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AMHERST — Almost nothing went the UMass men’s basketball team’s way in the first half of its Atlantic 10 season opener against Duquesne on Wednesday night.The Minutemen’s two leading scorers ended the half on the bench – as Josh Cohen picked up his...

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AMHERST — After 12 non-conference games that included a lengthy trip to Hawaii, the new year brings Atlantic 10 Conference play back to the Mullins Center for the UMass men’s basketball team.The Minutemen finished 9-3 in those contests, and on...

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After falling to Cornell in a shootout on Friday night, the UMass hockey team returned to the ice on Saturday against Clarkson in its second game of the Adirondack Winter Invitational in Lake Placid, N.Y.The Minutemen held a 3-1 lead over halfway into...

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Josh Cohen wasn’t going to have two bad games in a row in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. That was never in the plans.The UMass men’s basketball graduate transfer forward responded to his second-lowest scoring total this season (10 points)...

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Two separate second half 11-point leads weren’t enough for the UMass men’s basketball team to hang on against Georgia Tech in its first of three games in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic on Thursday night.The Minutemen were outscored 16-6...

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SPRINGFIELD — The UMass men’s basketball team clung to a one-point lead with three minutes remaining in the game. Its once 18-point lead had vanished.Over the next 2 minutes and 15 seconds, the Minutemen dug in on defense, and finally got over their...

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AMHERST — A crowd full of UMass basketball supporters poured into White Lion Brewing Company in Amherst on Friday night to watch a live episode of the “Just Being Frank” podcast, a weekly show with Minutemen men’s hoops coach Frank Martin.This episode...

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SPRINGFIELD — After a week off, the UMass men’s basketball team returns to action against West Virginia on the national stage. The Minutemen and Mountaineers are two of four teams playing in Saturday evening’s Hall of Fame Classic at the MassMutual...

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The overall youth of the UMass men’s basketball team finally slipped through the cracks and came to the forefront in the Minutemen’s 81-71 road loss to Towson on Wednesday night.UMass hadn’t been away from home yet this year, and maybe that’s much of...

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It’s a college football fan’s favorite time of year once again.Conference championships take place this weekend, with monumental stakes riding on several games. The College Football Playoff is far from set – the top eight teams in the country...

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AMHERST – Questions lingered about how the UMass men’s basketball team would respond to its devastating overtime loss against Harvard in front of the biggest Mullins Center crowd since before COVID-19.The Minutemen, a team filled with young freshmen...

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AMHERST – Rahsool Diggins showed a glimpse, rather a full examination of how good he can be on the offensive end of the floor on Monday night.The UMass junior guard poured in a game-high 22 points to pace the Minutemen in their 102-81 non-conference...

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AMHERST — Josh Cohen’s second three-pointer of the night splashed through the hoop to put the UMass men’s basketball team ahead by 28 points midway through the second half. He turned and smiled while nodding his head, holding three fingers up in the...

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AMHERST — The largest crowd at McGuirk Alumni Stadium in at least the last two seasons was treated to a second straight UMass football victory for the first time in five years. The Minutemen started slowly, trailing 7-0, but ripped off the game’s next...

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HOLYOKE — Ashlie Galenski was in the right place at the right time, and it couldn’t have come at a better time for the Frontier field hockey team.Early in the fourth quarter with the Redhawks deadlocked at zero with Greenfield, they set up to take a...

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AMHERST — It may have taken a lot longer than they hoped for, but the UMass football team finally earned that coveted second win they’ve talked about since defeating New Mexico State way back in August.UMass scored on its first two offensive...

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CHICOPEE – Sean MacDonald’s illustrious career coaching the Frontier girls volleyball team just added another achievement to an ever-expanding list of them, and the already jam-packed trophy case outside Goodnow Gymnasium in South Deerfield will have...

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BELCHERTOWN — When this year’s Franklin Tech field hockey senior class were freshmen way back in 2020, the Eagles won just one game.Fast forward to 2023, and Franklin Tech is headed to its third consecutive Western Mass. championship. The No. 3 Eagles...

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The Massachusetts men’s basketball team showed flashes of what’s to come this season, as the Minutemen excelled on both sides of the ball in an 85-41 exhibition victory over Western Connecticut State at the Mullins Center on Wednesday night.Freshman...

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AMHERST — In front of their friends, family, and fans, the UMass men’s and women’s basketball teams took to the hardwood inside the Mullins Center publicly for the first time this season for ‘Mullins Madness.’Both teams participated in a three-point...