2022-23 Season

The 2022-23 UMass Minutemen men's basketball team represents the University of Massachusetts, the flagship campus in Amherst. The Head Coach is Frank Martin. The team plays its home games in the Mullins Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, and is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

The season represents the 114th season of basketball in the school's history.

Current Record: 4-1
Conference Record: 0-0 (conference play starts Dec. 31)

Record	Overall	A-10
All games	4-1	0-0
Home	1-1	0-0
Away	0-0	0-0
Neutral	3-0	–
Overtime	0-0	0-0

Previous Season	Next Season
2021-22	2023-24

Scoreboard

Game					Record		Rank		Notes
Date	Opponent	Game Results	UM High Scorer	UM High Rebounder	Overall	A10	UM	Opp	Notes
11/1	AIC	W 94-68	Kante (18)	Kante (10)	–	–	–	–	Exhibition. Kante impresses in debut, 8-11 FG shooting. Dominguez 16 & 3, Cross 15-8-5, Noah 10-4-5, Keon 10-2-2, Luis 8 & 5, Leveque 7 & 4. UM shoots 51% from floor, 41% from 3, 15-16 from stripe.
11/7	Central CT	W 94-67	Weeks (16)	Fernandes (8)	1-0	–	–	–	UM shakes off the rust, and makes a tie game after 18 minutes into a 27-point coast. All M'men get into the game, except Cross who sits out with a minor injury. Dominguez 7-10, 15 pts, 7 boards. Luis 14-3-4, Kante 13-6-2, Noah 11-8-4, Keon 10-5-3. Leveque 5 & 3 in 14 minutes.
11/10	Towson	L 67-55	Cross & Kante (13 each)	Leveque & Martin (7 each)	1-1	–	–	–	UM up 22-20 with 9:20 left in the first, then Towson goes on a 12-0 run, and a sign of how things go the rest of the night. UM cold with .345 FG overall, .214 from 3, .545 from the line. Kante shoots 5-6. Cross debuts with 5-9 shooting, but cooled off after one hot stretch. Rest of team shoots 10-44. Towson shoots .586 in the first, .532 for the game, and +9 on the glass.
11/17	vs Colorado	W 66-63	Fernandes (22)	Cross (8)	2-1	–	–	–	Myrtle Beach Invitational, First Round, at HTC Center, Conway SC. UM scraps out the W, as Buffs win the glass by 5 and snare 19 offensive, but shoot 34% overall, 24% from 3. UM shoots just 11 threes, lowest since the 2014-15 season. Luis 18 pts (8-11 FG), Kante 10 pts (5-8 FG), rest of UM 4-22 FG.
11/18	vs Murray State	W 71-69	Cross (15)	Cross (14)	3-1	–	–	–	Myrtle Beach Invitational, Semi-Final, at HTC Center, Conway SC. Trailing 69-68, Noah propels UM into the championship game with a game-winning 3. Down 10 with 7:30, and 7 with 4:45 to play, UM battles back. Cross notches his 1st UM double-double. Noah finishes with 14 pts, 5 assists. TJ adds 13 pts. Rest of team struggles with .256 shooting.
11/20	vs Charlotte	W 60-54	Cross (12)	Weeks (9)	4-1	–	–	–	Myrtle Beach Invitational Championship Game, at HTC Center, Conway SC. 49ers score the game's first basket, but UM responds with a 12-0 run and doesn't trail again. UM wins the glass by 10 and holds 49ers to 37% shooting. Weeks 11 pts, Noah 9 pts. RJ 9 & 6, Leveque 8 & 7. Noah & Cross named to All-Tournament Team, Noah named MVP.¹⁾²⁾
11/29	at South Florida	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	–	–	–

Pre-season: UMass also played an unofficial scrimmage, at Holy Cross.³⁾ No details of the results became available.

Schedule

All times Eastern PM, unless otherwise noted. Boldface opponents indicates an Atlantic 10 Conference game.
UMass master schedule, Printable
Promotional schedule

Date	Day	Time	Opponent	Site	Event	TV	Streaming Video
11/1	Tue	7:00	AIC	Mullins Center	Exhibition	none	none
11/7	Mon	7:30	Central Connecticut	Mullins Center	DBH w/WBB at 5:00⁴⁾	NESN+	NESN Watch, ESPN+
11/10	Thur	7:00	Towson	Mullins Center	–	NESN+	NESN Watch, ESPN+
11/17	Thur	1:30	vs Colorado	HTC Center, Conway SC	Myrtle Beach Invitational	ESPNU	ESPN+
11/18	Fri	2:30⁵⁾	vs Murray State	HTC Center, Conway SC	Myrtle Beach Invitational	ESPN2	ESPN+
11/20	Sun	1:00	vs Charlotte	HTC Center, Conway SC	Myrtle Beach Invitational	ESPN2	ESPN+
11/29	Tue	7:00	at South Florida	Yuengling Center, Tampa FL	–	none	ESPN+
12/2	Fri	7:00	at Harvard	Lavietes Pavilion, Allston MA	–	none	ESPN+
12/5	Mon	7:00	Albany	Mullins Center	–	NESN+	NESN Watch, ESPN+
12/8	Thur	7:00	UMass-Lowell	Mullins Center	–	NESN	NESN Watch, ESPN+
12/11	Sun	7:00⁶⁾⁷⁾	vs Hofstra	Barclays Center, Brooklyn NY	Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational	YES Network	Watch YES
12/17	Sat	4:00⁸⁾⁹⁾	vs North Texas	MassMutual Center, Springfield MA	Basketball Hall of Fame Classic	none	ESPN+
12/20	Tue	7:00	Dartmouth	Mullins Center	–	NESN	NESN Watch, ESPN+
12/31	Sat	2:00	at St. Bonaventure	Reilly Center, St. Bonaventure NY	–	TBD	ESPN+
1/4	Wed	7:30	Saint Louis	Mullins Center	DBH w/WBB at 5:00¹⁰⁾	NESN	NESN Watch, ESPN+
1/7	Sat	2:00	at George Washington	Smith Center, Washington DC	–	USA	USA, NBC Sports app
1/11	Wed	7:00	La Salle	Mullins Center	–	NESN	NESN Watch, ESPN+
1/14	Sat	4:30	Rhode Island	Mullins Center	DBH w/WBB at 2:00¹¹⁾	NESN+	NESN Watch, ESPN+
1/17	Tue	7:00	at VCU	Siegel Center, Richmond VA	–	TBD	NBC Sports app
1/21	Sat	1:00	at Saint Joseph's	Hagan Arena, Philadelphia PA	–	TBD	ESPN+
1/25	Wed	7:00	Richmond	Mullins Center	–	NESN	NESN Watch, ESPN+
1/28	Sat	4:00	Duquesne	Mullins Center	–	NESN+	NESN Watch, ESPN+
2/1	Wed	7:00	at George Mason	EagleBank Arena, Fairfax VA	–	TBD	ESPN+
2/4	Sat	12:30	Davidson	Mullins Center	–	USA	USA, NBC Sports app
2/8	Wed	7:00	at Fordham	Rose Hill Gymnasium, Bronx NY	–	TBD	ESPN+
2/11	Sat	2:00	at La Salle	Tom Gola Arena, Philadelphia PA	–	TBD	ESPN+
2/14	Tue	7:00	Loyola Chicago	Mullins Center	–	none	ESPN+
2/18	Sat	2:00	at Rhode Island	Ryan Center, Kingston RI	–	ESPNU	ESPN+
2/22	Wed	7:00¹²⁾	Dayton	Mullins Center	–	CBS Sports Network	CBS Sports Network
3/1	Wed	7:00	at Duquesne	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, Pittsburgh PA	–	TBD	ESPN+
3/4	Sat	2:30	St. Bonaventure	Mullins Center	–	USA	USA, NBC Sports app
3/7	Tue	TBD	TBD	Barclays Center	A-10 Tournament, First Round	none	ESPN+
3/8	Wed	TBD	TBD	Barclays Center	A-10 Tournament, Second Round	USA	USA, NBC Sports app
3/9	Thur	TBD	TBD	Barclays Center	A-10 Tournament, Quarter Final	USA	USA, NBC Sports app
3/10	Fri	Tournament off-day¹³⁾
3/11	Sat	TBD	TBD	Barclays Center	A-10 Tournament, Semi Final	CBS Sports Network	CBS Sports Network
3/12	Sun	TBD	TBD	Barclays Center	A-10 Tournament, Championship	CBS	CBS

Other scheduling notes:

We had room to add one more non-conference game, but didn't end up doing so.¹⁴⁾
South Florida begins a home-and home series.¹⁵⁾ UM is expected to host USF in a future season.
Towson begins a home-and-home series. UM will play there next season.¹⁶⁾
The game at Harvard is presumed to be the start of a series, but no report confirming that has yet surfaced.
UMass-Lowell has appeared on our schedule every season back to 2016-17, except for the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season, but no indication if this season's game is part of a longer series.
The games versus Albany, Central Connecticut, Dartmouth are expected to be one-offs. There have been no reports of extended series.
With 15 members for the first time in Atlantic 10 history, the league will keep an 18-game schedule, but will tweak the format. In recent years, a school would have home-and-homes against five other conference members. This season, the home-and-homes are reduced to four.¹⁷⁾
Penn State: UM was supposed to visit to complete a contracted home-and-home series this season,¹⁸⁾¹⁹⁾ but their 2022-23 schedule does not mention us.²⁰⁾ Unsure if the game will be deferred to a future season, or bought out entirely.
The A-10 and Mountain West conferences spoke about possibly playing games this season, but plans in previous seasons never came together. TBD on how they might this season.²¹⁾²²⁾

Roster

Official roster

#	Name	Height	Weight	Class	Pos.	Hometown / HS / Prep / College Transfer	Status
4	Cronin, Jackson	6-0	187	So.	G	Great Neck NY / Great Neck North / Nebraska	Active, Preferred Walk-On²³⁾
33	Cross, Matt	6-7	230	Jr.	F	Beverly MA / Brewster Academy / Louisville	Active
3	Diggins, Rahsool	6-2	185	So.	G	Philadelphia PA / Archbishop Wood / UConn	Active
45	Dominguez, Dyondre	6-9	200	Jr.	F	Providence RI / Woodstock Academy	Active
11	Fernandes, Noah	5-11	180	Sr.	G	Mattapoisett MA / Woodstock Academy / Wichita State	Active
2	Gapare, Tafara	6-9	205	Fr.	F	Wellington NZ / South Kent School	Active
10	Kante, Isaac	6-7	259	Gr.	F	Brooklyn NY / Putnam Science Academy / LIU	Active
44	Kelly, John	6-7	212	So.	F	Shelton CT / Cheshire Academy / Fairfield	Active, Walk-On
0	Leveque, Wildens	6-10	255	Sr.	F/C	Brockton MA / Gould Academy / South Carolina	Active
12	Luis, Reggie Jr. "RJ"	6-7	196	Fr.	G	Miami FL / Mt. Zion Prep	Active
20	Marcus, Ryan	6-3	185	Jr.	G	Wakefield MA / Wakefield Memorial HS	Active, Walk-On
1	Martin, Brandon	6-5	223	Gr.	F	Miami FL / Cardinal Newman (SC) / South Carolina	Active
13	Thompson, Gianni	6-8	210	So.	F	Newton MA / Brimmer & May / Boston College	Active
22	Thompson, Keon	6-0	210	Fr.	G	Merrillville IN / Hargrave Military Academy	Active
23	Weeks, TJ	6-4	190	Jr.*	G	Warwick RI / Woodstock Academy	Active
5	Woodley, Ta'Quan	6-8	280	So.	F	Camden NJ / Camden HS / South Carolina	Inactive. Will sit out this season for personal reasons.²⁴⁾²⁵⁾²⁶⁾

*Eligibility difference.
*TJ Weeks requested and received a medical redshirt for the 2019-20 season, having only played in the first 10 games before sitting out the rest of the season.²⁷⁾²⁸⁾

All student-athletes from the 2020-21 season have an option to play a fifth year, via a policy based on special circumstances coming from the COVID-19 pandemic.²⁹⁾

UMass had no recruiting commitments, verbal or signed, prior to the McCall/Martin coaching change.

2021-22 players lost:

Name	Height	Weight	Pos.	Exp.	Status / Notes
Buttrick, Trent	6-8	240	F	5 years	Eligibility exhausted.
Garcia, Javohn	6-2	180	G	2 years	Entered transfer portal.³⁰⁾ Has committed to the College of the Sequoias, a community college in Visalia CA.³¹⁾
Jones, Greg	6-7	225	F	4 years	Greg reportedly posted on Instagram in mid-March that he planned to take advantage of the extra year of eligibility and play again in 2022-23, but apparently changed his mind, and appears to be done playing in college.
Kelly, CJ	6-5	190	SG	3 years	Entered transfer portal, as a graduate.³²⁾ Has since committed to Central Florida.³³⁾
Kelly, Rich	6-1	175	G	5 years	Eligibility exhausted.
McCrory, Cairo	6-5	190	SG	2 years	Only played in three games in 2021-22 before shutting it down with a lingering back injury. He could apply for a medical redshirt, and, if granted, would have four years remaining. Although there have been no reports of him entering the transfer portal, Cairo is not listed on the official roster's May update, and was not mentioned among the returning players in the June update video.³⁴⁾
Mitchell, Kolton	6-3	185	G	3 years	Entered transfer portal.³⁵⁾ Kolton played sparingly in his three seasons at UM.
Santos, Preston	6-6	185	G/F	2 years	Entered transfer portal.³⁶⁾ Has since committed to Southern New Hampshire.³⁷⁾
Steadman, Michael	6-10	231	F	5 years	Eligibility exhausted.
Walker, Dibaji	6-9	200	F	4 years	Although Walker told The Berkshire Eagle that he would continue with UMass,³⁸⁾ he entered the transfer portal on May 5.³⁹⁾ Reported that he will attend Appalachian State.⁴⁰⁾ 2021-22 was Dibaji's fourth season, but he only played in eight games before shutting it down with a leg injury. He could apply for a medical redshirt, and, if granted, would have two years remaining.

Team photo

Haven't seen the team release a posed photo as yet. Using this, after winning the Myrtle Beach Invitational, for now.

Left to right: Wildens Leveque, Ryan Marcus (20), Matt Cross, John Kelly, Gianni Thompson (hand on Kelly's head), Keon Thompson (in front of Gianni), RJ Luis, Tafara Gapare, Brandon Martin, Rashool Diggins (3, in front of Martin), Jackson Cronin, Dyondre Dominguez, Noah Fernandez, Isaac Kante, TJ Weeks.
Missing is Ta'Quan Woodley, as he did not make the trip.

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Frank Martin
Associate Head Coach: Allen Edwards⁴¹⁾⁴²⁾⁴³⁾
Assistant Coach: Brian Steele⁴⁴⁾
Assistant Coach: Derek Kellogg⁴⁵⁾
Director of Player Personnel and Special Assistant to the Head Coach: Doug Edwards⁴⁶⁾
Director of Operations: Ricky Harris
Director of Scouting and Video Operations: John Martin

Doug and Allen Edwards are brothers, Doug being 4 years older.
Will Bailey was an assistant coach from April - July 2022, but then accepted a role that brought him back to Saint Louis.⁴⁷⁾⁴⁸⁾