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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 

WILMINGTON, Del. – Trailing by three points with five seconds left on the clock, the UMass women’s basketball team needed a miracle. Luckily for them, the Minutewomen have been making the impossible look easy for a few seasons now.Point guard Destiney...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – That’s what the UMass men’s basketball team wants to look like.The Minutemen pounded Saint Bonaventure in the paint and on the boards, closing the regular season with a 71-60 victory Saturday on Senior Day at the Mullins Center. They grabbed...

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 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

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 HANNAH BEVIS

KINGSTON, R.I. – The last time the Rhode Island and UMass women’s basketball teams faced off, the Rams outplayed the Minutewomen in just about every facet en route to a 75-68 win at the Mullins Center. It was just UMass’ second game in Atlantic-10...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The Atlantic-10 Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament is still two weeks away, but Thursday night’s game between UMass and Rhode Island at the Thomas M. Ryan Center (6 p.m. ESPN-Plus) in Kingston, R.I. could very well be an A-10 title game...

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

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

Despite how long and how well she’s represented the UMass women’s basketball program, Sydney Taylor hasn’t run out of firsts yet.The senior from Long Island, N.Y., posted her first career double-double with 26 points and 10 rebounds in a 66-42 win at...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Davidson couldn’t be stopped in the second half of Saturday’s 93-78 victory over the UMass men’s basketball team. Not that the Minutemen provided the appropriate resistance.The Minutemen allowed a season-high 93 points. An opponent hadn’t...