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UMass football: New defensive coordinator Jared Keyte pleased with Minutemen’s opening week of spring practice
03-13-2025 9:01 AM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — When Joe Harasymiak accepted the UMass football head coaching job back in early December, a handful of members on the Rutgers staff – where Harasymiak was previously the defensive coordinator – were excited for him. They also wanted to go with him based on the relationships they had built with him over the course of their time together.

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UMass basketball: Minutemen open final Atlantic 10 tourney with first round game against La Salle
03-11-2025 1:42 PM

By GARRETT COTE

The time has come for the UMass men’s basketball team, as it begins its trek through one final Atlantic 10 Conference tournament on Wednesday afternoon.


Ally Landau’s last-second basket lifts Smith College basketball past Amherst 52-50, into fourth straight NCAA Div. 3 Sweet 16 (PHOTOS)
03-08-2025 11:22 PM

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The Smith College women’s basketball team’s nine-point fourth quarter lead in the NCAA Division 3 Women’s Basketball second round had evaporated. Amherst College clawed its way back in it on the defensive end, holding the host Pioneers to just six points for the first 9 minutes, 30 seconds of the frame, and got a massive 3-pointer from guard Reagan Pahl with 13 seconds left to tie the game at 50 apiece. Smith’s deafening crowd turned silent as head coach Lynn Hersey called timeout to draw up a play.


UMass basketball: Mullins Center says goodbye to the Atlantic 10 with final league home game before move to MAC
03-08-2025 6:49 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — When the final buzzer sounded to signal the end of the UMass men’s basketball team’s regular season, which ended in a 74-51 loss to Loyola Chicago on Saturday afternoon at Mullins Center, the arena’s staff immediately began tearing up the floorboards of Jack Leaman Court to get ready for the Minutemen’s hockey game at 7:30 p.m.


UMass basketball: Minutewomen to open Atlantic 10 tourney against Saint Louis
03-05-2025 4:28 PM

By GARRETT COTE

After defeating George Washington in their regular season finale on Feb. 26, the UMass women’s basketball team completed a turnaround for the ages and earned the No. 7 seed in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament.


UMass basketball: Rahsool Diggins, Jaylen Curry steer Minutemen to come-from-behind 91-88 win over Rhode Island
03-01-2025 10:34 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Getting consecutive stops on the defensive end felt almost impossible for the UMass men’s basketball team through 30 minutes of action. Rhode Island used a 3-point barrage and timely Sebastian Thomas drives to the hoop to build a 77-67 lead with 10 minutes, 53 seconds remaining in the second half.


UMass basketball: Daniel Rivera to miss remainder of Minutemen’s regular season due to injury; Jaylen Curry likely to return against Rhode Island
02-27-2025 4:08 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — UMass men’s basketball head coach Frank Martin confirmed Thursday that senior forward Daniel Rivera would miss the remainder of the regular season with a knee injury. The third-year Minutemen head coach didn’t offer a timetable for Rivera’s return, but did say that he had been playing through an injury for about a month.


UMass basketball: Rhode Island survives for 42-40 win in Minutewomen’s final A-10 home game
02-23-2025 4:44 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Emotions continued to run high well past the 40 minutes of action between the UMass women’s basketball team and Rhode Island. The two rivals had not only just played their last-ever Atlantic 10 matchup, but it was also the Minutewomen’s senior night – where they recognized Stefanie Kulesza and Mikenzie Jones. Head coach Mike Leflar and Kulesza both shed tears in the post game press conference following UMass’ 42-40 loss to the Rams on Sunday afternoon at the Mullins Center.


UMass basketball: Minutemen drop 4th game in a row in blowout loss to George Washington
02-23-2025 12:51 PM

By GARRETT COTE

It feels like an eternity ago that the UMass men’s basketball team was in the mix for a second consecutive double bye in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament. Back on Feb. 4, the Minutemen gave away a late lead to Saint Louis with third place in the conference on the line. They beat La Salle the very next game, but have since dropped four in a row – losing by an average margin of 18.5 points.


UMass hockey: No. 1 Boston College rights the ship, splits weekend series after 4-1 win over Minutemen
02-15-2025 10:53 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Two themes continued to come up during UMass hockey head coach Greg Carvel’s postgame press conference following the Minutemen’s 4-1 loss to Boston College on Saturday night at Mullins Center: desperation and fatigue.


UMass basketball: Shorthanded Minutemen fall to St. Bonaventure 73-59 for third loss in four games
02-15-2025 4:29 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — According to UMass men’s basketball coach Frank Martin, not one player in his usual starting five – Jaylen Curry, Rahsool Diggins, Jayden Ndjigue, Daniel Rivera and Daniel Hankins-Sanford – suited up for practice on Friday, just 24 hours before the Minutemen were set to host St. Bonaventure at the Mullins Center.


UMass men’s basketball: Davidson’s Reed Bailey scores 21 points as Wildcats take down Minutemen, 77-68 (PHOTOS)
02-12-2025 10:17 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Through about 13 minutes of action, it looked as if the UMass men’s basketball team was going to do something very few teams have done all season: shut down Davidson forward Reed Bailey, who leads the Atlantic 10 in points per game (20.0) this year.


UMass basketball: Minutewomen held to season-low scoring output in 56-38 loss to Davidson
02-08-2025 6:52 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Allie Palmieri stepped into a 3-pointer and drilled it with 3 minutes, 37 seconds to go in the fourth quarter of the UMass women’s basketball team’s game against Davidson on Saturday afternoon – cutting the Minutewomen’s deficit to 10 points (48-38). They hadn’t played well offensively all game, but their defense continued to turn the Wildcats over and give their offense a chance to get back in it.


UMass to give student $10,000 after half-court shot contest controversy
02-07-2025 4:36 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The rules were rather simple to Noah Lee, who stepped onto Jack Leaman Court inside the Mullins Center at halftime of Wednesday night’s women’s basketball game between the host Minutewomen and St. Bonaventure. Make four baskets – a layup, free throw, 3-pointer and half-court shot – and he’d be $10,000 richer.


UMass basketball: Minutemen fall apart down the stretch, hand Saint Louis key A-10 victory
02-04-2025 10:44 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — It’s become almost normal at this point. In recent memory, any time the UMass men’s basketball team starts to play well and garners attention from the fan base, it seemingly finds a way to let them down. Such was the case on Tuesday night in front of a season-high 3,745 fans at Mullins Center as the Minutemen fell 73-71 to Saint Louis with third place in the Atlantic 10 on the line.


UMass women’s basketball: Big first quarter leads Minutewomen past George Washington, 71-54
01-29-2025 9:33 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Make it two in a row for the UMass women’s basketball team, as the Minutewomen used a 17-2 first-quarter run to sail ahead of George Washington en route to a 71-54 win at Mullins Center on Wednesday night.


UMass basketball: Streaking Minutemen eyeing fourth straight win head to struggling Rhode Island
01-28-2025 5:45 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — After starting Atlantic 10 play 0-2 and having struggled throughout its non-conference slate, it looked as if the UMass men’s basketball team was headed back toward the bottom half of the league following a promising 20-win season a year ago.


UMass football notebook: Joe Harasymiak reflects on first weeks as head coach
01-24-2025 5:16 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — For the first time since his introductory press conference back on Dec. 6, UMass football head coach Joe Harasymiak spoke with the media on Friday afternoon at the Martin Jacobson Football Performance Center.


Former UMass quarterback and coach Liam Coen announced as the new head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars
01-24-2025 5:13 PM

By GARRETT COTE

It has been quite an adventurous week for former UMass quarterback Liam Coen. On Wednesday evening, it was reported that Coen, who served as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator during the 2024 season, would be returning to the organization as the highest-paid assistant coach in the National Football League – turning down a head-coaching offer from the Jacksonville Jaguars in the process.


UMass men’s basketball: Minutemen extend win streak to three following 74-61 triumph over George Washington
01-22-2025 10:48 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — For the early portion of the first half, anxious murmurs spread through the Mullins Center as the UMass men’s basketball team racked up as many turnovers (6) as points nearly 10 minutes into the game. The 2,772 fans that showed up were wondering if the Minutemen would too. But as he did on Sunday against La Salle, Minutemen sophomore Jaylen Curry changed the trajectory of Wednesday night’s contest with George Washington.


Sophomore Marqui Worthy works into his role on UMass men’s basketball team
01-21-2025 7:42 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Down by three with under 15 seconds remaining in the UMass men’s basketball team’s game at Fordham on Jan. 15, the Minutemen needed a 3-pointer to send the game to overtime after being up as many as a dozen earlier in the second half.

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