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Two notables from your post, Mike:
1. It does indeed look like the A10 could be a 1-bid conference again this year, with SLU coming in at a league-best #47. If that plays out to be true in March, then it makes stomaching the MAC move a little easier.
2. If we were still in the A10, #168 would be the ...

Floyd wrote: Mon Oct 27, 2025 6:17 am Juice, the UMasshoops alarm clock. First to post everyday

69MG wrote: Mon Oct 27, 2025 7:26 am ^ What we haven't figured out yet is whether Juice is just getting up in the morning or just getting home from a long night out!

Listen guys, I'm here to post opinions about UMass basketball. I'm not messing around.

Maybe I'm missing the joke here, but UMass played their first exhibition this year against Brown, a D1 Ivy. I know Brown isn't the cream of the Ivy crop, but I'd consider that a legit exhibition where our guys were testing themselves against other D1 players. And last year they played an exhibition ...

Collegian article: https://dailycollegian.com/2025/10/umass-mens-basketball-defeats-rhode-island-college-in-final-preseason-exhibition/


I'm not going to take much from exhibitions, but this is the type of thing I love to see:
I like playing with [Bettiol], [Bettiol] likes playing with me ...

I didn't follow the game at all yesterday, so I'll try to be positive. We got outclassed on the road for CMU's homecoming game with a depleted roster. We're starting to see some guys get healthy again. Rocko returned and broke a long TD yesterday. Gibson was upgraded from out to questionable, so ...

TJ was selected #49 overall in the G League draft. Heading to the Wisconsin Herd, the Milwaukee Bucks affiliate.

WMUA is back at it with a recap of the Brown exhibition: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4iJZHZ ... 6b6f30443a

^This is awesome. Kudos to you and your continued support for UMass basketball.

The "perfect storm" Ryan Bamford talked about was not due to the large crowds, it was due to the failure of the administration to prepare for those expected large crowds (great weather, family weekend, multiple events happening). The administration should WANT large crowds. Their repeated failures ...

I'm excited to see what he can do. I hope we don't hear any moaning or comparisons to his brother. They're different people, different players.

He was way out of sorts with his teammates and didn’t seem to know when to push the ball and when to set up on offense. On defense he didn’t seem to understand how and when to help. (I’m not a great lip reader, but the defensive lapses resulted in a a few teammates and coaches giving him ...

Awesome report featuring our terrific AD about the flawless and definitely not over-subscribed parking situation on family weekend: https://www.westernmassnews.com/2025/10 ... s&tbref=hp

Frank's youngest son, Christian has committed to UMass: https://x.com/WMA_Basketball/status/1981398701466931415

I've thought that Frank would retire soon like so many of his high profile colleagues have due to the current landscape of college hoops, but with Christian's commitment, it's likely ...

Former G-League (D-League?) players are now eligible to play NCAA basketball. The NCAA has become such a directionless, leaderless circus. Remind me, who's in charge over there?
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/tom-izzo-questions-ncaa-direction-after-g-league-players-deemed ...

As far as I'm concerned, an NCAAT or NIT appearance will make me happy and feel like we're probably on the right track, if we don't get either of those but finish top 3 in the conference I will be ok but unsure if we're on the right track. Anything else and I'll be asking for Martin and/or Bamford ...