Game 1, 2022-23: Central CT (11/7)

[MikeUMA]

Double-header to kick off the regular season.
Men start at 7:30
Women start at 5:00
Both versus CCSU

Women will have a banner ceremony before their game, recognizing their A-10 Tourney title and NCAA berth.

NESN+ has the TV rights, and ESPN+ will have the stream, for both.

[UMassfan_19]

It’s all feeling a bit real now

[Upstate10]

Feels like yesterday my gf was getting mad at me for listening to Sage's spaces during the coaching search at 1am after watching March Madness all day. Lol

[Jimboboy]

I'm living in NY. Can someone tell me which radio station will be carrying the UMass basketball games?

[Jimboboy]

The game does not appear on the ESPN+ schedule.

[Jimboboy]

Games will be broadcast by radio station WEEI 105.5

[umassbaseball]

Looks like UMass opens as 15.5 point favorites against CCSU in the opener

[thecaptain]

The game does not appear on the ESPN+ schedule.

it showing on the espn schedule page as airing on espn +

[mdogt12]

https://umassathletics.com/sports/mens- ... ath=mbball
Shows ESPN+ under watch tab

[69MG]

After a disaster of a day for UMass athletics, I needed some good news. It showed up in The Gazette and I am more than excited about this game.
https://www.gazettenet.com/UMass-basket ... n-48692913

[Upstate10]

Have season tickets for another team so I can’t watch live but there is no way I’ll sleep Monday night without watching the replay.

So god damn excited for this team.

[Floyd]

^ what? Ur out of the club. Priorities

After reading that Gazette article 69 posted, I can't wait for Monday. And I think Gapare could become a huge fan favorite, sounds like he could become a real special player

[Roadtrip]

Well, the hey song is blasting in my head, about time for some hoops.

[DoctorJ]

Going into our first game on Monday, I'm expecting that we will see a broad cast of characters - likely all 12 remaining scholarship players and maybe even a few walk on players if the game goes well. I won't take a win as a given because I've suffered through a few losses to CCSU in the past.

I expect the starters to be:

C - Leveque
F - Cross
G - Weeks
G - Diggins
PG- Fernandes
I'd guess we will see a lot of minutes for Kante, Luis and Martin. I'm sure we will see Keon but I would think the first option will be Diggins if he can stay out of foul issues.

It will be interesting to see if Gianni and Gapare can start earning bigger minutes than DD and Martin.

It won't be as easy to spread out minutes in game 2 vs Towson. I'm hoping that by then we have a clear 8 or 9 guys that are earning the vast majority of minutes and functioning as a solid unit in the road games that follow.

[LS71]

Preparing for a long night at the Bill. Doors open at 4 pm for the pregame hoopla for the women's team.