Rice signed his letter of intent to play basketball at and attend Boston College on April 28 , 2005 . As a freshman ( 2005 – 06 ) , Rice played in all 36 games , averaging 9.3 points , 1.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game . He earned two ACC rookie honors : ACC Rookie of the Week on November 28 , 2005 and was named to the ACC All-Freshman team . In his sophomore season ( 2006 – 07 ) , Rice started all 33 games , averaging 36.6 minutes a game . He finished the season with stats of 17.6 points , 3.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game . Rice was named to the All-ACC second team , and garnered All-Tournament honors for that season 's ACC tournament . In two NCAA tournament games , Rice averaged 24 points . A highlight of Rice 's junior season ( 2007 – 08 ) was a career-high 46-point performance in a 90 – 80 home loss to North Carolina on March 1 , 2008 . He scored 34 points by halftime . Rice averaged 21.0 points , 3.3 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game . He again earned All-ACC honors , this time on the first team . In a scintillating senior year ( 2008 – 09 ) , Rice experienced a dip in his scoring , averaging 16.9 points a game but improved in other statistical categories , averaging 3.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists a game . He scored 9 points in BC 's only appearance of the 2009 NCAA tournament
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2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
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