Luke Murray looks to end the longest NCAA Tournament drought for a Power Four school in his first season with the Eagles and his first head coaching job. A key assistant with UConn for five seasons, including two that ended with an NCAA championship, the 41-year-old Murray brings a nearly completely overhauled roster in search of the school’s first tourney berth since 2009.
Senior guard Money Williams comes from Montana after leading the Big Sky in scoring with 20.6 points per game. The 6-foot-4 Williams was the Big Sky Tournament MVP, scoring 91 points in three games and is one of six players in the school’s history to reach 1,000 points, 300 rebounds and 300 assists. … Senior shooting guard Ernest Shelton comes from nearby Merrimack, where he averaged 34.6% on 3-point attempts. … Aly Tounkara, a 7-foot transfer from Arkansas State, averaged 4.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and a block in 18.3 minutes per game. ... Jacob Furphy, a 6-foot-5 guard, came with Murray from UConn. He played sparingly with the Huskies last season after coming in as a four-star recruit from Australia.
It’s an almost entirely a new roster for Murray with only two returning player: redshirt freshman forward Jack Bailey and Will Eggemeier. The Eagles have 13 new faces on a squad that looks to learn Murray’s offensive system, which helped the Huskies’ run.
The Eagles open the season at home against Wagner on Nov. 3 and have an interesting intrastate matchup in their second game at TD Garden against Massachusetts three days later. They travel to Georgia on Dec. 1 in the ACC/SEC challenge before opening conference play at home against North Carolina on Jan. 2 and have a home matchup against expected league power Duke on Jan. 16.
BC was last in the league last season in scoring (65.1 points per game), shooting (41.0%) and 3-point shooting (29.6%). … The Eagles have had three head coaches since their last tourney berth under Al Skinner.
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FILE - Montana guard Money Williams (0) drives against Louisville guard Adrian Wooley (14) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
FILE - UConn assistant coach Luke Murray gestures during the first half of an exhibition NCAA basketball game against Boston College, Oct. 13, 2025, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
Polling stations in Israel will close on Tuesday evening, but it could be weeks before Benjamin Netanyahu or one of his opponents will be declared the next prime minister.
It might even require another election.
That's because Israelis vote for parties and not candidates. None of the several main parties is expected to win anywhere close to a 61-seat majority in Israel's parliament, known as the Knesset. So the next prime minister will have to cobble together a coalition.
Polls show a tight race between coalitions supporting Netanyahu and his main opponent, retired Gen. Gadi Eisenkot. In the end, both could fall short of a 61-seat majority, meaning another election would be held in the coming months with Netanyahu's government staying on as a caretaker.
Here's a look at the process.
Shortly after polls close at 10 p.m. local time (1900 GMT), Israel's three main television broadcasters will release exit polls estimating how many seats were won by each party.
The exit polls usually provide a good indication of how people have voted. But they also could vary and may not be borne out by the official results, which will be released in the coming days.
The Associated Press calls thousands of elections in the United States, but doesn't declare winners in foreign elections.
If, as expected, neither coalition pulls off a clear victory, then the coming weeks will see intense negotiations and bargaining among party leaders as they try to get to 61 seats.
Israel's largely ceremonial president, Isaac Herzog, will hold consultations with all the party leaders after the election and ask the candidate who appears most likely to form a coalition to do so. If that candidate is unable to assemble a majority within a maximum of six weeks, then others could be given a shot.
The process gives outsized power to smaller parties that can often provide a crucial margin. The leaders of the bigger parties typically woo them with promises of Cabinet positions, budgets or specific policies.
This election could in theory be decided by Arab-led parties.
Both Netanyahu and Eisenkot have so far ruled out any partnership with them. But they could allow Eisenkot to form a minority government by backing him from outside the coalition or even just abstaining from the Knesset vote to seat the next government.
If, after all the negotiations, no one is able to form a majority, a new election would be held in the next few months and the process would repeat itself.
Netanyahu's government would remain as a caretaker and public services wouldn't be affected. But it would lack the authority to enact major policy changes.
Even another election may not resolve matters.
The last national election held in Israel, in November 2022, was the fifth in 3½ years.
The Israeli flag flies along a seaside promenade as pedestrians pass by, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
People cross a bridge beneath an election campaign billboard featuring Gadi Eisenkot, leader of Yashar ("Straight") party, ahead of Israel's general election in Ramat Gan, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, gestures to supporters as security personnel surround him during a campaign appearance at a market in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, ahead of the country's general election. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
An audience member looks on as Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar ("Straight") party speaks at a campaign rally ahead of Israel's general election, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
