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March 9, 1996 - Temple vs. UMass
- Season: 1995-96
- Date: Saturday, March 9, 1996
- Opponent: Temple
- Start Time: 6:00 PM ET
- Site: Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia PA
- Special Event: Atlantic 10 Tournament Final. Seeds: Temple East 2, UMass East 1.
- Television: ESPN
- Radio: WHMP
- Result: UMass (#2) 75, Temple 61
- Attendance: 8,727
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Associated Press
#2 Massachusetts 75, Temple 61
From The Associated Press, 3/9/1996
Carmelo Travieso scored all of his 21 points on three-pointers as second-ranked Massachusetts wrapped up its fifth straight Atlantic 10 Tournament title with a 75-61 victory over Temple at the Philadelphia Civic Center.
The win guarantees the Minutemen (31-1) one of the top four regional seeds in the NCAA Tournament next week.
Travieso, who was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player, tied a tournament record with seven three-pointers as Massachusetts beat Temple in the final for the fourth straight year.
“This was another terrific win for us,” said Massachusetts coach John Calipari. “Another game where we had to grind it out. We didn't play with the emotion or intensity I would have liked at the beginning, but, you can't have that at that level in every game.”
Massachusetts used a 13-0 run to take control of the game in the second half. Travieso and Edgar Padilla, who had all 11 of his points in the second half, each sank a pair of three-pointers as the Minutemen built a 51-44 advantage with 11:54 to play.
Marc Jackson finished with 24 points and nine rebounds for the Owls (19-12), who will most likely gain an NCAA Tournament berth despite the loss.
“U-Mass is a very talented ballclub,” said Temple coach John Chaney. “They had an answer for everything. You were looking at the best team in the country.”
Jackson scored seven of the Owls' first nine points as Temple went on a 14-3 run to take its first lead at 44-38 with 15:01 left in the second half.
Donta Bright started the run with a three-pointer and Marcus Camby had a slam to cut the deficit to 44-43. Travieso added a three-pointer to regain the lead and Padilla followed with another before Charlton Clarke capped the run with a pair of free throws with 11:54 left.
Levan Alston broke the spurt with a jumper, but Padilla and Travieso sank three-pointers around a basket by Jackson before Tyrone Weeks made a free throw to give Massachusetts a 58-48 bulge.
“I give a lot of credit to (Edgar) Padilla setting me up for good shots,” Travieso said. “I don't even have to look at him on the floor when I'm setting up, because I know he'll get me the ball in good position.”
Camby hit two free throws to give the Minutemen a 62-50 lead and Massachusetts took its largest lead at 73-56 on a free throw by Padilla with 1:21 to play.
Camby grabbed six rebounds and added five blocks and Padilla handed out seven assists for Massachusetts, which beat Temple for the third time this season and 10th time in the last 11 meetings.
Lynard Stewart, William Cunningham and Jason Ivey had eight points apiece for Temple, which shot 9-of-25 (36 per cent) in the second half and 40 per cent (20-of-50) for the game.
“We had a good run, but we didn't maintain it,” Jackson said. “We lost our composure at the wrong time.”
Travieso had 12 points in the first half as Massachusetts built a 35-30 lead at intermission. The Minutemen used and 8-1 run to take a 19-11 lead, but Temple responded with a 7-1 burst to pull to within 20-18 on a three-pointer by Ivey.
Mass. Daily Collegian
UMass claims 5th straight title, dismantles Colonials and Owls
By Justin C. Smith, The Massachusetts Daily Collegian Staff, March 11, 1996
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - For the fifth straight year the Minutemen put their stamp on the Atlantic 10 Tournament by downing the Temple Owls in the final, 75-61, Sat. at the Philadelphia Civic Center.
“This is our tournament,” Marcus Camby said after he and his Massachusetts basketball team won their quarterfinal game against St. Bonaventure. “And we came down to claim our territory.”
Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament Carmelo Travieso lit up John Chaney’s patented match-up zone defense to the tune of seven treys for a team high 21 points. In the three games against Temple this year, Travieso hit 19-of-35 from behind the three-point arc.
“I give a lot of credit to Edgar Padilla,” Travieso said of his starting backcourt mate. “[He’s always] setting me up for good shots. I don’t even have to look at him on the floor when I’m setting up, because I know he’ll give the ball in good position.”
Also selected to the All-Tournament team with the UMass junior guard was teammate Marcus Camby, Temple’s Marc Jackson, George Washington’s Alexander Koul, and Rhode Island’s Tyson Wheeler.
At first, UMass looked like it would have an easy time taking home its fifth straight A-10 Tourney title as Donta Bright hit two quick jumpers just 2:30 into the game to lead 9-2. But Temple, playing tired as three starters played all 40 minutes of their semifinal the previous night, would not roll over.
Jackson was a force down on the blocks, scoring a game high 24 points to go with nine rebounds and a brand new William Cunningham, with a first ever double-double against Rhode Island, was a spark off of the Owl bench with seven points and six boards.
“I thought he played great,” UMass coach John Calipari said. “He made some shots and rebounded well. On the defensive end he made plays just by being around the ball. I’m really happy for him.”
Temple made their big run early on in the second half. Trailing 38-33 with a little over 18 minutes left, the Owls forced UMass into three of their 11 turnovers and Lynard Stewart hit for five points as Temple took their first lead with an 11-0 run.
After a Stewart trey from the right corner boosted the Owl lead to 44-38, Calipari called for a timeout and exchanged pleasantries with Tyrone Weeks. Though Weeks did not come out on the floor after the break, the Minutemen used the incident as a catalyst and took off on a streak of their own.
The Minutemen hit a barrage of three pointers, hitting five-of-five from downtown to take the wind out of Temple’s sails with a 24-6 run to give UMass a 62-50 lead with 5:50 to play. The team pointed to that 20-second timeout as the turning point of the game.
“Tyrone and I had words in the huddle,” Calipari said of what happened during the TO before UMass’ game clinching run. “I just told him not to get mad at me if he was frustrated with himself. At that point everyone picked up their intensity level.
“Tyrone came over to me 20 seconds later and said ‘coach I’m sorry.’ I told him I was fine. He’s a great kid.”
Temple coach John Chaney felt fortunate about the success they have had over the course of the season.
“We were fortunate to get in front. Our weaknesses overwhelmed us,” Chaney said. “We don’t have the talent in the backcourt, we don’t have guards. UMass has a very talented ball club and they had an answer for everything. They were shooting 10-for-17 on their threes and those threes were from everywhere.
“We tricked [everyone]. There’s no way one guard should be 19-12,” said Chaney.
Camby, who had averaged only seven points in his previous two A-10 finals, only took eight shots from the field hitting on four of them as he finished with 12 points on the night. Padilla was impressive once again, taking all three of his shots from three point land, hitting two while dishing out seven assists while committing only one turnover.
MASSACHUSETTS 74, GEORGE WASHINGTON 65
UMass trailed 54-53 with just over eight minutes to play when the Minutemen took control using a 13-1 run, capped by a Donta Bright trey with two minutes remaining.
Marcus Camby and Bright both hit for 19 as UMass broke its four game losing streak against GW in their win in the Atlantic 10 semifinals.
MINUTEMEN MILESTONES
The UMass win in the finals raises its record on the season to 31-1. The 31 wins are a program best. The most wins in one campaign for the Minutemen prior to this year was their 30 win, Sweet Sixteen season in 1992.
With the tournament title, UMass becomes only the second team in college basketball to win five straight conference and tournament titles outright. North Carolina State duplicated the feat in the Southland Conference from 1947-51.
(UMassHoops.com note: This omits the fact that Kentucky also accomplished this feat, in the Southeastern Conference from 1943-44 through 1949-50.)
The five tournament titles is also a Conference best overall, as Temple is next in the Atlantic 10 with four. UMass has won 15 straight A-10 Tourney games, as this is the second consecutive Minutemen graduating class to never have lost a game in the conference tourney.
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Box Score
TEMPLE (61)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Stewart 35 2-6 3-4 4-5 2 1 8
Jackson 39 9-16 5-6 5-9 1 3 24
Cunningham 21 4-8 0-0 2-7 1 4 8
Alston 35 1-5 2-4 0-1 0 4 4
Futch 18 1-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 3
Battie 13 0-5 1-2 0-1 0 1 1
Ivey 26 2-5 3-4 2-4 1 1 8
Adams 9 0-0 2-3 0-0 0 3 2
Rios 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Laws 1 0-0 1-2 1-2 0 0 1
Reid 1 1-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 2
Van Velsen 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
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TOTALS 200 20-50 17-26 14-31 6 17 61
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Percentages: FG-.400, FT-.654. 3-Point Goals:
4-12, .333 (Stewart 1-4, Jackson 1-1, Alston 0-3,
Futch 1-1, Ivey 1-2, Rios 0-1). Team rebounds: 4.
Blocked shots: 1 (Ivey). Turnovers: 15 (Battie 3,
Cunningham 3, Adams 2, Futch 2, Jackson 2,
Alston, Ivey, Laws). Steals: 8 (Stewart 4,
Jackson 2, Adams, Alston).
MASSACHUSETTS (75)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Dingle 34 4-5 1-2 2-5 2 2 9
Bright 24 4-15 0-0 3-4 5 3 9
Camby 34 4-8 4-6 3-6 0 2 12
E Padilla 35 2-3 5-6 1-3 7 4 11
Travieso 33 7-13 0-0 0-3 2 2 21
Weeks 18 3-7 3-4 2-3 0 0 9
Norville 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Clarke 11 0-1 2-3 0-1 1 0 2
Nunez 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2
Cottrell 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
G Padilla 1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 3 0
Burns 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Maclay 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
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TOTALS 200 25-54 15-21 11-27 18 18 75
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Percentages: FG-.463, FT-.714. 3-Point Goals:
10-17, .588 (Bright 1-1, E Padilla 2-3, Travieso
7-13). Team rebounds: 5. Blocked shots: 5 (Camby
5). Turnovers: 11 (Dingle 3, Travieso 3, Weeks 2,
Bright, E Padilla, G Padilla). Steals: 12 (E
Padilla 4, Bright 3, Camby 3, Clarke, Dingle).
Temple 30 31 - 61
Massachusetts 35 40 - 75
Technical fouls: None.
A: 8,727.
Officials:Larry Lembo, Gene Monge, Jerry Donaghy.