The 2024–25 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Eagles were led by seventh-year head coach

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. They played their home games at the Conte Forum in

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as members of the

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. The Eagles started the season with three straigh wins over non-Power 4 foes before losing their first game of the season against

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70–78. They followed the loss with three more wins against non-Power 4 foes. They then traveled to the Bahamas to take part in the Baha Mar tournament. There they lost to eighteenth-ranked

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and Oregon State to leave winless. They returned to participate in the ACC–SEC Challenge, where they lost to

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by eleven points. They followed that losing streak with an ACC win against

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and three wins against non-Power 4 opponents. After that run, the ACC schedule began in ernest and the Eagles lost their next five games. Four of those games were against ranked opponents, but all the losses were by double digits. They rebounded with back-to-back ACC wins against

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and

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. The Eagles went on to lose seven of their next eight games, with their only win coming against Clemson. They suffered three ranked losses during that stretch. They finished the regular season winning two of their last three games, defeating SMU and

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but losing a re-match with Syracuse. The Eagles finished the season 16–18 overall and 6–12 in ACC play to finish in a tie for twelfth place. As the twelfth seed in the ACC tournament, they faced thirteenth seed Syracuse for a third time this season. The regular season series finished 1–1 but the Eagles triumphed 76–73 in the tournament to advance to the Second Round. They lost 78–71 in the Second Round to fifth seed and fourteenth ranked

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. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT and were an unranked team in the St. Joseph's section of the bracket. They lost to fourth seed Villanova 76–70 in the First Round to end their season.

Previous season

The Eagles finished the season 14–19 overall and 5–13 in ACC play to finish in a tie for twevlth place. As the thirteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated twevlth seed Clemson in the First Round before losing to fifth seed

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in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WBIT.

Off-season

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting class

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Roster

Schedule

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References

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