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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

The past, present and future of the UMass hockey team will converge in its final regular season series.The Minutemen will visit Maine for two games Friday and Saturday (7:05 p.m. ESPN-Plus). Former UMass assistant Ben Barr is in his second year...

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

UMass freshman guard RJ Luis torched Duquesne for the second time in two meetings, but the Minutemen fell 88-79 in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.He scored 23 points on the road, making 9-0f-15 shots, to go along with with seven rebounds and three steals....

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 KYLE GRABOWSKI

Very little is decided ahead of the final weekend of the Hockey East regular season.UMass sits 10th of 11 teams with 22 points and two games at current No. 6 seed Maine on deck Friday and Saturday (both 7:05 p.m. ESPN-Plus). The Minutemen (11-16-5,...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

A series with Hockey East’s top team might decide whether UMass occupies the league’s basement entering the season’s final weekend.The Minutemen (10-15-5, 4-13-3 Hockey East) will face No. 15 Northeastern (15-10-5, 12-5-3) in their penultimate series...

By HANNAH BEVIS

WEST SPRINGFIELD — The Greenfield hockey team’s Western Mass. Class C tournament game against Southwick was almost a carbon copy of their first two matchups.The top-seeded Green Wave enjoyed a pair of 7-0 victories over the Rams during the regular...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Facing Dayton on Wednesday will be a tall order for the UMass men’s basketball team.The Flyers, which will visit the Mullins Center at 7 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) are the fourth-tallest team in the country led by 6-foot-10 center Daron Holmes II. They...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST – Fans might have worried that the UMass women’s basketball team would have a celebration hangover after Thursday’s 78-57 blowout victory over Rhode Island. There was nothing to worry about on Sunday afternoon however. The Minutewomen put...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The future saved the UMass men’s basketball team’s present.Three freshmen combined for 40 points, as the Minutemen defeated Rhode Island 69-45 on Saturday in the Ryan Center to snap a five-game losing streak. It was UMass’ first Atlantic 10 road win...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Thursday’s UMass game at Rhode Island was a must-win game, in more ways than one. The Minutewomen were still looking for the No. 1 spot in the Atlantic 10 tournament, and a win against Rhode Island would bring them one stop closer. But more than that,...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Only six games remain in the UMass hockey regular season.The Minutemen sit tied for ninth in the Hockey East standings, two points behind No. 8 Boston College, which UMass will face Friday in Chestnut Hill and Saturday in Amherst (both 7...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Two last-second shots didn’t drop, and the UMass men’s basketball game fell 64-62 against Loyola Chicago on Tuesday at the Mullins Center.The Minutemen had the ball with 9 seconds remaining and didn’t call a timeout. T.J. Weeks Jr., who...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The Cage is dead. Long live the Cage.A $2 million gift from Dr. Jim and Ellen Hunt will serve as the lead gift in the UMass athletic department’s fundraising campaign to renovate Curry Hicks Cage, which last hosted a UMass basketball game in 2011 and...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Welcome to the Atlantic 10, Loyola Chicago.UMass’s next men’s basketball opponent will visit the Mullins Center on Tuesday (7 p.m. ESPN-Plus) for a battle of the league’s bottom two teams. The Ramblers (8-16, 2-10 Atlantic 10) joined the league this...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Too many similarities to the previous night’s effort resigned the UMass hockey team to a second consecutive tie against Vermont on Saturday.The Minutemen took a three-goal lead with 12 minutes, 32 seconds remaining in the third period and squandered...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Another rerun.Just like at Fordham on Wednesday, the UMass men’s basketball team couldn’t hold a second-half lead Saturday at La Salle. The Explorers scored 53 points in the second half of an 86-72 victory over the Minutemen. That’s more points than...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – UMass men’s basketball 3.0 should drop soon.The Minutemen are discovering a new version of themselves for already the third time this season 24 games in ahead of Saturday’s visit to La Salle (2 p.m. ESPN-Plus). They’ve lost their last three...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – The result finally caught up to the UMass hockey team’s process.Beating Providence on the road last Friday snapped a six-game losing streak, the Minutemen’s longest since 2018. UMass (10-13-3, 4-11-1 Hockey East) ascended a spot in the...