1961-62 Season

The 1961-62 UMass Redmen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts. The Head Coach was Matt Zunic. The team played its home games primarily in the Curry Hicks Cage in Amherst, Massachusetts, and was a member of the Yankee Conference.

The season represented the 53rd season of basketball in the school's history.

Although stumbling to a 1-4 start, this team went 14-4 in the rest of the regular season, won the Yankee Conference championship and reached the NCAA Tournament. Both the conference title and NCAA berth were firsts in school/program history.

Final Record: 15-9
Conference Record: 8-2 (first place)
Postseason: NCAA Tournament, lost in the First Round / East Regional Quarterfinals

Previous Season	Next Season
1960-61	1962-63

Scoreboard

Game			Record
Date	Opponent	Result	Overall	Yankee	Notes
Dec. 6	Boston University	W 75-71	1-0
Dec. 9	at Rutgers	L 77-57	1-1
Dec. 12	Connecticut	L 76-65	1-2	0-1
Dec. 14	at American Int'l	L 63-59	1-3
Dec. 16	Brandeis	L 80-79	1-4
Dec. 22	at Colby	W 68-60	2-4
Jan. 3	Northeastern	W 72-61	3-4		Conlin 14 asst
Jan. 6	at New Hampshire	W 67-65	4-4	1-1
Jan. 8	Providence	L 79-45	4-5
Jan. 10	at Holy Cross	L 98-58	4-6
Jan. 13	Vermont	W 91-75	5-6	2-1
Jan. 27	at Toledo	L 77-47	5-7
Feb. 1	at St. Peter's	W 94-75	6-7		Madison Square Garden
Feb. 3	Rhode Island	W 77-69	7-7	3-1
Feb. 6	at Rhode Island	W 73-62	8-7	4-1
Feb. 9	Maine	W 65-54	9-7	5-1
Feb. 10	Maine	W 72-66	10-7	6-1
Feb. 13	at Connecticut	L 72-56	10-8	6-2
Feb. 15	Tufts	W 82-62	11-8
Feb. 17	at Vermont	W 69-52	12-8	7-2
Feb. 22	Syracuse	W 74-51	13-8
Feb. 28	at Coast Guard	W 61-56	14-8
Mar. 3	New Hampshire	W 109-62	15-8	8-2	UM wins their first Yankee title, sets new mark for most points in a game.
Mar. 12	New York University	L 70-50	15-9		NCAA Tournament, at The Palestra, Philadelphia PA.

Statistics

From Sports-Reference: UMass, Yankee Conference

Roger Twitchell finished 3rd in Yankee Conference game scoring with 169 points.¹⁾

Honors

Roger Twitchell - Associated Press All-New England Team²⁾
Roger Twitchell, Kirk Leslie, Mike Mole - United Press International All-New England Team³⁾

Roster

No.	Name	Yr.	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown/High School
40	Pete Bernard	So.	G	5-8	160	Brockton, Mass.
54	Donald Black	Sr.	C	6-8	215	Athol, Mass.
50	Richard Conlin	So.	G	6-3	190	Bronx, N.Y.
42	Charles Fohlin	Sr.	C	6-7	215	Belmont, Mass./Belmont High
24	Elliot Gventer	So.	F	6-5	190	Malden, Mass.
52	Michael Johnson	So.	F	6-5	185	Quincy, Mass.
12	Dan Laakso	So.	G/F	6-4	175	Norwood, Mass.
44	Charles LaPier	Jr.	G	6-2	165	Worcester, Mass.
32	Kirk Leslie	Jr.	F	6-5	190	Pittsfield, Mass./Pittsfield
10	Mike Mole	Sr.	G	5-11	150	Pittsfield, Mass./Pittsfield
20	Richard Ricciardi	Jr.	G	5-10	155	Worcester, Mass.
14	Rodger Twitchell	So.	F	6-5	185	Westfield, N.J.
34	Franz Von Bradsky	So.	C	6-8	217	Kinderbrook, N.Y.