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By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Miranda Oakes stood in the Smith College student section, notebook in hand. St. John Fisher guard Katie Moravec stepped to the free throw line late in the third quarter of last weekend’s NCAA Division 3 tournament second round game.“One fish! Two...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Frank Martin spent as much time as a concrete mason as a basketball coach in his first season leading the UMass men’s basketball program. He laid the foundation that the Minutemen’s future success can rise from.UMass’ season ended Tuesday against...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

WALPOLE — Tessa Kawall winked as she blew a kiss to the Walpole student section after hitting a free throw.They couldn’t rattle the Amherst Regional senior. Top-seeded Walpole couldn’t stop her from attacking the rim. She rattled in the second free...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Going out with a whimper would have been an improvement.The UMass men’s basketball team scored a season-low 38 points and fell 71-38 against Richmond in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament’s opening game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

All 15 Atlantic 10 Conference men’s basketball teams are facing the same pressure this week at the Barclays Center: win the conference tournament to reach the NCAA Tournament, or lose and go home.UMass, seeded 13th, has a longer road than most. The...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

It’s a story Tory Verdi loves to tell. When he first took the head coaching job at UMass back in 2016, people told him he was ‘crazy’ for coming to a program with nothing. It had no history, no culture of winning. Why would he go there? What possessed...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON – Morgan Morrison sat at the end of the Smith College bench.The senior, and NEWMAC Player of the Year, picked up her fourth foul with 24.4 seconds left in the third quarter of Saturday’s NCAA Division 3 Women’s Basketball Tournament second...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

HADLEY — Amy Cyr paced the back hallway leading to Hopkins Academy’s locker room checking her phone. She couldn’t bear to watch her son Teddy Cyr attempt late free throws in a tight MIAA Division 5 state tournament basketball game Friday.The No. 7...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON – Amelia Clairmont triggered an avalanche.The Smith College junior guard hit the first shot of Friday night’s NCAA Division 3 Women’s Basketball Tournament opener against SUNY Morrisville: a 3-pointer from the left wing. Then she splashed...

By HANNAH BEVIS

It seemed like the UMass women’s basketball team had managed to move past shaky starts that had plagued them off and on over the years.The top-seeded Minutewomen have struggled with a couple of things over the years – namely slow starts and playing...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST — Coming to UMass made T.J. Weeks Jr. nervous at first.Not only was college a big thing, he was following in his father’s footsteps. Tyrone Weeks was an important part of the greatest stretch of UMass men’s basketball history from 1994-98.“I...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

WILMINGTON, Del. – For 33 minutes, George Mason had the UMass women’s basketball team exactly where it wanted. The Patriots’ physicality, their defensive prowess, their ability to position themselves perfectly in the post to grab rebounds – Mason was...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – Colin Quinn flexed his arms as the basketball dropped through the hoop and bounced off the floor.The South Hadley senior guard fought off two Lunenburg defenders in the air and finished a layup that put the Tigers ahead by double digits...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – Facing Pope Francis for the second time in three games allowed the South Hadley girls basketball team to rectify mistakes.The Tigers fell against the Cardinals in Springfield during the Western Massachusetts Class B quarterfinals Feb....

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Receiving the NCAA tournament’s No. 1 overall seed shocked the Smith College basketball team, but it won’t overwhelm the Pioneers.Smith has reached two straight NCAA Division 3 Sweet 16s and won three consecutive NEWMAC titles.“I don’t think it adds...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Everyone has a role to play on the UMass women’s basketball team.Ber’Nyah Mayo, the cool and calm junior who never loses her head, is the team’s analytical mind. Two-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Sam “Queen” Breen is the soul of the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON — Naihmond Peters-Wolfe hoisted 3s unconsciously.It’s what the Northampton sophomore does. It’s why Blue Devils coach Rey Harp inserted him into Wednesday’s MIAA Division 2 state tournament preliminary round game against No. 33...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Long may she reign.UMass women’s basketball graduate student forward Sam Breen – “Queen Breen” to fans and on social media – was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year for the second year in a row Tuesday. She became the league’s first repeat winner...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Ask anyone from the Smith College basketball team about this year’s NCAA Division 3 Women’s Basketball Tournament, and they’ll tell you that the Pioneers have some unfinished business.Last year, Smith reached the Sweet 16 before falling to the...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

NORTHAMPTON — When Sunday’s NEWMAC title game was all said and done, Hampshire Regional alum and current Smith College co-captain Katelyn Pickunka went over to her dad to celebrate – and show him the massive bruise that was already blooming on her...