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By GARRETT COTE

As has been said for the last three games, the next one marks the UMass men’s basketball team’s most important game to date on the calendar.Every game from here on out – given the current state of the Atlantic 10 – is the most important one.UMass...

A pair of third-period goals pushed the UMass hockey team past UConn, 2-0, on Friday night in Storrs, Conn. in the two teams’ first of two matchups this weekend as part of a home-and-home series.Freshman forward Dans Locmelis scored less than three...

By GARRETT COTE

The UMass men’s basketball team is coming off arguably its most important win of the season, as the Minutemen finally found themselves on the plus side of a thrilling finish when they beat George Mason 66-65 on Saturday at the Mullins Center.For the...

I watched a lot of college football this year and am happy it’s over. Next year will be longer as eight teams are added to the playoffs. Baseball in November, basketball and ice hockey in June, football in February — will seasons ever...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Hanging on desperately to a two-point lead in the final minute against George Mason, the UMass men’s basketball team needed one stop to secure its second consecutive Atlantic 10 victory for the first time this season.The Minutemen forced the...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Heartbreak struck the UMass men’s basketball team for the second time in three games on Tuesday night at the Mullins Center.Clinging to a one-point lead with 12.5 seconds left after Rahsool Diggins’ acrobatic layup put the Minutemen ahead,...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The line wrapped around Smith College’s Indoor Track & Tennis complex an hour before tipoff. Smith athletic director Kristen Hughes’ phone lit up with a text, “It’s like a Rihanna concert out here.”Ainsworth Gymnasium holds roughly 500 people, and the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Hockey drew Lisa Ito-Bagshaw to the Pioneer Valley initially. It keeps bringing her back, too.The nomad who grew up across Canada and in California came to Deerfield Academy with her sister Sara to play hockey. Her parents moved to Hadley to stay...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Receiving the NCAA tournament’s No. 1 overall seed shocked the Smith College basketball team, but it won’t overwhelm the Pioneers.Smith has reached two straight NCAA Division 3 Sweet 16s and won three consecutive NEWMAC titles.“I don’t think it adds...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The joke online used to be “Fordham’s too high” whenever the Atlantic 10 preseason polls came out when the Rams were inevitably picked at the bottom of the league. Now Fordham, UMass’ next opponent, is too high for the rest of the league’s liking. The...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST –  Everything but the final scoreboard indicates the UMass hockey team is on the right path. The Minutemen out shot UConn comfortably and scored more goals than they had in weeks. Their offensive pressure was consistent and bench lively.But...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Rahsool Diggins’ confidence debuted in a UMass uniform. It looks good on him.The sophomore UConn transfer poured in all seven of his career-high point total during a 12-point second half run that separated the UMass men’s basketball team...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Dyondre Dominguez closes his eyes at the free throw line and time travels. He leaves the Mullins Center and thinks about his family and everything that brought him to that point.“It sends me down back to where I was, and I think about how...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Saint Louis point guard Yuri Collins stepped backward to avoid a Dyondre Dominguez screen. He followed the scouting report on UMass freshman point guard Keon Thompson, who had missed the first nine triples of his career.Thompson rose without...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Tyson Dyck pointed across the ice at Cal Kiefiuk. The UMass hockey freshman was credited with the opening goal on the score sheet in Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Brown at the Mullins Center, but he recognized the puck wouldn’t have left his stick...