on our 14-point flop to Vermont, and Maryland's 18-point triumph, the transitive property of basketball is not favorable. However, this model must be discounted since the Terps only squeaked by Izzo's Spartans by 2.

It will be interesting to see how the game plays out, but my crystal ball suggests that I can sleep easy tonight.

Prediction:

Boston College 67
Maryland 61