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Article: REACHING BREAKING POINT BU'S COLLINS HOPES INJURIES ARE IN PAST
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 8, 2002
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Billy Collins never considered himself particularly unlucky. Sure,
it was unfortunate that shortly after he verbally committed to Boston
College, the school's basketball coach, Jim O'Brien, left town, and
took the appeal of playing there with him. It certainly wasn't
fortuitous when Collins signed with Rutgers, and they inked a local
stud immediately after that who happened to play the same position.
But to say he was jinxed? Nah. Collins was far too optimistic to
look at it that way.
Until, that is, he transferred to Boston University to play for
the Terriers, and broke his foot walking down the street.
"We had just beaten Vermont," Collins said. "I was walking out of
T Anthony's ...