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UMass honors Boston Marathon bombing victims with jerseys for Spring Game
On Saturday morning, the UMass Minutemen unveiled the classiest gesture I have seen thus far to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and the shooting at MIT. The nameplates of the jerseys have Martin Richard, Lingzi Lu, Krystle Campbell and Sean Collier’s names on them, plus another one that has the hashtag “#BostonStrong” on it.
They already had an idea to...
(VIDEO) Hot shooting in 2nd half helps Massachusetts defeat Rhode Island in border battle
On Saturday afternoon, Massachusetts traveled to The Ryan Center to take on Rhode Island. The visitors from Amherst found themselves with four point lead at the half (37-33) thanks to half court heave as time expired by Chaz Williams.
After the intermission, the Minutemen attacked from both inside and outside. In the second half, they shot over 50% from the floor, including 6 for...
UMass Can Get Shot at NCAA Tournament At-Large Bid With Wins Over Butler, Rhode Island
When the University of Massachusetts lost 99-94 to a mediocre St. Bonaventure team on Feb. 20, the Minutemen’s NCAA Tournament at-large hopes went on life support.
The loss was the third straight defeat for UMass, dropping the Minutemen to 16-9 (6-6 Atlantic 10).
But UMass bounced back from that loss with a solid home win Feb. 23 against Dayton and then really improved its Big...
UMass’ Morgan Out For Season: What it Means
UMass’ Jesse Morgan will be out for the season with a knee injury.
UMass’ second leading scorer Jesse Morgan, a junior, will be out for the rest of the season after injuring his right knee in the team’s loss to Saint Louis last Thursday.
Morgan is averaging 13.4 points per contest and is shooting over 35% from three point range. Morgan is one of the Minutemen’s most experienced...
Billikens get hard-fought victory over UMass
ST. LOUIS - Rob Loe scored a career-high 20 points to lead four Saint Louis players in double figures, and the Billikens outscored Massachusetts 20-8 over the final 9:14 to claim a 70-62 victory Thursday night at Chaifetz Arena is the Atlantic 10 Conference opener for both teams.
The victory was SLU's ninth in a row and capped a 9-0 home stand for the Billikens (12-3, 1-0)...
Via Fox Sports Midwest
January 11, 2013
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UMass wins exhibition, finds Freddie Riley in process
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UMass downed American International at the Mullins Center on Saturday by a score of 87-82 behind 24 points and 11 assists from preseason all conference point guard Chaz Williams. UMass shot 48% from the floor and canned 12 of 24 three pointers while assisting on 22 field goals.
While the result is not surprising nor all that impressive, UMass remains the Atlantic...
UMass Basketball Schedule Released
Chaz Williams is set to lead the Minutemenin 2012/13 against a pretty difficult slate of opponentsAs we as a community turn our focus to Saturday afternoon and the home opener for the football team, the basketball team pulled a power move by releasing their 2012/13 schedule this afternoon. The full slate of games currently scheduled looks like this:Nov. 13: v. Harvard (ESPN)Nov....
2012 UConn Football Radio Network
When the UConn Huskies kick off their 2012 football campaign on Thursday night against the UMass Minutemen, it will be the 21st straight year that Connecticut football will be broadcast on the WTIC/UConn Radio Network.
Anchoring the network will be WTIC AM-1080 in Hartford, the state's only 50,000 watt AM station.
Joe D'Ambrosio, known as "Joe D" around these...
Charley Molnar is My Favorite Guy in the Room
Earlier today I posted the Mid-American Conference Preseason Media Poll which predicted that your UMass Minutemen would finish dead last in the Eastern Division. This piece of information was relayed to Minutemen head coach Charley Molnar during the media day events and his response was:"I don't put much stock in these...Nobody here has ever seen us play a game, they don...
The Sons Support Mark Carlson
I'm throwing my hat in the ring to fill the vacancy still located behind the UMass Minutemen hockey team bench. No I'm not saying that I should be interviewed for the position -- I'm saying that the full weight (and what a weight it is) of the Sons of Old Massachusetts is now firmly behind Mark Carlson to fill what appears to be the least desirable job in college hockey...
2012 Opponent Preview: UMass
Welcome to the first of our opponent previews for the upcoming season. Instead of simply going week-by-week, we’re going to to go in order of the easiest to toughest opponents on the schedule, beginning with what we feel will be the easiest opponent of 2012, the UMass Minutemen.
Overview
When the Minutemen visited Ann Arbor in 2010 and nearly pulled off a shocking upset, both teams...
UMass' Chaz Williams and Raphiael Putney Connect Again...This Time From Half Court
Raphiael Putney & Chaz WilliamsBy Paul Seaver (TheArenaPulse) UMass fans are getting more and more used to seeing Chaz Williams lob it up to Raphiael Putney.On Wednesday night, it happened again...this time on a dish from half court.The dunk highlighted UMass' 18th win on the season, as the squad improved to an unblemished 12-0 mark in Amherst. The Minutemen knocked off visiting...
Via The Arena Pulse PS
February 09, 2012
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UMass 72, Saint Louis 59
Raphiael Putney recorded a double-double and Chaz Williams scored 19 points as Massachusetts beat Saint Louis 72-59 on Saturday in Atlantic 10 action.
Putney finished with 22 points, 10 rebounds and five steals, while Williams added seven assists, six rebounds and a game-high 11 free throws.
UMass (16-5, 5-2) held a 23-21 lead before Williams hit a jumper, sparking an 18-5 run...
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January 28, 2012
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UMass' Chaz Williams & Raphiael Putney Run a Fancy Fast Break
Raphiael Putney/gazettenet.comBy Paul Seaver (TheArenaPulse) UMass head coach Derek Kellogg is currently in his fourth season in charge at the university and the Minutemen have been among the pleasant surprises in the Atlantic 10 this season.At 14-4 overall, UMass is 3-1 in the league and currently sits in a three-way tie for first.Hofstra transfer and sophomore guard Chaz Williams...
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January 16, 2012
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UMASS Minutemen?...Please Don't Masturbate in the Showers
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is the flagship campus of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' university system. Masturbating in the showers is a violation of housing code.
h/t Brooklyn...
Full story at Bob's Blitz ~ http://www.bobsblitz.com
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