====== December 3, 2025 - Harvard at UMass ======
  * Season: [[season_2025-26|2025-26]]
  * Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
  * Opponent: [[opponent_harvard|Harvard]]
  * Start Time: 7:00 PM ET
  * Site: [[Mullins Center]]
  * Event: Non-conference game
  * Television: none
  * Stream: [[https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/5aa3c67d-7de0-417f-b4e8-91df4527b660|ESPN+]]
  * Radio: [[https://www.audacy.com/stations/weei-1055fmspringfield|WEEI 105.5 FM]], [[https://wcrnradio.com/|WCRN 830 AM]], [[https://thevarsitynetwork.com/audioapplink/source/oas-1218/content/umass:allaccess-Live-5063|Varsity]] (stream)
  * Spread: UMass -5½((per USA Today https://collegesportswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2025/12/03/umass-minutemen-vs-harvard-crimson-12-3-2025-ncaa-mens-basketball-how-to-watch-live-stream-game-time/87580848007/))
  * UM personnel report: [[Isaiah Placide]] out (foot).((Per Frank Martin's post-game radio interview.)) [[Josh Engel]] was not dressed, no official report as to why.

[{{ ::20251203_carbuccia_upcourt.jpg?direct&200|[[Danny Carbuccia]] dished 13 assists, a high in his young career. Photo credit: J. Anthony Roberts / MassLive}}]
  * **Result: UMass 78, Harvard 71**
  * Attendance: 2216

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===== Previews =====
  * Game notes: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2025/12/1/mens-basketball-minutemen-vs-harvard|UM page]], [[https://umassathletics.com/documents/2025/12/2/MBB25_-_Game_8_Notes.pdf|UM notes]], [[https://gocrimson.com/news/2025/12/2/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-plays-at-umass-on-wednesday-night.aspx|Harvard]]

===== Game Thread =====
See [[https://www.umasshoops.com/newboard/viewtopic.php?t=17423|the UMassHoops.com Message Board thread]] for pre-game and post-game discussion.

===== Recaps =====
  * UM: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2025/12/3/mens-basketball-minutemen-secure-78-71-win-against-harvard|Minutemen Secure Interstate Win Over Harvard, 78-71]]
  * Harvard: [[https://gocrimson.com/news/2025/12/3/mens-basketball-hinton-nets-career-high-35-mens-basketballs-rally-falls-just-short-at-umass-78-71.aspx|Hinton Nets Career-High 35, Men’s Basketball’s Rally Falls Just Short at UMass, 78-71]]
  * Daily Hampshire Gazette: [[https://gazettenet.com/2025/12/04/umass-mens-basketball-edges-harvard-78-71/|UMass men’s basketball edges Harvard, 78-71]]
  * MassLive: [[https://www.masslive.com/umassbasketball/2025/12/umass-holds-off-harvard-mens-basketball-for-win-at-home-photos.html|UMass holds off Harvard men’s basketball for win at home]]
  * Mass. Daily Collegian: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2025/12/umass-outlasts-harvard-on-wednesday/|UMass outlasts Harvard on Wednesday]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2025/12/umass-bury-harvard-in-flurry-of-threes/|UMass bury Harvard in flurry of threes]]

===== Other content =====
  * Photo galleries: [[https://www.masslive.com/umassbasketball/2025/12/umass-holds-off-harvard-mens-basketball-for-win-at-home-photos.html|MassLive]], [[https://gocrimson.com/galleries/mens-basketball/mens-basketball-at-massachusetts/2829|Harvard]]
  * Highlight packs: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S-8Asesq-g|UMass]], [[https://youtu.be/dfm8jnZrjM4?si=iiMTqioXFaNLA-yQ|Harvard]]
  * [[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/video/_/gameId/401812608|Game highlights and clips from ESPN]]
  * Video clips: [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1996370840217420042|Ndjigue corner 3]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1996373491134984451|Parker 3-ball]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1996375610806108433|Ndjigue mid-range]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1996383420289777842|Banks first half reel]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1996390042005340241|Banks feeling it]]
  * Postgame pressers: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyglMeY6MRA|Ndjigue and Banks]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIGWIn9VEko|Frank]]

===== Box score =====
[[https://umassathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26/harvard/boxscore/16296|Standard]], [[https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=612872|StatBroadcast]], [[https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/umassathletics.com/stats/mbball/2025/pdf/20251203100820-2690256.pdf|PDF]]

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