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NEW YORK -- It wasnt about visiting New York City during the holiday season that appealed to Bruce Weber.Rather, the opportunity to play two games in an NBA arena and NCAA tournament venue appealed to Kansas States coach because of what it could mean come March.You get a couple of those different venues so hopefully youre not star struck when -- if -- you get to the tournament, Weber said after Kansas States 72-54 win over Boston College in the first game of the Barclays Center Classic on Friday night.Or when we get into the tournament.Freshman Xavier Sneed led the Wildcats with 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds.My role on the team is to bring energy off the bench, Sneed said. Thats what I try to do.Dean Wade and Barry Brown added 11 points apiece as Kansas State improved to 5-0.While Weber has a long-term view, Eagles coach Jim Christian said he is looking for something more fundamental.We have some guys on our team that, in my opinion, they need to play harder, Christian said as Boston College fell to 3-2.Even though Ky Bowman led Boston College with 13 point, and Connor Tava and Jerome Robinson finished with 11 each, Christian was not especially impressed with his teams performance.We didnt play very well one through five, Christian said. I thought we got manhandled one through five.The third meeting between the ACC and Big 12 programs-and the first in regular season play-was not especially competitive.Kansas State used an 11-2 run spanning 6:47 in the first half to take control. The run began with Isaiah Maurices jumper at 7:27 which tied the game 7-7, and was culminated by Wades dunk with 5:46 left in the half. By that point, the Wildcats had an 18-9 lead that they would not relinquish.The Wildcats led 31-22 at halftime and limited the Eagles to 29.2 percent shooting from the field in the first and 33.3 percent for the game.We picked up the pressure, Weber said. We talked about once they got over half court, kind of inside that circle, stretch them out a little bit. We had to disrupt them.Boston College committed 14 turnovers in the first half and 21 for the game, with Sneeds steal and breakaway jam midway through the second half underscoring Kansas States prowess in turning turnovers into points.Sneeds jam put the Wildcats up 47-35, and from there the Eagles never seriously threatened Kansas State.You make runs with stops, Weber said. And then take advantage of it with transition.The Wildcats finished the game shooting 45.4 percent from the field.BIG PICTUREBoston College: After starting the season with four games against small programs, the Eagles took on a major conference squad in Kansas State and were found to be significantly lacking. Was it an isolated moment or is Jim Christians team headed for its third-straight losing season?Kansas State: The Wildcats first game against a major conference opponent could not have been scripted better as Kansas State maintained its early first half lead for the remainder of the game.POLL IMPLICATIONSBoston College: The loss ended the Eagles three-game winning streak, and probably put to rest any hopes Boston College could break into the Top 25.Kansas State: Despite a complete performance in beating Boston College, Kansas State is probably not going to move into the Top 25.NOTABLEBoston College: Nic Popovic was tended to by a trainer as he lay on the court after being inadvertently elbowed by Kansas States D.J. Johnson early in the first half.Kansas State: Friday nights game was Kansas States second at the Barclays Center.UP NEXTBoston College: Will meet the loser of the of the Maryland/Richmond game Saturday.Kansas State: Will meet the winner of the of the Maryland/Richmond game Saturday. Dee Ford 49ers Jersey . Two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the April 15 race in an area packed with fans cheering the passing runners. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured, including at least 16 who lost limbs. Y.A. Tittle Youth Jersey .J. -- New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee. http://www.49ersrookiestore.com/49ers-Terrell-Owens-Jersey/ . It was the second consecutive win for the Pacers (2-5), who lost their first five preseason games. Jeff Teague led the Hawks (1-5) with 17 points and eight assists and Al Horford had 12 points and seven rebounds. Mike Scott scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half. Jerry Rice Jersey . The Barrie Colts defenceman, who impressed many with his play for Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship, is the top-ranked skater in the February rankings. He has 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 points in 45 games with the Colts this season. Jerry Rice Womens Jersey . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began. Pakistan 8 for 97 (Sarfraz 31*, Hazlewood 3-19, Starc 3-45, Bird 2-7) trail Australia 429 (Smith 130, Handscomb 105, Renshaw 71, Wahab 4-89, Amir 4-97) by 332 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball detailsAustralia and Pakistan on night two in Brisbane resembled nothing so much as Australia and most of the rest of the world during the great recession of 2008. Having planned and saved soundly in the good times on a slower day one pitch, the hosts were able to absorb the shock of tougher batting conditions, helped by a Peter Handscomb stimulus package.Pakistan had no such safety net, and when the crash came under the Gabba lights against the wobbling pink ball, they went swiftly into free fall. The visiting batsmen jutted their bats out at the bad real estate offered by Australias canny bowlers like so many reckless traders, and were left observing the ruins of their first innings like former employees of Lehman Brothers.The main reason for the days violent swerve from 1 for 43 to 8 for 67 was the quickening of the surface, which clearly did not need a single millimetre more grass than the two the curator Kevin Mitchell Jnr. left on it. One wonders how swiftly the match might have moved with the 6mm preferred by Adelaides groundsman Damian Hough.Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Jackson Bird had far too much speed, accuracy and movement for Pakistans batsmen, cowed as they already had been on slower, seamier pitches in New Zealand. Of the tourists only Sami Aslam gave any indication of permanence, and even that was of the painful, white-knuckle kind as he wore two blows on the helmet before glancing Bird into Matthew Wades gloves.Handscombs chanceless century, in only his second Test, ensured that the quality spells bowled by Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz did not result in a similar level of mayhem. Amirs figures were his best since returning to the Pakistan side, but he was unable to dislodge Handscomb, who showed patience beyond his years and deep trust in his way of batting. Gleefully, he leapt from 91 to 101 with a powerful six off Yasir Shah then a delectable square drive off Amir. Bird and Nathan Lyon bolstered Australias total with a pesky stand of 49 - runs measured in value through the deepening furrow in Misbah-ul-Haqs brow.Steven Smith and Handscomb had begun intent on a long occupation, but the captain appeared to decide it was time to go on the attack after the fourth wicket stand went beyond 170 runs. First he tried to deposit Yasir into the Gabba stands only for Amir to drop a swirling chhance, then flayed at Wahab to end an equal parts fine and fortunate innings.ddddddddddddNic Maddinson was not confronted by floodlights and a swinging ball, but the extra pace off the pitch did appear to trouble him against both spin and pace before he was unable to withdraw his bat from Wahab in time - having already been turfed at short leg off Yasir. Wade and Starc both offered up catches to the slips off the persistent Amir before Handscomb was able to reach three figures, doing so with an exultant yell and matching fist pump.Despite the late flurry from Bird and Lyon, Pakistans openers did have the advantage of starting in daylight. Starc gained some early swing, but it was a ball angled across with bounce that found the edge of Azhar Alis bat - expertly snaffled by Usman Khawaja. For a little more than 15 overs, the resolute Sami and a seemingly composed Babar Azam held the Australians at bay, even as the lights took effect.It was clear they stuck around longer than the hosts preferred, as evidenced by Starcs ever more prominent snarling in Samis direction. But it was to be Hazlewood who signalled the start of the downturn by tempting Babar with a delivery just wide enough to drive, and just short enough to make it risky. The resultant edge was well held by Smith, turning his body, and next ball Wade had a far simpler task to collect a thinner edge from a fencing Younis Khan.Though Misbah survived the hat-trick, he seemed mesmerised by the bouncing, seaming ball, and it was no surprise when his searching bat succeeded only in edging low to Matt Renshaw at first slip. By now the Gabba had taken on full Colosseum mode, as near enough to 25,000 spectators willed further edges into the Australian cordon.They got them too, as Asad Shafiq and Yasir offered further catches to Khawaja, either side of a return catch from Wahab and a forlorn touch down the leg side by Sami. His determination to keep his bat from harm had been the closest any Pakistani came to a workable method in such bouncy conditions.Late in the piece, Sarfraz Ahmed and Amir managed to hang around until stumps while inching the total towards three figures - the former was reprieved when Wade failed to glove a stumping chance off Lyon. If Pakistan look about as healthy as numerous major economies did in late 2008 there is one troubling divergence from that tale: the Gabba doesnt tend to do bail-outs. ' ' '