====== Central Michigan ======
  * [[https://cmuchippewas.com/sports/mens-basketball|Team website]]
  * Twitter feed: [[https://x.com/cmumensbball|@CMUMensBBall]]
  * Message Board: [[https://247sports.com/college/central-michigan/board/mcguirk-arena-104029/|Chippewas Insider]]
  * [[wp>Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball|Wikipedia team entry]]
  * [[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/central-michigan/men/|Team history from Sports-Reference.com]]
  * [[https://cmuchippewas.com|Athletics website]]
  * [[https://www.cmich.edu/|School website]]
  * [[wp>Central Michigan University|Wikipedia school entry]]
  * Location: [[wp>Mount Pleasant, Michigan|Mount Pleasant, MI]]

===== Series =====
  * UMass leads 1-0 (1.000)
  * First meeting: [[game20260203_central_michigan|2/3/2026, UMass 95 - Central Michigan 89]]

===== Notes =====
  * CMU's basketball arena, and the UMass football stadium, are both named McGuirk.  CMU's venue is named after James J. McGuirk, a Mount Pleasant MI native and major supporter of CMU athletics.((https://cmuchippewas.com/facilities/mcguirk-arena/33))((https://www.charlesrlux.com/obituary/james-mcguirk))  UM's venue is named after their longtime athletic director, [[en>Warren McGuirk|Warren P. McGuirk]].  No indication that they were related.
  * CMU was coached by UMass alum [[Tony Barbee]] from 2021-25.((https://cmuchippewas.com/news/2021/4/23/cmu-announces-tony-barbee-as-new-mens-basketball-head-coach.aspx))((https://cmuchippewas.com/news/2025/4/3/cmu-athletics-announces-leadership-change-in-mens-basketball-program))

===== Game History =====
Games marked as Away were played at the [[wp>McGuirk Arena]], unless otherwise noted.
^ ^^^^^  Opponent  ^^^
^Date^Game Results^Site^UM Coach^Game Notes^Conference^Head Coach^Nickname^
|2025-26|@#ddffdd:[[game20260203_central_michigan|W 95-89]]|[[mullins_center|Home (MC)]]|[[Frank Martin]]|UMass prevails in the gunslingers' battle.  [[marcus_banks|Banks]] 37 pts, 10-15 from 3.  CMU's Logan McIntire 40 pts, 12-16 from 3.  Both set new career highs and respective program records for 3s in a game.  [[danny_carbuccia|Carbuccia]] also sets a new UM program record with 17 assists.|[[MAC]]|[[wp>Andy Bronkema]]|Chippewas((https://cmuchippewas.com/sports/2018/7/6/ot-chippewa-name-html))|

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