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   * Site: [[Mullins Center]]
   * Special Event: [[atlantic_10|Atlantic 10]] Regular Season
+  * Television: Atlantic 10 Television Network
+  * Radio: WHMP
-=====Previews=====
+  * **Result: UMass (#1) 72, St. Bonaventure 47**
+  * Attendance: 9,493 (sellout)
+^  Previous Game  ^  Next Game  ^
+|  [[game19960123_pittsburgh|at Pittsburgh (1/23)]]  |  [[game19960130_fordham|vs Fordham (1/30)]]  |
+===== Previews =====
 **Camby is on way back to team that's still tops**\\
 By Joe Burris, [[http://www.boston.com/globe|Boston Globe]] Staff, 1/25/1996
-Marcus Camby will likely play in the University of Massachusetts' next basketball game, which would put the nation's No. 1-ranked team back at full strength and force opponents to once again respect the Minutemen's interior.
+[[camby_marcus|Marcus Camby]] will likely play in the University of Massachusetts' next basketball game, which would put the nation's No. 1-ranked team back at full strength and force opponents to once again respect the Minutemen's interior.
-But undoubtedly, UMass learned much about its team in Camby's absence after the center collapsed before a game against St. Bonaventure at Olean, N.Y., Jan. 14. Although they were outscrapped in the middle at times in the four games Camby sat out, the Minutemen had several players step up their games, while others who might not have played with him in the lineup saw considerable action.
+But undoubtedly, UMass learned much about its team in Camby's absence after the center [[camby_collapse_1996-01|collapsed before a game against St. Bonaventure at Olean, N.Y., Jan. 14]]. Although they were outscrapped in the middle at times in the four games Camby sat out, the Minutemen had several players step up their games, while others who might not have played with him in the lineup saw considerable action.
 Those two factors -- and a successful return by Camby -- would make the Minutemen an even more formidable opponent the remainder of the season.
-"What's nice to see in Camby's absence is guys doing certain things," said coach John Calipari, whose team traveled back from a grueling two-game swing in Pittsburgh after collecting nailbiting wins over Duquesne and Pitt.
+"What's nice to see in Camby's absence is guys doing certain things," said coach John Calipari, whose team traveled back from a grueling two-game swing in Pittsburgh after collecting nailbiting [[game19960120_duquesne|wins over Duquesne]] and [[game19960123_pittsburgh|Pitt]].
-The Minutemen (17-0) returned home yesterday to prepare for St. Bonaventure Saturday and Fordham next Tuesday. The Minutemen were scheduled to practice yesterday but missed an 8:15 a.m. flight and did not leave the Pittsburgh area until noon. They did not practice.
+The Minutemen (17-0) returned home yesterday to prepare for St. Bonaventure Saturday and [[game19960130_fordham|Fordham next Tuesday]]. The Minutemen were scheduled to practice yesterday but missed an 8:15 a.m. flight and did not leave the Pittsburgh area until noon. They did not practice.
 As for Camby, doctors at UMass Medical Center in Worcester told the Associated Press yesterday that test results received since he was released from the hospital last Thursday all came back negative -- revealing no abnormality that might have caused the blackout.
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 Meanwhile, Calipari hopes the players who stepped up in Camby's absence will continue to play at that level when the center returns.
-"I'm telling Donta Bright, 'Don't change your game when you come back; you're capable of doing this. You're capable of scoring on people and getting yourself free,' " Calipari said. "Carmelo Travieso is finding himself with the way he's playing. We just seem to find a way to win."
+"I'm telling [[bright_donta|Donta Bright]], 'Don't change your game when you come back; you're capable of doing this. You're capable of scoring on people and getting yourself free,' " Calipari said. "[[travieso_carmelo|Carmelo Travieso]] is finding himself with the way he's playing. We just seem to find a way to win."
 Undoubtedly the biggest surprise has been Travieso, a junior guard who has averaged 25 points in his last two games, including a career-high 33 against Duquesne.
 Some felt the Minutemen would fall from the top without Camby, and there were times when it seemed they would. But they showed they have many weapons without their star.
 **Camby is cautious on eve of his return**\\
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 Still, there are as many questions as answers, not only among people around Camby but in Camby himself. He has been back at practice for only three days. He has yet to go through a full-blown strenuous practice.
-"On Thursday, I went about three five-minute segements of scrimmaging," he said. "Everything feels fine."
+"On Thursday, I went about three five-minute segments of scrimmaging," he said. "Everything feels fine."
-The doubts and the questions linger. Camby was asked again about the eerie similarities between his collapse and what happened to former Celtics captain Reggie Lewis, who collapsed for the first time during an NBA game in April 1994 and died three months later of what was reported to be a damaged heart.
+The doubts and the questions linger. Camby was asked again about the eerie similarities between his collapse and what happened to former Celtics captain [[wp>Reggie Lewis]], who collapsed for the first time during an NBA game in April 1994 and died three months later of what was reported to be a damaged heart.
 "I don't think that's the same situation," said Camby. "They were saying his was drug-related. I know mine was not."
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 What happened to him may remain a mystery forever. But this afternoon, Camby knows he will finally be back playing basketball, which is all he has wanted to do for the past two weeks.
 =====Recaps=====
+==== Boston Globe ====
 **UMass has its act together in romp**\\
 By Joe Burris, [[http://www.boston.com/globe|Boston Globe]] Staff, 1/28/1996
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 The Minutemen held St. Bonaventure to 28 percent shooting from the floor and connected on 7 of 11 3-point attempts in the first half. UMass raced to a 13-point first-half lead, boosted it to 26 in the second half and coasted from there. St. Bonaventure fell to 5-11, 1-6.
-"The thing I was most impressed with and the thing I worried about most was would Donta, Edgar Padilla, Carmelo and Dana Dingle continue to play the way they did when Marcus was out," said UMass coach John Calipari. "Donta Bright did his thing. Edgar Padilla did his thing. Carmelo did his thing. Dana did his thing.
+"The thing I was most impressed with and the thing I worried about most was would Donta, [[padilla_edgar|Edgar Padilla]], Carmelo and [[dingle_dana|Dana Dingle]] continue to play the way they did when Marcus was out," said UMass coach John Calipari. "Donta Bright did his thing. Edgar Padilla did his thing. Carmelo did his thing. Dana did his thing.
 "And all of a sudden now, we've become even a stronger team."
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 Over the first 2:21 of the game, the Minutemen had just 2 points. Camby misfired on a turnaround jumper from the left baseline on the Minutemen's first possession. Dingle scored on a pullup basket on the second possession, but on the third, Camby misfired down low after a lob pass from point guard Padilla.
-Camby went out with 17:39 left, and UMass went ahead, 8-1, on back-to- back 3-point baskets by Padilla and Travieso. The trend continued throughout the first half; Camby finished the half with 7 points (5 free throws) on 1-of-3 shooting.
+Camby went out with 17:39 left, and UMass went ahead, 8-1, on back-to-back 3-point baskets by Padilla and Travieso. The trend continued throughout the first half; Camby finished the half with 7 points (5 free throws) on 1-of-3 shooting.
 "Their guards stepped up and took a lot of pressure off their team," said St. Bonaventure coach Jim Baron. "They did what they had to do in the first half with the 3-point shooting. That helped them set the tone for the second half."
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 "We've worked so hard with Camby out," said Bright. "Coach told us once Marcus comes back he would work him in gradually, and we should keep our game level where it was at. He said to stay aggressive, and we did."
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+[{{http://umasshoops.com/games/1995-96/0127stbonnie/rebound_panorama.jpg?nolink|Camby battles for a rebound.}}]
 **Camby happy to be back home\\
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 As long as Camby is playing, that's probably not going to happen, but for different reasons. At his best, Camby is elevated somewhere above the rest of the crowd.
-"When he is focused, it's scary how good he is," said Calipari. "When he plays a Kentucky and says he is going to carry the team, it's scary. When he plays against Tim Duncan of Wake Forest and says he's going to shut him out, it's scary."
+"When he is focused, it's scary how good he is," said Calipari. "When he plays a [[opponent_kentucky|Kentucky]] and says he is going to carry the team, it's scary. When he plays [[game19951206_wake_forest|against Tim Duncan of Wake Forest]] and says he's going to shut him out, it's scary."
 Camby was focused yesterday, but in a different way. As good as he said he felt after two hard days of practice, he still didn't know. Before the game, Camby's mother Janice said she had a feeling everything would be all right. "When I talked to him last night, he said he was OK," she said, sitting in her customary seat on the first row behind the UMass bench.
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 With better days ahead, no doubt.
 **Their No. 1 priority is normalcy**\\
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 It was two weeks ago that Marcus Camby took his first steps to get back into the lineup for the University of Massachusetts' top-ranked basketball team.
-The stainless-steel elevator doors in the lobby of Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital parted at 2 p.m. that day, and from them emerged Camby's 6-foot-11- inch frame, finally unfurled and upright.
+The stainless-steel elevator doors in the lobby of Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital parted at 2 p.m. that day, and from them emerged Camby's 6-foot-11-inch frame, finally unfurled and upright.
 Accompanied by coach John Calipari and trainer Ron Laham, Camby, arguably the nation's best player, walked under his own power into the crowded lobby.
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 Indeed. But yesterday may have been even better. It was a Super Sunday for Calipari, Camby and the rest of the Minutemen because, for the first time since Jan. 14, a sense of normalcy had been restored to their lives.
+==== Massachusetts Daily Collegian ====
+**UMass rolls as unbeaten streak is now 19**\\
+By Justin C. Smith, [[http://www.dailycollegian.com|The Massachusetts Daily Collegian]] Staff, January 31, 1996 //(catch-up article after winter break)//
+<!-- Page 518 in the archive -->
+UMass threw a party to celebrate the return of Camby and used the Bonnies, the team which the Hartford native was to play before he collapsed, as the pinata. The Minutemen hit six of their first seven from three-point land helping them jump to an early 15-point lead and never looked back.
+Edgar Padilla sparked the UMass quick start, scoring 12 of his 15 points in the first half.
+The most encouraging part of the game though, was the return of the big man in the middle. Camby started out slow on the offensive end, missing his first two shots before shaking the rust off and hitting his last six attempts, finishing with 19 points.
+More impressively, his timing on defense hadn't missed a beat, blocking a career-high nine shots. The leading player of the year candidate said he felt fine after the game, though it took him a while to get started in his first game back.
+"Today has been a great day,” Camby said with a huge smile. "I really felt like I was back when I hit the turnaround jumper [in the second half].
+===== Other content =====
+[[https://twitter.com/ClassicsCBB/status/1325583194360459265|Highlights from ESPN]]\\
+[[https://youtu.be/oFEqdk_9WHQ?t=264|Highlights from season banquet video]]
 ===== Box Score =====