Game 18, 2024-25: at Fordham (1/15)

[Cahoonaville]

What a way to say Goodbye to Rose Hill as an A10 member! Nice to enjoy an epic and ridiculous game that we came out on top of!

Yeah I watched the game. You played incredible! How many minutes did you end up with dipshit??

[InnervisionsUMASS]

I'm guessing we set all sorts of NCAA records - fouls, foul shots, guys fouled out, etc. Yow!

Sports Center says no on fouls and foul shots. Most fouls since 1917, and most foul shots since 1997. I have not seen the record on guys fouled out. Our game had ten.

Nathan posted this on Twitter related to UMass records:

A list of records that UMass just set:

Most points scored in a game in program history (120)
Most combined points in a game (238)
Most pts by a UMass player (46, Diggins)
Most fouls, team (39)
Most RBS (61)
Most DRB (39)
Most fouls committed, opponent (40)
Most FTA (57)

https://x.com/NathanPStrauss/status/1879737716356886575

Looks like the most points scored is actually tied.

[DirSport]

Is 120 the UMass record for most points scored in a game?

Tied the record. Scored 120 twice before, both against Vermont, last time was 1/8/1965.

Thanks. No 3s then. I’m guessing both Vermont games were in regulation.

Correct. Interestingly, the final score was the same in both games, 120-84.

[InnervisionsUMASS]

Twenty years and one week since UMass' last triple-OT game.

Vs. X... big day for Big Deli, and a famous Sam the Minuteman photo that hung in the Mullins concourse for years was taken that day.

[stevemaz]

This was such an absurd game on so many levels. I will save my criticism for another day, and just say that I may never forget this one.

I was hoping for 4th OT to go for all time FT record. This was a dreadful combination of guys not knowing how to play tough D without fouling and terrible officiating.

we are on the wrong path with FM..ugh

[stevemaz]

I'm proud of the team for not quitting when things got bad in the 3rd OT. I wasn't able to watch the game, so I don't have any comments, just getting my info from the box score and play-by-play. Looks like we got good contributions from Nate and Akil in OT.

Can someone please tell me exactly what happened at the end of OT1 when we fouled a 3-point shooter up by 3? Was it a legit foul or a ghost call?

It was a foul committed by our football player trying to play basketball

[Old Cage]

Theoretical question: Can the worst game you have ever seen also be the best game you have ever seen?

[Quann]

Theoretical question: Can the worst game you have ever seen also be the best game you have ever seen?

OC, sounds like a potential 30 for 30 idea for ESPN "What if I told you...."

[Juice Stand]

Can't say enough about Diggins...One of the gutsiest performances I've seen in a UMass game

This right here. What an unbelievable game by Diggins considering the circumstances. For anyone boycotting the Mullins Center because this team isn't worth the drive (and I don't blame you), try to make it out to senior night and give Diggins a standing ovation. He's had opportunities to leave, but he stayed and gave us THAT performance last night. That's not just a game, that's a memory that we'll have for a long time, and a game that will live in the record books forever.

The game itself was frustrating on a number of levels, but anyone that tuned in got to witness a special performance. I'm not going to talk about the game. I'm just enjoying a rare win and an all-time performance from Diggins.

[Floyd]

Theoretical question: Can the worst game you have ever seen also be the best game you have ever seen?

OC, only if you win

One thing I gotta point out, and it may seem trivial, was when Ty Foster had to come in and shoot FTs for Rivera vey late in this one, after sitting all night. Cold as a mutha f#cking ice cube, & at a key point of the game, put at the line. Think he hit 1, missed another. But he also made a couple good plays after that. But being put in at that moment, after not seeing any prior time, was a tough spot. I give the kid credit

Lot of good parts to the game, lot of bad, but it sure was entertaining

[LS71]

I missed the beginning-what was wrong with Diggins that he threw up multiple times?

[bobolink]

One thing I gotta point out, and it may seem trivial, was when Ty Foster had to come in and shoot FTs for Rivera vey late in this one, after sitting all night. Cold as a mutha f#cking ice cube, & at a key point of the game, put at the line. Think he hit 1, missed another. But he also made a couple good plays after that. But being put in at that moment, after not seeing any prior time, was a tough spot. I give the kid credit

Lot of good parts to the game, lot of bad, but it sure was entertaining

the play that led to Foster going in knocked Rivera out of the game. He had to leave with a cut near his eye. Earlier in the game there were reviews for flagrant fouls, but none for that play, which left me wondering how the refs don't review a play where someone gets cut like that and has to leave the game. Perhaps the refs needed to go home, as the game went crazy long. Don't think they keep records on how long a game took; last night's may have been it. SNY has a replay scheduled for 2 hours this afternoon; wonder how much they'll show.

Happy for Diggins. After the tough start to this season, he's been totally great. Average for the first 5 A10 games is 27 points. Better D from him too. 49 minutes played, with most of the minutes he missed were probably spent puking. Awesome.

[InnervisionsUMASS]

I missed the beginning-what was wrong with Diggins that he threw up multiple times?

Not sure I've seen any reason put out there yet.

[MakeMullinsGreatAgain]

anyone got a link to the post game presser? I half ass looked but couldn't find one - thanks in advance

also - for those who were wondering who kept chatting up Diggins on those side out of bound plays opposite the UMass bench - it was the one and only Curry Hicks Sage from Twitter

[Floyd]

Happy for Diggins. After the tough start to this season, he's been totally great. Average for the first 5 A10 games is 27 points. Better D from him too. 49 minutes played, with most of the minutes he missed were probably spent puking. Awesome.

Rahsool looks much more confident than he was earlier. Almost appears like he was pressing early in the season but now is just playing without pressure and he's flowing right now. Great to see his talent shine and his leadership coming thru