It was, but it's worth re-posting.
So let's play catch up since my last update...
3/7/96
St. Bonaventure (10-18) 56
UMass (#2, 29-1) 69
Atlantic 10 Tournament Quarter-Final, at the Philadelphia Civic Center
UM shoots 52% from the floor, holds SBU to 34%, and wins the boards by 14. Both teams struggle with 21 turnovers. Mass collects 16 assists to Bona's 4.
"This is our tournament," said Camby. "We have won it four straight years. We wanted to come down here and stake our claim."
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3/8/96
George Washington (21-7) 65
UMass (#2, 30-1) 74
Atlantic 10 Tournament Semi-Final, at the Philadelphia Civic Center
Mass takes a whopping 73 shots, helped by the 20 offensive rebounds we collected. Camby took 23 himself, but only converted on 6.
Camby's three blocks gives him 102 for the season, making the 6-foot-11 junior the only player other than LSU's Shaquille O'Neal to swat 100 or more shots in each of his first three seasons.
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3/9/96
Temple (19-12) 61
UMass (#2, 31-1) 75
Atlantic 10 Tournament Final, at the Philadelphia Civic Center
Massachusetts becomes (at the time) only the third team in NCAA history to win five straight tournament and regular-season championships.
Carmelo Travieso hits on seven 3-point shots and is named the tournament MVP. "I give a lot of credit to (Edgar) Padilla setting me up for good shots," Travieso said. "I don't even have to look at him on the floor when I'm setting up, because I know he'll get me the ball in good position."
"UMass is a very talented ballclub," said Temple coach John Chaney. "They had an answer for everything. You were looking at the best team in the country."
Ross Burns gets an assist, Rigo Nunez hits a field goal. Bizarre stat line: Giddell Padilla - 2 rebounds, 1 turnover, 3 personal fouls, all in 1 minute.
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3/14/96
Central Florida (East #16, 11-19) 70
UMass (East #1, 32-1) 92
NCAA Tournament First Round, at the Providence Civic Center
Central Florida (now a Conference USA member) only goes 3-10 at home through the season, and 6-10 overall in Atlantic Sun conference play, but storms through the conference tournement to earn the automatic berth. UMass is not impressed however, as they wreck the Knights on the boards, 53-31.
Travieso scores 21, Camby goes for 14 and 17.
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3/16/96
Stanford (East #9, 20-9) 74
UMass (East #1, 33-1) 79
NCAA Tournament Second Round, at the Providence Civic Center
A 75-74 game with 52.7 seconds to go, Donta Bright hits a foul-line jumper and Camby adds a pair of free throws to seal the victory. "I came off a screen from Marcus and Dana (Dingle) gets me on a down screen," said Bright about his jumper. "And the plan was if they help on Marcus, just give me the ball and let me shoot and just hope it goes in. And it did."
Brevin Knight scores 27 for the Cardinal. "Stanford did not quit playing, we got them down and Brevin Knight was unbelievable," Massachusetts coach John Calipari said. "We had no answers for him. He goes through his own legs and then through your legs. He goes through you and up and under you. He was fabulous today. We tried three different ways to stop that screen on the ball and couldn't do it."
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http://umasshoops.com/1995-96/03161996.htm</a>
That brings us up to date.
