Bye, Bye, Birdies. The Terps play the Boston College Eagles on Sunday in a game that Maryland must win in order to secure a first round bye in the ACC Tournament. The top four teams in the ACC get to take next Thursday off. Duke and UNC have already locked up the top two spots. Right now, Maryland and Florida State are both 9-4 in the ACC, while NC State, which defeated Miami today, has finished the ACC regular season 10-4. FSU plays Wake Forest on Sunday in a game that FSU should win, which would also give it a 10-4 record. So if the Noles win and if Maryland were to fall to the birdies Eagles, it's bye bye to the bye. (In fact, if the Terps lose, they will fall out of the top four in the ACC regardless of what FSU does, because of the loss to Georgia Tech, which has finished ACC play 9-5.) Maryland can control its own destiny on Sunday with a win. The last time the Terps played in Boston, they came home with some fancy bling-bling, so here's hoping they can close out the ACC regular season with another victory in the Bay State.

The BasketCases are not traveling for tomorrow's game, but we are sending a personal correspondent . . . our ten-year-old niece who lives in Massachusetts. She is quite excited and has spent the last few days making sure that her National Championship tee shirt is just right. We hope to bring you an eyewitness report from her tomorrow.

The game, which starts at 3 PM, will be broadcast on Comcast Sports Net but joined in progress (CSN says at 3:30) after the conclusion of a Caps game. The BasketCases confess that they will be at the Smith Center watching GW play Temple in a 2PM game that will decide the A10 regular season title (while our DVR is humming away at home). It should be quite a match.