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UMass basketball: Josh Cohen, Robert Davis Jr. first Minutemen to enter transfer portal

03-18-2024 12:40 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...


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UMass football, basketball recruits talk school’s move to the MAC

03-16-2024 10:41 AM

CONNOR PIGNATELLO

With UMass’ move from the Atlantic 10 to the Mid-American Conference for the 2025-26 academic year, recruiting for football and men’s basketball is sure to change.The Daily Hampshire Gazette caught up with Dajoure Hollingsworth, a football commit who...


UMass hockey: Minutemen open Hockey East tournament with quarterfinal date at No. 4 Providence on Saturday

03-15-2024 3:14 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It’s now or never time for the Massachusetts hockey team. After suffering a pair of losses to Maine to close out the Hockey East regular season, the Minutemen find themselves ranked 15th in PairWise heading into this weekend’s Hockey East quarterfinal...


UMass basketball: First-half hole too big to overcome as Minutemen end season with 73-59 loss to VCU in Atlantic 10 quarterfinals

03-14-2024 6:45 PM

By GARRETT COTE

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Following his fourth 3-pointer of the second half, Rahsool Diggins helped cut the UMass men’s basketball team’s once 17-point deficit to six with 4 minutes, 24 seconds remaining in the game.The Minutemen earned a stop on the other end...


UMass basketball: Second half rally against VCU a microcosm of the season as Minutemen never threw in the towel

03-14-2024 6:45 PM

By JEFF LAJOIE

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A year removed from the worst loss in its Atlantic 10 conference tournament history, the UMass men’s basketball team stared another one directly in the face halfway through Thursday’s Atlantic 10 quarterfinal at Barclays Center.From a...


The Real Score: Beware the March “Madness” of sports betting

03-14-2024 1:01 PM

This Sunday, the March Madness brackets will be set, enabling millions of sport consumers to place bets that will total in the billions of dollars (you should also expect to see some ads from the sports books…).This week, in recognition of March...


UMass basketball: Minutemen to meet VCU, first Atlantic 10 semifinal berth since 2013

03-13-2024 4:18 PM

By GARRETT COTE

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — During UMass men’s basketball head coach Frank Martin’s press conference on Tuesday morning, he consistently referenced one word that was vital for his team over the past week: rest.It’ll be eight days between when the Minutemen...


UMass basketball: Four Minutemen earn all-Atlantic 10 honors, including first team selections for Josh Cohen and Matt Cross

03-12-2024 5:47 PM

By GARRETT COTE

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Four UMass men’s basketball players picked up Atlantic 10 Conference regular season awards, the league announced on Tuesday morning before the start of the conference tournament.Matt Cross and Josh Cohen picked up First Team...


UMass hockey: Another late goal sends Maine past Minutemen to secure weekend sweep

03-09-2024 10:00 PM

With a home game in the Hockey East Tournament and a potential spot in the NCAA Tournament on the line, the UMass hockey team was unable to come through late in the third period for the second night in a row on Saturday.Host Maine rallied from a 3-2...


UMass hockey: Maine tallies late in the third period to knock off Minutemen 2-1

03-08-2024 10:54 PM

The Massachusetts hockey team survived Maine’s first power play of the third period. When the Black Bears went back on the power play just 47 seconds after the initial UMass kill, it was a different story. Tied 1-1, Aydar Suniev was whistled for a...


MAC football coaches are already familiar with UMass: ‘It almost feels like they’ve been in our conference’

03-08-2024 9:54 PM

CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST – UMass may be joining the MAC in all sports in 2025-26, but the football program is no stranger to the conference. From 2012-15, the Minutemen competed in the MAC as a football-only member, going 8-40.In the eight years since, UMass has...


Miami University football coach Chuck Martin says getting to play for a MAC title should motivate UMass: “That is our big dance”

03-08-2024 5:59 PM

CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST – One of the benefits for the UMass football program’s transition to the MAC will be potential entrance into a conference championship game, something the Minutemen have not been able to play for in eight years as an FBS independent.The Daily...


Move to the MAC a relief for Don Brown, UMass football schedule-makers

03-08-2024 5:58 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Don Brown moseyed his way up to the table in front of a packed house inside the Martin Jacobson Football Performance Center adjacent McGuirk Alumni Stadium.The UMass football head coach cracked a smile as he gave his opening remarks about...


Men’s basketball coach Frank Martin supporting UMass’ decision to join MAC: “They believed in me, and they haven’t lied to me since I’ve been here”

03-08-2024 2:38 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — From a basketball perspective, Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said it was a no-brainer to add UMass to his conference.The men’s basketball program was perhaps the most appealing of the school’s athletic teams given its...


What made UMass an appealing option for the MAC to offer its first full membership spot since 1998?

03-08-2024 12:43 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — About a decade ago, the UMass football program wrapped up its four-year stint (2012-2015) in the Mid-American Conference having started, and finished, as one of the least successful programs during its time in the conference.Given that the...


MAC basketball coaches hope the addition of UMass raises the bar for rest of the league

03-07-2024 9:30 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST – UMass director of athletics Ryan Bamford confirmed on Thursday that UMass will increase its men’s basketball budget upon entrance to the Mid-American Conference for the 2025-26 academic year. UMass spent $4.5 million on men’s basketball last...


UMass basketball: Minutewomen's season comes to an end with 81-57 loss to Duquesne in Atlantic 10 tourney second round

03-07-2024 5:15 PM

After an opening-round victory over La Salle on Wednesday, the UMass women’s basketball team was unable to keep its Atlantic 10 Tournament run going on Thursday.The 13th-seeded Minutewomen fell into a double-digit deficit after the first quarter and...


Granby’s Mike Toth leads UMass baseball to first win over ranked opponent in over 20 years

03-07-2024 11:28 AM

CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Over the weekend, the UMass baseball team recorded its first win over a ranked opponent in over 20 years, handing No. 13 Virginia its first loss of the season with a 10-5 road win on Saturday afternoon.Granby High School graduate Mike Toth was at the...


UMass basketball: Shorthanded Minutemen survive, edge Fordham 66-64 to reach 20 wins

03-06-2024 10:54 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — There was a lot on the line heading into the UMass men’s basketball team’s matchup with Fordham on Wednesday night at the Mullins Center.The Minutemen were looking for their first 20-win season in 10 years, their first three-game conference...


UMass basketball: Minutewomen advance in Atlantic 10 tourney with 54-49 win over La Salle

03-06-2024 3:25 PM

By GARRETT COTE

The previous two times the UMass women’s basketball team played La Salle this season, the Minutewomen held late leads in the fourth quarter and watched them slip away en route to two heartbreaking conference defeats.But on Wednesday afternoon in...



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