====== College of Charleston ======
  * [[https://cofcsports.com/sports/mens-basketball|Team website]]
  * Twitter: [[https://x.com/CofCBasketball|@CofCBasketball]]
  * [[wp>College_of_Charleston_Cougars_men's_basketball|Wikipedia team entry]]
  * [[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/college-of-charleston/men/|Team history from Sports-Reference.com]]
  * [[http://www.cofcsports.com/|Athletics website]]
  * [[http://www.cofc.edu/|School website]]
  * [[wp>College of Charleston|Wikipedia school entry]]
  * Location: [[wp>Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston SC]]

===== Series =====
  * UMass trails 1-3 (.250)
  * Last meeting: [[game20251121_charleston|11/21/2025, College of Charleston 69 - UMass 65]]
  * First meeting: 12/2/1997, UMass 52 - College of Charleston 40

===== Notes =====
  * [[wp>Pat Kelsey]], who almost became UMass coach in 2017, was the coach for C of C (2021-24).

===== Game History =====
^ ^^^^^  Opponent  ^^^
^Date^Game Results^Site^UM Coach^Game Notes^Conference^Head Coach^Nickname^
|12/2/1997|@#ddffdd:[[http://umasshoops.com/games/1997-98/1202collofcharleston/|W 52-40]]|[[mullins_center|Home (MC)]]|[[flint_bruiser|James "Bruiser" Flint]]|Bruiser Ball in the season's home opener, as UM holds C of C under 32% shooting, wins glass by 20.  [[lari_ketner|Ketner]] 20 & 9, Babul 12 & 10.|[[wp>Atlantic Sun Conference|Trans America]]|[[wp>John Kresse]]|Cougars|
|12/1/1998|@#ffdddd:[[http://umasshoops.com/games/1998-99/1201collofcharleston/|L 77-75]]|Away|[[flint_bruiser|James "Bruiser" Flint]]|At [[wp>North Charleston Coliseum]].  [[mack_monty|Mack]] sets a new career high with 34 points, 21 in the second half.  [[clarke_charlton|Clarke]] misses chance to tie it at the line.|[[wp>Southern Conference|Southern]]|[[wp>John Kresse]]|Cougars|
|11/26/2011|@#ffdddd:[[game20111126_college_of_charleston|L 85-61]]|Neutral|[[kellogg_derek|Derek Kellogg]]|[[wp>Battle 4 Atlantis|Battle 4 Atlantis]], at Paradise Island, Bahamas. UM dies by the 3, shooting only 4-28 (14.3%). C of C shoots 51% overall to UM's 35%. UM gets 6th place in Bahamas.|[[wp>Southern Conference|Southern]]|[[wp>Bobby Cremins]]|Cougars|
|11/21/2025|@#ffdddd:[[game20251121_charleston|L 69-65]]|Neutral|[[Frank Martin]]|[[wp>2025 Paradise Jam|Paradise Jam]], First Round.  Charleston's aggression gets them 29 trips to the line and they capitalize with 24 FTs (83%), versus 6-13 (46%) for UM. [[marcus_banks|Banks]] 18 pts, [[leonardo_bettiol|Bettiol]] 14.|[[wp>Coastal Athletic Association|Coastal]]|[[wp>Chris Mack (basketball)|Chris Mack]]|Cougars|

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