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UMass basketball: Minutemen look to shake off another last-second loss with Rhode Island in t
02-09-2024 4:10 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — It’s become quite clear that regardless of the opponent or location of the game, this year’s UMass men’s basketball team is going to be ready to play.The Minutemen have been right in every single Atlantic 10 game late in regulation with a...

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UMass women’s basketball team falls to 2-10 with 74-52 loss to Albany
12-20-2023 10:56 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST – The UMass Minutewomen came into Wednesday’s matinee with plenty of Christmas cheer, with the coaching staff all decked out in ugly holiday sweaters. Unfortunately the Albany Great Danes played Grinch to UMass, handing the Minutewomen a 74-52...


UMass basketball: Minutewomen look to halt skid on the road at Yale
11-30-2023 5:07 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

The UMass women’s basketball team returned from the Cancun Challenge with a little more of a tan and a lot to work on. It wasn’t a huge surprise that the Minutewomen went 0-3 in the tournament – they were going up against incredibly tough opponents,...


Women’s basketball: Hot start propels Amherst past New Jersey City University, 70-55
11-27-2023 9:17 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST – The Amherst College women's basketball team stayed perfect on Monday night, riding a strong three-point performance and their usual airtight defense to its fifth consecutive win to open the 2023-24 season. The Mammoths rocketed out to a 15-2...


UMass basketball: Minutewomen looking for answers as they head to Mexico for Cancun Challenge
11-22-2023 4:42 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

The UMass women’s basketball team is hoping that a change of scenery might give them the boost they need to get back in the win column. The Minutewomen (1-4) are headed to Cancun, Mexico to participate in the Cancun Challenge, a 10-team tournament...


Local college basketball preview: Smith College must replace big pieces from last year’s dream season
11-17-2023 5:40 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

Last year’s Smith College basketball team had a season for the history books. The Pioneers qualified for its first ever Final Four after winning their third consecutive NEWMAC title. Senior Morgan Morrison won the D3hoops.com Player of the Year Award,...


UMass basketball: Minutewomen can’t dig out of early hole in 78-57 loss to Harvard
11-16-2023 9:01 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST — The final score between the Harvard and UMass women’s basketball teams felt closer than the scoreboard indicated. It may have been a 21-point defeat, but considering the Minutewomen were in a 20-point hole after the first quarter, the...


UMass basketball: Minutewomen get by Saint Peter’s for season-opening 56-44 victory
11-06-2023 8:55 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST – The UMass women’s basketball team put away its first win of the season in convincing fashion over Saint Peter’s Monday night, picking up a 56-44 non-conference victory at the Mullins Center. Junior Stefanie Kulesza put on a show for the...


UMass basketball: Minutewomen set for opener against Saint Peter’s with entirely new look
11-05-2023 6:00 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

There are lots of question marks still surrounding the UMass women’s basketball team this year, but one thing is certain – this season’s squad is going to look a lot different than last year. Head coach Mike Leflar replaced former head coach Tory...


UMass basketball: Full schedules for Minutemen, Minutewomen released
09-20-2023 3:33 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The Atlantic 10 Conference announced its women’s basketball conference schedule this week, and the UMass Minutewomen released their full schedule for the upcoming 2023-24 season. The defending A-10 co-champion Minutewomen will host their home opener...


Longtime Amherst College basketball coach Dave Hixon belonged in every room at Basketball Hall of Fame induction
08-13-2023 12:00 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SPRINGFIELD — John Calipari wrapped an arm around Dave Hixon as he introduced the longtime Amherst College men’s basketball coach to Michigan State coach Tom Izzo.Their time in Amherst overlapped when Calipari was at UMass. Hixon coached at Amherst...


‘More than I could have imagined’: Longtime Amherst College basketball coach Dave Hixon inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame
08-13-2023 10:29 AM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SPRINGFIELD — Basketball gave Dave Hixon everything he could ask for. When the longtime Amherst College men’s coach retired in 2020, his former players and friends made him an hour and a half long video thanking him for his impact on their lives.“I...


‘A model of mentorship’: David Hixon’s coaching tree extends far and wide
08-09-2023 5:12 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The Amherst College men’s basketball coaches’ office door swung open. Then-assistant Matt Goldsmith felt the timing inopportune.He, David Hixon and the rest of the staff were elbows deep in preparing for a massive weekend of games against rivals...


Hall of Famer David Hixon’s Western Mass basketball camp shaped generations of Pioneer Valley hoopers
08-08-2023 4:44 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Rumors of The Shot circulated as early as Monday’s arrival, a tradition deeply rooted at Dave Hixon’s Western Mass Basketball Camp at Amherst College.On Friday, the camp’s final day, all of the coaches gathered the campers. Each coach and counselor...


Top on-court moments from David Hixon’s Hall of Fame career coaching Amherst basketball
08-07-2023 7:29 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Dave Hixon always wore a suit to Amherst College’s men’s basketball games but never coached in it. He walked out of the locker room to cheers in LeFrak Gymnasium and banter on the road, shook his counterpart’s hand and chatted during shootaround. Once...


UMass grad Destiney Philoxy paces Rwanda to AfroBasket opening win over Cote d’Ivoire
07-28-2023 8:30 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Destiney Philoxy repaid Rwanda’s faith immediately.After making the country’s AfroBasket 2023 roster following a tryout, the UMass graduate lit up Cote d’Ivoire in the tournament opener on home soil Friday. She scored a game-high 18 points to go along...


TBT: The Commonwealth UMass basketball alumni team’s run ends after Virginia Dream comeback
07-25-2023 4:44 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The emotion in The Commonwealth’s locker room resembled those after an NCAA Tournament loss.UMass’ alumni team fell 79-73 against Virginia Dream in the opening round of The Basketball Tournament on Monday in Syracuse, New York. The squad had only been...


Getting to know The Commonwealth team in The Basketball Tournament
07-23-2023 6:40 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – An introduction, or likely reintroduction, to the roster of The Commonwealth, UMass’ alumni team competing in The Basketball tournament. The (mostly) Minutemen will face The Virginia Dream at 9 p.m. in Syracuse on ESPNU.Most of the players...


TBT: The Commonwealth UMass basketball alumni team to face Virginia Dream after Rhode Island withdraws
07-21-2023 5:10 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST — The Commonwealth invoked John Calipari when the news came out Friday morning.UMass’ alumni team will no longer face The Rhody Way, a group of Rhode Island alums, in the first round of The Basketball Tournament after Rhody withdrew “due to...


John Calipari and Jim Calhoun will present Amherst College’s Dave Hixon during Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony
07-12-2023 6:21 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Two New England basketball coaching legends will welcome one of their own to the hall of fame.Three-time national champion longtime UConn coach Jim Calhoun and former UMass coach John Calipari, now at Kentucky, will present Amherst College’s Dave...


UMass basketball: Wildens Leveque announces commitment to Texas A&M as grad transfer
07-03-2023 4:31 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Wildens Leveque will return to the SEC.The UMass men’s basketball graduate transfer forward will use his extra season of eligibility to play for Texas A&M, he announced Monday.Leveque entered the transfer portal in mid June after one season as a...

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