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BOSTON -- Jason Dunne nailed a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left and finished with a career-best 25 points to lift Hartford to its first-ever win against an Atlantic Coast Conference school, 65-63 over Boston College on Friday night.Jalen Ross added 16 points for the Hawks (3-8), who had lost seven of eight.A.J. Turner led the Eagles (4-5) with 13 points, and Connar Tava had 12.Jerome Robinson, who was second in the Atlantic Coast Conference scoring at 20.8 per game, was shaken up when he hit the floor hard late in the first half and had only four points.Robinsons short jumper in the lane had given BC a 63-62 edge with 13.1 seconds left before Dunne nailed his game-winner from the right wing.Robinson missed a half-court shot at the buzzer, and the Hawks players celebrated.Hartford had led 56-49 with 4 1/2 minutes remaining before the Eagles went on an 8-0 spurt that was capped by Jordan Chatmans 3-pointer with 2:29 left.Behind the first seven points by Dunne, the Hawks went on a 9-0 spree early in the second half to pull in front 41-30 with 15:08 to play.In a sloppy first half that featured poor shooting and, at times, careless ball handling, both schools went through lengthy stretches without a basket before Hartford scored the final seven points to take a 27-23 edge into intermission.BIG PICTUREHartford: The effort should give the Hawks confidence going into America East play. Behind the resurgence of Dunnes scoring this season (averaging 14.0 coming in) they now have a one-two scoring punch going into conference action. Ross came in averaging a league-best 21.3 and has scored in double figures 25 straight.Boston College: For the second straight game, the Eagles fell into a deep hole early in the second half. With Robinson unable to carry them, the offense really sputtered most of the night.POWERLESS INDEXBoth teams were rated in the 300s in the latest RPI (rating percentage index) entering the game.BC was 311 and Hartford 337.The Eagles shot 22.2 percent in the opening half, with the Hawks hitting only 26.9.WHERES THE CROWDThe teams played in front of a sparse gathering -- one of the smallest remembered in the history of Conte Forum since it opened in 1988 (minus games played during winter-weather conditions).UP NEXTHartford: Host Dartmouth in the first of two straight at home on Tuesday.Boston College: Face Auburn at Madison Square Garden in New York City in the Under Armour Reunion on Monday Derrick Williams Jersey . The Cincinnati Reds remain perfect with their speedy rookie outfielder in the starting lineup. Corey Brewer Jersey . 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After a weeks-long dance, the club announced on Tuesday that Colangelo will be stripped of his general manager title and will now serve exclusively as the teams president, a shift that will see him lose the power to influence the decision-making process as it relates to players and coaches. The incoming general manager, who will purportedly be hired within a month, will report directly to MLSE president and CEO Tim Leiweke. The move is an unexpected concession to a controversial figure in Toronto. Colangelo will be allowed to maintain employment while also retaining the right to vacate MLSE for a shot at running a different organization should the opportunity present itself. Colangelo established many ties within MLSE during his seven-year stint with the Raptors and no doubt those ties came to his defence over the last few weeks as Colangelos fate was being decided behind closed doors. Even still, for a basketball lifer like Colangelo, it must be a bittersweet victory to be allowed to stay within the organization only to watch somebody else restructure and reshape the team he spoke so glowingly of at the end of this season. Still, the NBA is a results-based business and the higher-ups at MLSE, including Leiweke, clearly felt that the net result of Colangelos seven years of service did not entitle him to another shot at running the Toronto Raptors. Yahoo!s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Saturday that the Raptors have now targeted Denver Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri to replace Colangelo, and are preparing a "serious financial and organizational commitment" to lure him back to Toronto (Ujiri spent three years under Colangelo, including two as his assistant GM). Ujiris contract is up in Denver and while the organization has insisted that they want to retain his services after winning this years Executive of the Year award, Denver has a reputation for front office frugality and MLSE has very deep pockets and a willingness to spend. There is no doubt that Leiweke and Co. will tender an offer that is exceedingly difficult to refuse if Ujiri is, in fact, the man that they have targeted to run their basketball club, and it will be up to Ujiri to decide whether the money is enough to turn his back oon the club that gave him his first shot at running a basketball team.dddddddddddd Regardless of who is tapped to replace Colangelo as GM, however, one must acknowledge the seismic shift Colangelos reassignment will have on the Raptors organization. Doors that were thought to be closed under his stewardship (trading DeMar DeRozan, amnestying Andrea Bargnani) are now potentially reopened with his removal. Players like Rudy Gay and Kyle Lowry are no longer tied to the man that acquired them - the new GM will feel no pressure to justify their acquisitions because he wont have been the man that acquired them. Even Dwane Casey, whos already had his contract option for next year picked up, might be out the door if the new man in charge wants a top-down restructuring of Torontos basketball operations. So much of what one thinks and expects from the Raptors has been shaped through Colangelos lens it can be hard to grasp how different things will be with him gone. The on-court ideology, the trade market activity, the penchant for wild spending and the attachment to certain players will no longer necessarily define the club. Certain expectations are simply no longer apt when it comes to considering the Raptors. Colangelo had a hand in designing every corner of the organization and it will be very interesting to see how a new eye will take to his handiwork. Needless to say things are going to change, but how extensively the question going forward. It will be very interesting to see how history will remember the Colangelo era with the Raptors. While he earned no shortage of detractors, he also never sat on his hands or allowed the team to stumble unattended. He was a passionate executive and a fierce defender of the viability of the city of Toronto as a destination in the NBA. He made several miscalculations when it came to building his rosters (which is why hes no longer running the club), but he never gave up on trying to make the team better. He made several moves that I, personally, didnt agree with, but even I cannot argue with conviction that he had that every move he made brought the organization one step closer to where he wanted it. In a results-based business that doesnt count for a lot, but that doesnt mean it has to count for nothing, either. ' ' '