1968-69 Season

The 1968-69 UMass Redmen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts. The Head Coach was Jack Leaman. 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 60th season of basketball in the school's history.

Julius Erving was with UMass this season, but due to NCAA rules at the time, participated with the UMass freshmen basketball team.

Final Record: 17-7
Conference Record: 9-1 (tied for first place)
Postseason: none

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1967-68	1969-70

Head Coach: Jack Leaman
Assistant Coach: Billy Tindall
Captains: Joe DiSarcina, Pete Gayeska

Schedule and results

Stat leaders: Ray Ellerbrook 18.0 ppg; Pete Gayeska 11.1 rpg; Joe DiSarcina 7.9 apg (new school record)

Roster

No.	Name	Yr.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown/High School/Last School
10	DiSarcina, Joe	Sr.	5-11	165	Somerville, Mass./Somerville
52	Dreyer, John	Sr.	6-5	210	Cranford, N.J./Cranford
40	Chapman, Dennis	Jr.	6-4	200	Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall
32	Dempsey, Robert	So.	6-0	170	Fall River, Mass./Durfee
12	Ellerbrook, Ray	Jr.	6-1	180	Hawthorne, N.J./Hawthorne
24	Gallagher, John	Jr.	6-4	185	Trenton, N.J./St. Anthony's
50	Gayeska, Peter	Sr.	6-10	230	Somerville, Mass./Somerville
20	Greeley, Bill	So.	5-9	163	Melrose, Mass./Melrose
22	Hellen, Tom	So.	6-1	162	Hudson, Mass./Hudson Catholic
30	Kruper, Jon	So.	6-0	175	Uniontown, Pa./Laurel Highlands
42	Mathias, Ken	So.	6-6	205	Lodi, N.J./Lodi
44	Samuelson, Richard	Jr.	6-6	205	Brockton, Mass./North Yarmouth Academy
54	Schaffield, Frank	So.	6-6	223	Oradell, N.J./River Dell
34	Shockro, John	Jr.	6-2	190	Attleboro, Mass./Attleboro
14	Starsiak, Richard	Jr.	5-11	162	North Quincy, Mass./North Quincy

The 1968-69 Redmen. Photo taken from a scan of The Mass. Daily Collegian newspaper. Frank Murphy is captioned in the picture but not listed on the team's roster, not sure why the discrepancy.

1968-69 season, Work in Progress