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By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – A summer getaway could lead to winter success. The UMass men’s basketball team is planning an overseas trip that programs can take once every four years in the summer before the season. The destination is down to Spain, the No. 1 choice, and...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Relationship building begets the UMass men’s basketball program coach Frank Martin wants it to become. He’s bringing in six freshmen during a national enthrallment with the transfer portal because he’s gotten to know them since he was hired....

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Sam Breen will make her USA Basketball debut at the USA 3x3 Women’s National Team Trials this weekend in Colorado Springs, Colorado.The former UMass forward is one of 18 athletes that will be evaluated for spots on the 2023-24 national teams. The pool...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Aloha, UMass.The men’s basketball program will participate in the 2023 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu on December 21, 22, and 24, the school announced Thursday. It’s an eight-team event that also features Power 5 schools Georgia...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

They both have banners hanging in the Mullins Center, but former UMass men’s basketball coach John Calipari and Hobey Baker winner Cale Makar met at ground level Tuesday night.Calipari, the University of Kentucky coach since 2009, posted a photo with...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

R.J. Luis stayed in the UMass family.The freshman transfer guard that left the Minutemen after an Atlantic 10 all-freshman first team season announced he’ll join former UMass point guard Rick Pitino at St. John’s on Sunday.Luis averaged 11.5 points...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

After tweeting exclusively eye emojis for days, Frank Martin can finally explain why he’s so fired up. The UMass men’s basketball team rounded out its roster with two more freshmen and another South Carolina import. Martin can’t discuss recruits or...

By HANNAH BEVIS

After a bevy of UMass women’s basketball players entered the transfer portal, the Minutewomen have started to refill their ranks. Jermany Mapp announced on her social media accounts that she will be joining the Flagship next season. Mapp spent the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Another former Minuteman is headed to the Power 5.Former UMass men’s basketball forward Tafara Gapare announced his commitment to Georgia Tech on Tuesday. The former four-star recruit originally pledged to DePaul as a member of the Class of 2023...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Frank Martin coached his first season as the UMass men’s basketball coach without a fully executed contract, according to documents obtained Wednesday.The Daily Hampshire Gazette requested Martin’s contract last April after he was hired in late March,...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Noah Fernandes is making big moves.The former UMass men’s basketball guard announced Thursday that he’ll transfer to Rutgers for his final season of collegiate basketball. He spent three seasons at UMass after attending Wichita State as a...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST – There wasn’t an empty seat inside a packed Massachusetts room at the Mullins Center on Wednesday afternoon. It seemed as though the entire UMass athletics department had turned out for new women’s basketball coach Mike Leflar’s introductory...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Derek Kellogg’s UMass homecoming ended up a short one.The Minutemen men’s basketball assistant will depart Amherst after just a year to fill a vacant assistant spot on Creighton’s staff under head coach Greg McDermott according to a tweet by Stadium’s...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The first of UMass’ departed men’s basketball players has found his way out of the portal.Forward Dyondre Dominguez announced he’ll play at Arkansas State on his Instagram. The Wolves went 13-29 last season and fired head coach Mike Balado. They hired...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Saint Francis redshirt junior forward Josh Cohen announced his commitment to the UMass men’s basketball program Thursday on Twitter.The 6-foot-10 New Jersey native averaged 21.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per game with seven double-doubles in winning the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

UMass freshman guard R.J. Luis entered the transfer portal, he confirmed Tuesday on Twitter.The Miami native averaged 11.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game with four 20-point games, including a career-high 31 against Duquesne in the Mullins Center. He...

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Add one more jewel to Queen Breen’s crown.UMass graduate student forward Sam Breen was named the 2023 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player Of The Year on Wednesday, becoming the fourth winner in the award’s history and first Minutewoman.“I am super blessed...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Two UMass men’s basketball players entered the transfer portal Tuesday.Both freshman forward Tafara Gapare and redshirt junior guard T.J. Weeks Jr. will transfer away from Amherst.Gapare, a Wellington, New Zealand, native played in 30 games for the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – UMass’ strong presence on the low block overwhelmed Albany in the WNIT’s opening round Friday in Amherst. The Minutewomen grabbed 17 offensive rebounds and scored 25 second chance points en route to a 73-48 victory. They will face Harvard in...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Matt Cross spent the last seven years of his life at a different school each year before arriving at UMass.He chose to make some moves to face better competition, prepare himself for his future or seek greater opportunity. Circumstances...