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I've really lost some of my enthusiasm. I haven't enjoyed seeing players I like leave the team. Okay, Samba, I understand he really lacked the necessary offensive skills and didn't seem to improving (except for his foul shooting, which got much better). But I still don't understand what happened wi...

I don’t have a strong opinion of Matthews one way or the other. I put zero stock in what max preps says, but I think the combo of McCall & TB have been pretty good at identifying good players.

I suspect we may see UMass pick up a commitment on August 23rd from big man Brian Matthews. At the end of July that date was reported as his commitment date, and since that time Bergeron/McCall seem to have had some Twitter connections with both Brian and his mother.

He has played some PG, he's a good defender, he can shoot from distance (they say) and score off the dribble. I'm waiting to be proven wrong, but in the meantime, I thought he was competitive with KMitchell and Garcia. The only thing Buggs showed at UMass was that he could be a pesky defender in sh...

“I’ll put it this way, in college basketball it seems now that you not only have to recruit new players but you have to recruit your own team every day,” Marshall said. “And that’s not going to change. It’s only going to get worse.” Sounds like a joy to be around. Love me a coach who sweet talks pl...

^ Don’t rule out in those games that we might struggle tre playing the 4 with gasperini at the 5 Why is that? Tre is as comfortable from the 3 area as he is in the box. That makes Tre much harder to guard. If he is dragging the opposing 4 away from the basket to defend him, he will eat them alive. ...

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Wed May 27, 2020 1:07 pm

Lucas Everett
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Jai Smith (@jai_smith131) a 6' 10" forward from St. Thomas More (CT) has received an offer from UMass.

Just reclassed from 2022 to 2021.

Is it possible you have that backwards? Where are you seeing he moved from '22 to '21?

To clarify, not contract adjustments, more like contract extensions. I think most can figure it out Ok I get it. That would be scandalous implication and probably justified not to take the job if true. Kelsey can't have been stupid or naive enough to expect he was walking into a perfectly healthy s...

I really want to know the details-not looking for anything sordid-Just want to know. We were the laughing stock of the sports world that day. Literally being left at the altar. Who or what is being protected still at this point by not letting the cat out of the bag? What is statute of limitations o...

For purposes of discussion, I've rated new guys with the guys leaving as improving, declining or no overall change. Clearly I'm looking at guys who have played here vs. those who haven't so it's not a fair assessment, and they might not be accurate pairings. Just conjecture... and I'm bored. Baptis...

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Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:36 am

I guess I just understood this tweet incorrectly. https://twitter.com/jonrothstein/status ... 35203?s=21

I think the NCAA was not clear initially, they clarified after.

I’m hearing that they will give immediate eligibility to transfers however, they won’t be able to play until January 2021, which I’m ok with. I suppose anything is possible, but nothing I've read suggested this. I don't think they're contemplating it going into effect in January... it would either ...

I’m hearing that they will give immediate eligibility to transfers however, they won’t be able to play until January 2021, which I’m ok with. https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1253837450750971906 [The vote for the one-time transfer waiver has NOT been postponed until January. It is STILL slat...

Also I see that Niles has joined the artist formerly know as MartyPeretz in the world of podcasting about UMass hoops. Here are links to the two podcasts I've done, for anyone interested. I won't be making a career change, the sound quality isn't great, I did both in one take without editing, and I...

I would pay good money to watch a video of Joleon or Eldonabe listening to Niles' podcast. Ok, I wouldn't pay anything, but I would like to watch that. I believe he has me on “mute.” But as he launches his Podcast career, let’s all remember what a sharp and disciplined thinker the dude is. You can ...