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Twenty-four hours after making history, the UMass Lowell men’s basketball team made a little more.
Howard Herman
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The last time a University of Massachusetts men’s basketball team earned a double-bye in the Atlantic 10 Tournament, coach Travis Ford guided …
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In his first seven seasons at UMass Lowell, head coach Pat Duquette's team had not won a post-season game.
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Undoubtedly, Harry Sheehy and wife Connie will ride off into a well-deserved retirement after a decade at Dartmouth. But I have another idea.A…
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University of Massachusetts coach Matt McCall, during a Friday Zoom call with reporters, was asked about the fact that in spite of late starts…
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Nobody had to be Superman or Captain America on Saturday night. All the University of Massachusetts had to do was its job. It was a job the Minutemen did well.
The University of Massachusetts could be more than a little shorthanded when the Minutemen hit the court for Saturday night’s Atlantic 10 Conference game with Rhode Island.
On paper, the University of Massachusetts' home game with Fordham should not have been tough. After all, the Minutemen did beat the Rams by 18 points in The Bronx two weeks ago.
University of Massachusetts coach Walt Bell had an opportunity to take a breath on Wednesday afternoon. Bell and his staff wrapped up their football recruiting class by receiving seven National Letters of Intent by sundown to play for the Minutemen.
When the University of Massachusetts hits the Mullins Center court Wednesday night, it will end the fourth time the Minutemen have had at least a week off between games.
Bailey Patella says that sometimes, it is hard to believe that he is one of the “old guys” on the University of Vermont men’s basketball team.
It will be 10 days between basketball games for the University of Massachusetts. The next month, however, could be very busy.
Richmond, Va., will be the epicenter of tournament basketball for the Atlantic 10 Conference.
UMass coach Matt McCall will take his team to Richmond, Va., in March for the Atlantic 10 Conference men’s basketball tournament. Richmond and VCU will share hosting honors.
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The 2021 college football season is still eight months away, but for the University of Massachusetts, the new season has begun.
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For the second time this year, the University of Massachusetts has paused it’s men’s basketball activities.
The decade that just ended was a pretty successful one for the Williams College men’s basketball team. Four NCAA Division III Final Four trips and two appearances in the championship game highlight the decade.
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The quiet from college gymnasiums and ice rinks in Berkshire County has been deafening this winter. Williams College and the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, along with their respective college sports conferences, fielded no teams in any of the winter sports.
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