We’ve all had the thought before. What if I won the Mega Power Millions Ball lottery and had more money than I could ever spend in a lifetime? What would I spend it on? Well, if you’re a rabid college sports fan you might have the inclination to become the next T. Boone Pickens, Kevin... Continue Reading →
Here's a news sandwich - Bread: Preston Santos announced he would be back in Maroon and White next yearMeat: UMass let assistant coach Tony Bergeron goBread: Program is expecting Ronnie DeGray and Javohn Garcia to return; Brian Matthews still coming Preston returning is unalloyed good news. The Minutemen seemed to miss him this year, he... Continue Reading →
UMass beat Lowell 1-0 to win their first ever Hockey East Championship last night. I'm not a hockey guy per se, but I used to love going to the games when I was in school and they had just restarted the program. If you lived through those years, and enjoyed the Toot years, and then... Continue Reading →
Savage 7 are at it again! Despite losing 5 players, who actually played, 2 starters from the last 2 years, UMass Women’s Basketball is firing in all cylinders. Fresh off a run to the a10 finals, again, with 7 players one of whom was in a high school social studies class like two months ago,... Continue Reading →
Coach A v. Coach B, who you got? Coach AOverall 46-65 .414Year 1 13-20 .394Year 2 11-21 .344Year 3 14-17 .452Year 4 8-7 .533 Coach BOverall 50-65 .435Year 1 13-16 .448Year 2 11-18 .379Year 3 10-19 .345Year 4 16-12 .571 That's the same resume. Coach A (McCall) took a small step forward in year three... Continue Reading →
Somewhat unexpectedly, Carl Pierre, captain of the team and Matt McCall’s only recruit that looked set to finish his career as a Minuteman, entered the transfer portal yesterday. Most people expected Carl to not be back next year (in his four years on campus he has already earned an undergraduate degree and a Masters), but... Continue Reading →
The miracle run to the a10 finals by the 7 remaining players on the UMass Women's Basketball roster is exactly the antidote needed to the chaos on the MEn's side (worry about the women's roster after the season). This will be the Minutewomen's first postseason play since the 1998 NCAA tournament. The Women will play... Continue Reading →
After Tre Mitchell announced he was entering the transfer portal, UMass fans had a day full of rumors, which basically all filtered down to this: As many as four more players would be entering the portal as well. The Collegian even reported it (although the headline goes quite a bit farther than the actual article),... Continue Reading →
No. First the counterargument: If this is a toxic environment for him (something is fueling the rumors of the entire team transferring), it's hard to blame him for wanting out. He probably isn't happy with how he is used, and the original plan was probably that we run and gun and play TonyBall, and that... Continue Reading →
Today seems like a good day to launch a blog, no? #UMassTwitter is abuzz with rumors and by the end of the day, or the end of the week, we could know everything is fine, we could have 13 open scholarships, we could have a need for an assistant, we could be hiring a whole... Continue Reading →
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