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Men's Basketball At Boston U. Tuesday for a 7 p.m. Tip-off
Nov. 16, 2009
GW at BU Game Notes 
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George Washington (1-0) at Boston U. (0-1)
Game 2
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 • Time: 7:00 pm (EST)
Location: Agganis Arena (7,200) • Boston, MA
Radio: 1050 AM, 820 AM www.FederalNewsRadio.com (Byron Kerr)
Internet: live stats on GameTracker at GWsports.com
TV: RCN (Chris Michael, John Leone); NESN (Eric Frede, Abu Bakr)
Series: GW leads, 16-1 (GW, 2-0 at Agganis Arena)
GW COACH: Karl Hobbs (Connecticut `85)
Record at GW: 134-100 (.573) 9th season
Atlantic 10 Record: 68-60 (.531) 9th season
Career Record: 134-100 (.573) 9th season
Hobbs' Record vs. Boston U.: 6-0
BU COACH: Patrick Chambers (Philadelphia U. `94)
Record at BU: 0-1 (.000) 1st season
Career Record: 0-1 (.000) 1st season
Chambers' Record vs. GW: 0-0
Tuesday's Game: GW (1-0) faces Boston University (0-1) for the fifth straight season and third meeting at Agganis Arena. The teams opened the 2006-07 season at Agganis Arena, a 70-57 GW victory and last season when GW prevailed, 63-58, in overtime.
• GW arrives in Boston direct from North Carolina where it opened the season with a 76-71 come-from-behind victory at UNC Wilmington just 48 hours ago.
• GW is 2-0 at Agganis Arena and 6-0 against the Terriers under coach Karl Hobbs.
• GW is picked to finish 13th in the 14-team Atlantic 10 Conference in the league's Preseason Coaches' and Media Poll announced Oct. 22.
• BU posted a 17-13 overall record, 11-5 in the America East, last year and are picked to win the league title in the AE preseason poll.
• GW has won its last five straight season openers. The last time GW lost an opener was on Nov. 17, 2004 at 2nd-ranked Wake Forest, coached by the late Skip Prosser, in the Preseason NIT at Winston-Salem, NC.
• The Terriers opened their season Friday with a 82-73 loss to Iona at New Rochelle, NY.
A Closer Look at Boston U.: Boston U. has been picked to win the America East Conference in the preseason coaches' poll. Under first-year coach and former Villanova assistant, Patrick Chambers, BU returns four starters from last year's 17-13 team which included a 63-58 overtime loss to GW. The BU roster includes `07 AEC Rookie of the Year, Tyler Morris who scored a game-high 21 points in BU's season-opening loss at Iona Friday. Preseason all-conference first-teamers Corey Lowe and John Holland combined to score 33 points Friday. The Terriers shot 38.2 percent (21-55) from th field at Iona including 12-28 (42.9%) three pointers. BU also outrebounded the Gaels, 41-37 but turned the ball over 22 times which contributed to the loss. Former Colonials and GW Hall of Famer Matt Zunic (`43) became one of BU's more successful coaches with a seven-year record of 96-58 (.623) from 1952-59. Zunic, who died in Dec., 2006 at age 87, took the Terriers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1959.
Next Game: GW returns to Washington for the home opener on Saturday, Nov. 21 in a 2 p.m. contest at newly-renovated Charles E. Smith Center. The game will be broadcast live on 1500 AM, 820 AM and at FederalNewsRadio.com as well as live video streamed via the Internet at www.GWsports.com.
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