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UMass basketball: New-look Minutemen eye opener with UNH to kick off final Atlantic 10 season
11-03-2024 4:40 PM

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...

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UMass basketball: Minutewomen turn to new, familiar faces in hopes of taking big step forward
11-03-2024 4:27 PM

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...


UMass basketball alum trains one of Calipari’s top recruits
10-18-2024 6:23 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Though it’s been more than two decades since Ross Burns played under John Calipari on UMass’ 1996 “Refuse to Lose” Final Four team, the former walk-on still carries with him lots of lessons from his time with one of the giants of college basketball...


UMass Basketball: Minutemen picked 9th, Minutewomen 13th in A-10 preseason poll
10-07-2024 7:47 PM

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...


Girls basketball: Addie Harrington, Kyler McClelland help Pioneer take down Mahar for Tech Summer League title (PHOTOS)
08-01-2024 7:21 PM

By LUCY POSTERA

TURNERS FALLS — It was a dominant championship game performance for Pioneer, which was crowned Franklin Tech Girls Summer Basketball League champions after rising above Mahar for a 61-33 victory on Thursday evening.Mahar topped Franklin Tech 42-27 in...


Mahar, Pioneer reach championship game of Franklin Tech Girls Summer Basketball League (PHOTOS)
07-30-2024 8:16 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — The finals are set for the Franklin Tech Girls Summer Basketball League. The semifinals took place on Tuesday, with Franklin Tech squaring off with Mahar in the opening game of the night before Frontier and Pioneer faced off in the...


‘Uplifting a country with sport’: Northampton native Joe Mantegna Jr. coaching the South Sudan men’s basketball team in the 2024 Paris Olympics
07-29-2024 3:50 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

For over 30 years, Northampton High School alum Joe Mantegna Jr. has coached a basketball camp with the Northampton Parks and Recreation Department.This summer will be the first time he won’t be coaching the camp, but he’s got an excuse. He’s at the...


UMass basketball: Frank Martin offers summer update on 2024-25 Minutemen
07-23-2024 4:54 PM

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...


Local high school basketball teams improving during DRIVE League summer action
07-05-2024 2:01 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — The summer is a great time to work on your game, and the DRIVE League provides that opportunity for a number of local boys high school basketball teams. Games take place multiple nights a week at Greenfield High School, with local schools...


Greenfield native and former UMass basketball player Ross Burns training prospects ahead of Wednesday’s NBA Draft
06-26-2024 10:16 AM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The 2024 NBA Draft is on Wednesday and Thursday, and though no UMass men’s basketball players are likely to be selected, a former Minuteman has his fingerprints all over the pre-draft process.Ross Burns, a Greenfield native who walked on at UMass and...


UMass basketball: Minutemen tour Hadley’s Mapleline Farm as part of community service, outreach
06-24-2024 8:41 PM

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 new...


UMass men’s basketball coach Frank Martin signs two-year contract extension
06-20-2024 1:14 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

UMass men’s basketball coach Frank Martin signed a two-year extension to keep him in Amherst through the 2028-29 season, UMass athletic director Ryan Bamford announced Thursday.Martin led the Minutemen to a 15-16 mark in his first season in 2022-23...


UMass basketball: Minutemen assistant coach Brett Nelson leaving for job at NC State; to be replaced by Matt Figger
05-16-2024 5:11 PM

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...


UMass basketball: Minutemen nab another transfer in Arizona State forward Akil Watson
05-08-2024 4:22 PM

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...


UMass basketball: Matt Cross reportedly enters transfer portal
04-16-2024 5:44 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The vicious one-two frontcourt punch that helped the UMass men’s basketball team to its best season in a decade is now gone.Forward Matt Cross has entered the transfer portal, according to multiple reports early Tuesday afternoon. Cross...


UMass basketball: Minutemen’s Jaylen Curry, Daniel Hankins-Sanford agree to NIL deals with The Massachusetts Collective
03-26-2024 5:02 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Within the last two days, the UMass men’s basketball team received big news regarding two of its student-athletes.Freshman guard Jaylen Curry and sophomore forward Daniel Hankins-Sanford each signed NIL deals with The Massachusetts...


UMass Basketball: Keon Thompson enters transfer portal
03-21-2024 8:42 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The UMass men’s basketball team is down another crucial piece from this year’s team.Keon Thompson, the Minutemen’s starting point guard, entered the transfer portal on Thursday morning, per several reports. The sophomore floor general...


Breaking down the financial implications for UMass athletics after move to the Mid-American Conference
03-19-2024 6:20 PM

CONNOR PIGNATELLO

When UMass joins the Mid-American Conference for the 2025-26 academic year, athletic director Ryan Bamford expects the school will bring in more revenue than it did when competing in the Atlantic 10.“This will allow us to grow our revenues to the...


UMass basketball: Josh Cohen, Robert Davis Jr. first Minutemen to enter transfer portal
03-18-2024 4:52 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — One of the first dominoes to fall is a massive one for the UMass men’s basketball team.Minutemen forward Josh Cohen has entered the transfer portal, ESPN’s Jeff Borzello reported late Monday morning. The 6-foot-10 senior has one year of...


UMass basketball: Minutewomen’s two leading scorers Alexsia Rose, Kristin Williams headed to transfer portal
03-18-2024 4:48 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — As of Monday afternoon, two UMass women’s basketball guards have entered the transfer portal looking to take their talents elsewhere.Senior Alexsia Rose and junior Kristin Williams have hit the portal following a disappointing 5-27...


Women’s basketball: Unbeaten NYU fends off Smith College to win first NCAA Div. III national championship since 1997
03-16-2024 10:08 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Smith College women’s basketball team refused to go away in the NCAA Division III National Championship game on Saturday night. Undefeated NYU — which entered with an unblemished 30-0 record on the season and had outscored its...

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