I wonder if the UMass softball team was rooting for Washington against Georgia Tech. Is it better to be able to say you played evenly with a team that makes noise in the Women's College World Series, or is it frustrating to know how close you came?

I think if it were me I might have stopped watching all together. Thinking about it one way or the other has to be worse than not thinking about it.

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Former Minuteman Stephane Lasme won a championship for Partizan in the Serbian league and apparently just had a daughter.

UMass' recruiting class was ranked second-best among non-BCS league schools.

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Former football star Rene Ingoglia wants to be a broadcaster. So much that he's joining the UMass radio broadcasts and is paying his own way to get to the games from his Orlando home ever week.

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I'm thrilled with how much Rescue Me has improved from season four to season five.

...12 days til the 100 Seasons of UMass Basketball Premiere...