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By RYAN AMES

The UMass women's basketball team fell in its season opener to Harvard, 71-58, on Monday at Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge.The Minutewomen led, 15-12, after the first quarter, however the Crimson outscored UMass, 20-6, in the second frame in what...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — It can be a difficult task for college basketball fans to learn the players on the teams they root for year in and year out. Every season, programs across the country are gutted and rebuilt.UMass men’s hoops fans got quite the introduction...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — They always say to save the best for last, right?Frank Martin’s crew is certainly hoping so, as the third-year UMass men’s basketball head coach leads the Minutemen into what will be their final season in the Atlantic 10 – a conference in...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — There’s no way to sugarcoat it, last year was a disappointment for head coach Mike Leflar in his first season leading the UMass women’s basketball team. The expectations weren’t necessarily through the roof after Tory Verdi left Amherst for...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Unlike a lot of Division 1 men’s basketball players in 2024, UMass senior guard Rahsool Diggins didn’t demand anything from his head coach when making his decision on whether or not he would stay put in Amherst or test the waters of the...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

UMass men’s and women’s basketball took on Atlantic 10 media day in Washington, D.C. on Monday as UMass prepares for its 49th and final season in the conference it helped charter.The UMass men’s basketball team was voted to finish ninth in the...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

UMass men’s basketball on Tuesday released its conference schedule for its 49th and final season in the Atlantic 10, beginning with a road conference opener against Saint Joseph’s on Dec. 31.UMass released its non-conference schedule earlier in...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass men’s and women’s basketball teams on Wednesday released their non-conference schedules for the 2024-25 season.The men’s basketball team faces 13 teams in its non-conference slate from Nov. 4 to Dec. 21, including six games against foes from...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — When UMass men’s basketball head coach Frank Martin was first hired in March of 2022, very rarely would he hear the noises of bouncing basketballs, squeaking sneakers and loud chatter from his office – which overlooks the practice court...

By GARRETT COTE

On Wednesday afternoon, the Atlantic 10 Conference released its 2024-25 men’s basketball opponent pairings. This season, which will be UMass’ last in the A-10, will again going to be an 18-game league slate for all 15 teams.For the Minutemen, their...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

HADLEY – Jessica Dizek pulled out a four-pint bottle of milk and posed a question to the barn: any takers? The UMass men’s basketball team was on a tour of Mapleline Farm, where Dizek is a co-owner, and they had reached the barn full of Mapleline’s...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass men’s basketball team plans to play Arizona State in the Basketball Hall of Fame Classic at the MassMutual Center on Dec. 21, according to a source.OwlScoop.com was first to report the game. Temple will play Rhode Island in the first part of...

By GARRETT COTE

Less than a week after the Boston College men’s basketball team dropped out of the 2024 Naismith Hall of Fame Basketball Showcase, the final spot for the three-team round-robin tournament has been filled by another Atlantic Coast Conference...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — UMass men’s basketball assistant coach Brett Nelson has jumped ship to North Carolina State to accept another assistant role under Wolfpack head coach Kevin Keatts.North Carolina State is coming off one of the most impressive Cinderella runs...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — It looks as if the UMass men’s basketball team has rounded out its roster for the 2024-25 season.On Wednesday morning, high schooler Amadou Doumbia of Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut, announced on his social media pages that he would...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Just 24 hours ago, the UMass men’s basketball team hadn’t brought in a single transfer to replace the players who departed the program in the offseason. Now, after Wednesday’s signing of forward Akil Watson from Arizona State, the Minutemen have added...

By GARRETT COTE

The news is officially official: the UMass men’s basketball program will be part of the four-team field in the 2024 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase, the Hall announced on Monday.Joining the Minutemen is two other prestigious New England...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The decision every UMass men’s basketball fan has been waiting for was finally made late Saturday night.Minutemen star and First Team All-Atlantic 10 forward Matt Cross – the backbone of UMass’ team for the past two seasons – has committed...

By GARRETT COTE

Mount Holyoke College Director of Athletics Andrea Ricketts-Preston announced Abby Wemhoff as the basketball program’s new head coach on Tuesday – the 14th in program history.Wemhoff served as the top assistant coach on the Juniata College...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Another member of the band has made his decision, and it’s a good one for the UMass men’s basketball team.Following a career year, junior Rahsool Diggins has signed an NIL deal with The Massachusetts Collective, the collective announced on...