1970s Scoreboard

1970s
1979-80	1974-75
1978-79	1973-74
1977-78	1972-73
1976-77	1971-72
1975-76	1970-71

1979-80 Scoreboard
Coach: Ray Wilson
Capt: George Dennerlein, Bill Morrison
Record: 2-24 (0-10 Eastern-8 {eighth place})
Stat leaders: Curtis Phauls 15.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg; Tom Witkos 3.3 apg

Game		Final Score			Record
Date	Opponent	UM	Opp.	Notes	Overall	E-8
Dec. 1	at Michigan	64	112	Phauls 30 pts	0-1
Dec. 3	at Toledo	74	84		0-2
Dec. 8	Pittsburgh	45	63		0-3	0-1
Dec. 11	at Rutgers	68	84		0-4	0-2
Dec. 13	Bentley	70	77		0-5
Dec. 15	at Harvard	76	82		0-6
Dec. 17	American Int'l	61	70		0-7
Jan. 2	Providence	68	78	Springfield MA	0-8
Jan. 5	Rutgers	70	76		0-9	0-3
Jan. 9	at Villanova	59	92		0-10	0-4
Jan. 12	Connecticut	51	72	Springfield MA	0-11
Jan. 15	at Boston University	51	78		0-12
Jan. 19	at George Washington	64	75		0-13	0-5
Jan. 21	at Duquesne	66	88	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	0-14	0-6
Jan. 26	at Rhode Island	59	64		0-15
Feb. 1	Holy Cross	73	84	Colonial Classic Boston MA	0-16
Feb. 2	Harvard	67	44	Colonial Classic Boston MA	1-16
Feb. 6	at Connecticut	55	73		1-17
Feb. 9	Villanova	64	79		1-18	0-7
Feb. 11	West Virginia	68	73		1-19	0-8
Feb. 14	Northeastern	59	67		1-20
Feb. 16	at Maine	63	76		1-21
Feb. 18	New Hampshire	69	63		2-21
Feb. 20	at Penn State	36	50		2-22	0-9
Feb. 23	George Washington	60	71		2-23	0-10
Feb. 26	at Villanova	63	85	Eastern-8 Tournament	2-24

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1978-79 Scoreboard
Coach: Jack Leaman
Capt: Eric Williams
Record: 5-22 (0-10 Eastern-8 {eighth place})
Stat leaders: Mark Haymore 17.1 ppg, 10.0 rpg; Brad Johnson 3.3 apg

Game		Final Score			Record
Date	Opponent	UM	Opp.	Notes	Overall	E-8
Nov. 29	Harvard	79	65		1-0
Dec. 2	at Pittsburgh	54	70		1-1	0-1
Dec. 5	Boston University	63	72		1-2
Dec. 7	at Northeastern	76	72		2-2
Dec. 9	at Vermont	69	68		3-2
Dec. 13	Connecticut	62	65		3-3
Dec. 22	Holy Cross	57	77		3-4
Dec. 26	Florida	65	89	Gator Bowl Classic Jacksonville FL	3-5
Dec. 27	Pittsburgh	68	87	Gator Bowl Classic Jacksonville FL	3-6
Jan. 6	at West Virginia	56	88		3-7	0-2
Jan. 10	Villanova	51	66	Springfield MA	3-8	0-3
Jan. 13	at Providence	66	62		4-8
Jan. 17	at George Washington	69	81		4-9	0-4
Jan. 23	at New Hampshire	61	57		5-9
Jan. 26	Boston College	70	82	Colonial Classic Boston MA	5-10
Jan. 27	Holy Cross	74	78	Colonial Classic Boston MA	5-11
Jan. 31	Rutgers	55	60	Springfield MA	5-12	0-5
Feb. 3	at Duquesne	67	68	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	5-13	0-6
Feb. 6	Rhode Island	63	68		5-14
Feb. 10	at Connecticut	59	79		5-15
Feb. 12	Maine	67	85		5-16
Feb. 15	Bentley	72	92		5-17
Feb. 17	George Washington	73	94	Haymore 31 pts	5-18	0-7
Feb. 19	at Rutgers	76	95		5-19	0-8
Feb. 21	Penn State	42	54		5-20	0-9
Feb. 24	at Villanova	66	77		5-21	0-10
Feb. 27	at Villanova (OT)	73	78	Eastern-8 Tournament	5-22

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1977-78 Scoreboard
Coach: Jack Leaman
Capt: Derick Claiborne
Record: 15-12 (5-5 Eastern-8 {third place})
Stat leaders: Mike Pyatt 16.8 ppg; Mark Haymore 7.0 rpg; Alex Edridge 7.3 apg

AP rankings listed in parentheses.

Game		Final Score			Record
Date	Opponent	UM	Opp.	Notes	Overall	E-8
Nov. 30	at Harvard	73	66	Eldridge 8 steals (new school record)	1-0
Dec. 3	at George Washington	77	73		2-0	1-0
Dec. 6	at Boston University	73	61		3-0
Dec. 10	Vermont	73	57		4-0
Dec. 14	Connecticut	74	64	Eldridge 15 asst (new school record)	5-0
Dec. 17	Bentley	85	70	Eldridge 13 asst	6-0
Dec. 28	Manhattan	88	74	UConn Classic Hartford CT	7-0
Dec. 29	Niagara	84	73	UConn Classic Hartford CT	8-0
Jan. 7	Rutgers	74	78	Springfield MA	8-1	1-1
Jan. 11	at Villanova	64	71		8-2	1-2
Jan. 17	at Connecticut	49	56	Hartford Civic Center Roof collapses after game	8-3
Jan. 25	Providence (9)	49	50	Springfield MA	8-4
Jan. 27	Boston College	88	64	Colonial Classic Boston MA	9-4
Jan. 28	Holy Cross	63	76	Colonial Classic Boston MA	9-5
Feb. 2	at Holy Cross	77	76	Eldridge 13 asst	10-5
Feb. 4	West Virginia	67	65		11-5	2-2
Feb. 7	at Rutgers	62	74		11-6	2-3
Feb. 11	at Maine	74	76	Eldridge 8 steals (ties school record)	11-7
Feb. 14	Villanova	87	72		12-7	3-3
Feb. 16	Northeastern	61	58		13-7
Feb. 18	George Washington	77	57		14-7	4-3
Feb. 20	at Duquesne	70	83	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	14-8	4-4
Feb. 21	at Penn State (OT)	69	76		14-9	4-5
Feb. 23	New Hampshire	60	73		14-10
Feb. 25	at Rhode Island	75	82		14-11
Feb. 27	Pittsburgh	71	68		15-11	5-5
Mar. 2	at Duquesne (OT)	69	76	Eastern-8 Tournament Pittsburgh Civic Arena	15-12

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1976-77 Scoreboard
Coach: Jack Leaman
Capt: Mark Donoghue
Record: 20-11 (3-4 ECBL {sixth place})
Stat leaders: Jim Town 16.2 ppg, 11.3 rpg; Alex Edridge 5.6 apg

AP rankings listed in parentheses.

Game		Final Score			Record
Date	Opponent	UM	Opp.	Notes	Overall	ECBL
Nov. 26	West Virginia	77	89	Hall of Fame Tourney Springfield MA	0-1
Nov. 27	Harvard	69	50	Hall of Fame Tourney Springfield MA	1-1
Dec. 1	Penn State (OT)	70	72		1-2	0-1
Dec. 4	at New Hampshire	80	67		2-2
Dec. 7	Boston University	84	57		3-2
Dec. 11	Holy Cross (OT)	85	92	Colonial Classic Boston MA	3-3
Dec. 12	Boston College	94	71	Colonial Classic Boston MA Town 27 reb	4-3
Dec. 18	Fordham	89	77		5-3
Jan. 6	Duquesne	110	97	Springfield MA Donoghue 35 pts	6-3	1-1
Jan. 8	at Providence (17)	62	68		6-4
Jan. 13	at Connecticut	81	80		7-4
Jan. 19	at Villanova	62	81		7-5	1-2
Jan. 22	at Niagara	77	81		7-6
Jan. 26	at Vermont	98	77		8-6
Jan. 29	Connecticut	65	64	Springfield MA	9-6
Feb. 2	Boston College	85	69		10-6
Feb. 4	at West Virginia	70	91		10-7	1-3
Feb. 6	at Pittsburgh	75	71		11-7	2-3
Feb. 8	Harvard	87	45		12-7
Feb. 10	Rutgers	82	81	Springfield MA Pyatt buzzer-beater	13-7	3-3
Feb. 12	Rhode Island	77	63		14-7
Feb. 16	New Hampshire (3OT)	76	78		14-8
Feb. 19	at George Washington	77	79		14-9	3-4
Feb. 22	Maine	96	85		15-9
Feb. 24	at Rhode Island	69	67		16-9
Feb. 28	at Northeastern	82	76		17-9
Mar. 2	Rutgers	78	74	ECBL Tourney Philadelphia PA	18-9
Mar. 4	Duquesne	82	89	ECBL Tourney Philadelphia PA	18-10
Mar. 5	West Virginia	93	83	ECBL Tourney Philadelphia PA	19-10
Mar. 10	Seton Hall	86	85	NIT - Springfield MA Eldridge 11 pts, 10 asst	20-10
Mar. 15	Villanova	71	81	NIT - Madison Square Garden, NYC Town 20 pts, 8 reb	20-11

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1975-76 Scoreboard
Team roster
Coach: Jack Leaman
Capt: Mark Donoghue, Mike Stokes
Record: 21-6 (11-1 Yankee Conf {first place})
Stat leaders: Mike Pyatt 15.6 ppg; Jim Town 12.4 rpg; Alex Edridge 4.2 apg

Game		Final Score			Record
Date	Opponent	UM	Opp.	Notes	Overall	YC
Nov. 28	Ohio University	95	82	Hall of Fame Tourney Springfield MA	1-0
Nov. 29	Niagara	92	81	Hall of Fame Tourney Springfield MA	2-0
Dec. 3	at Harvard	99	87		3-0
Dec. 6	Fairfield	74	73	Madison Square Garden, NYC	4-0
Dec. 9	at Maine	106	101		5-0	1-0
Dec. 13	Niagara	85	74		6-0
Dec. 20	at Holy Cross	78	86		6-1
Jan. 11	at Duquesne	69	100	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	6-2
Jan. 14	Villanova	82	87	Springfield MA	6-3
Jan. 17	Hawaii	80	72	Springfield MA	7-3
Jan. 21	at Rhode Island (OT)	94	93		8-3	2-0
Jan. 27	Iona	86	72		9-3
Jan. 29	New Hampshire	81	72		10-3	3-0
Jan. 31	Connecticut	66	72	Donoghue 30 pts	10-4	3-1
Feb. 4	at Boston College	77	70		11-4
Feb. 7	at Connecticut	86	73		12-4	4-1
Feb. 10	at Boston University	88	73		13-4	5-1
Feb. 13	Maine	76	69		14-4	6-1
Feb. 14	Northeastern	75	64	Town 31 pts	15-4
Feb. 17	Vermont	91	82		16-4	7-1
Feb. 19	Rhode Island	84	76		17-4	8-1
Feb. 24	at New Hampshire	82	72		18-4	9-1
Feb. 26	Providence (OT)	81	79		19-4
Feb. 28	Boston University	67	54	Springfield MA	20-4	10-1
Mar. 2	at Vermont	103	100		21-4	11-1
Mar. 4	Connecticut	69	73	ECAC Tourney Springfield MA	21-5
Mar. 6	Holy Cross	75	88	ECAC Tourney Springfield MA	21-6

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1974-75 Scoreboard
Team roster
Coach: Jack Leaman
Capt: Jim Burke, Bill Endicott, John Murphy
Record: 18-8 (10-2 Yankee Conf {first})
Stat leaders: John Murphy 17.9 ppg, 9.3 rpg; Alex Eldridge 3.3 apg

AP rankings listed in parentheses.

Game		Final Score			Record
Date	Opponent	UM	Opp.	Notes	Overall	YC
Nov. 29	Dartmouth	86	59	Hall of Fame Tourney Springfield MA	1-0
Nov. 30	UNC Charlotte	57	85	Hall of Fame Tourney Springfield MA Murphy 30 pts	1-1
Dec. 3	at Harvard	74	71		2-1
Dec. 7	Rhode Island	73	60		3-1	1-0
Dec. 10	Holy Cross	62	68		3-2
Dec. 14	Siena	78	64		4-2
Jan. 8	at West Virginia (OT)	85	89	Charleston WV Murphy 30 pts	4-3
Jan. 11	Duquesne	98	94	Springfield MA	5-3
Jan. 14	at Vermont	65	69		5-4	1-1
Jan. 18	at Providence (15)	74	86		5-5
Jan. 21	at Rhode Island (OT)	73	72		6-5	2-1
Jan. 28	Northeastern	65	57		7-5
Jan. 30	New Hampshire	85	44		8-5	3-1
Feb. 1	at Niagara	65	64		9-5
Feb. 5	Boston College	80	71		10-5
Feb. 8	Connecticut (OT)	76	80		10-6	3-2
Feb. 11	at Boston University	94	78		11-6	4-2
Feb. 13	Maine	85	49		12-6	5-2
Feb.15	at Connecticut	76	75		13-6	6-2
Feb.18	Vermont	88	83		14-6	7-2
Feb. 22	at Fairfield	67	78		14-7
Feb. 24	at New Hampshire	93	71		15-7	8-2
Feb. 28	Boston University	92	85		16-7	9-2
Mar. 1	at Iona	89	72		17-7
Mar. 4	at Maine	105	87		18-7	10-2
Mar. 17	Manhattan	51	68	NIT - Madison Square Garden, NYC Murphy 18 pts Town 10 reb	18-8

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1973-74 Scoreboard
Team roster
Coach: Jack Leaman
Capt: Al Skinner
Record: 21-5 (11-1 Yankee Conf {first})
Stat leaders: Al Skinner 18.8 ppg, 11.0 rpg; Rick Pitino 6.5 apg
Team FG%: .514 (new school record)

AP rankings listed in parentheses.

Game		Final Score			Record
Date	Opponent	UM	Opp.	Notes	Overall	YC
Dec. 1	Harvard	74	65		1-0
Dec. 5	at St. Anselm's	87	47		2-0
Dec. 8	at Rhode Island	73	59		3-0	1-0
Dec. 11	Connecticut	79	72	Murphy 31 pts	4-0	2-0
Dec. 13	at Holy Cross	75	70		5-0
Dec. 15	at Iona	99	58		6-0
Dec. 28	St. Peter's	84	61	Hall of Fame Tourney Springfield MA	7-0
Dec. 29	DePaul	55	52	Hall of Fame Tourney Springfield MA	8-0
Jan. 11	at Boston University	82	68		9-0	3-0
Jan. 17	Providence (7)	76	77	Springfield MA	9-1
Jan. 19	at Vermont	92	64		10-1	4-0
Jan. 22	at Maine	73	51		11-1	5-0
Jan. 26	at Syracuse	60	76		11-2
Jan. 29	at Northeastern	71	64		12-2
Jan. 31	New Hampshire	72	53		13-2	6-0
Feb. 2	Niagara	76	64		14-2
Feb. 6	at Boston College (OT)	74	78		14-3
Feb. 9	at Connecticut (OT)	76	79		14-4	6-1
Feb. 12	Boston University	77	60		15-4	7-1
Feb. 14	Springfield	78	52		16-4
Feb. 16	Rhode Island	75	66		17-4	8-1
Feb. 19	Vermont	89	61		18-4	9-1
Feb. 23	Maine	108	38	Largest margin of victory in UMass history	19-4	10-1
Feb. 27	at Fordham	93	66		20-4
Mar. 6	at New Hampshire	83	58		21-4	11-1
Mar. 17	Jacksonville (OT)	69	73	NIT - Madison Square Garden, NYC Murphy 25 pts Skinner, Murphy 8 reb	21-5

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1972-73 Scoreboard
Team roster
Coach: Jack Leaman
Capt: Tom McLaughlin
Record: 20-7 (10-2 Yankee Conf {first})
Stat leaders: Al Skinner 14.9 ppg, 8.8 rpg; Rick Pitino 4.8 apg

AP rankings listed in parentheses.

Game		Final Score			Record
Date	Opponent	UM	Opp.	Notes	Overall	YC
Dec. 2	at West Virginia	62	63		0-1
Dec. 6	at St. Anselm's	80	59		1-1
Dec. 9	Rhode Island	85	73		2-1	1-0
Dec. 12	at Connecticut	68	71		2-2	1-1
Dec. 16	Harvard	74	70		3-2
Dec. 29	Eastern Michigan	68	61	Motor City Tournament Detroit MI	4-2
Dec. 30	Detroit	59	75	Motor City Tournament Detroit MI	4-3
Jan. 6	at Boston University	70	72		4-4	1-2
Jan. 10	at Pennsylvania	62	58		5-4
Jan. 16	at Vermont	77	55		6-4	2-2
Jan. 18	at Springfield	87	46		7-4
Jan. 24	at Providence (14)	78	91		7-5
Jan. 27	Syracuse	67	70		7-6
Jan. 30	Holy Cross	78	71	Springfield MA	8-6
Feb. 1	Maine	90	57		9-6	3-2
Feb. 3	New Hampshire	74	59		10-6	4-2
Feb.7	Boston College	76	52	Springfield MA	11-6
Feb. 10	Connecticut	83	67		12-6	5-2
Feb. 13	Boston University	85	65		13-6	6-2
Feb. 17	at Rhode Island	65	63		14-6	7-2
Feb. 20	Vermont	82	48		15-6	8-2
Feb. 23	at New Hampshire	76	64		16-6	9-2
Feb. 24	at Maine	78	71		17-6	10-2
Feb. 27	Northeastern	80	69		18-6
Mar. 3	Fordham	72	59		19-6
Mar. 17	Missouri (15)	78	71	NIT - Madison Square Garden, NYC Endicott 15 pts Austin 11 reb First post-season win. First win over a ranked team.	20-6
Mar. 20	North Carolina (11)	63	73	NIT - Madison Square Garden, NYC Austin 21 pts, 10 reb	20-7

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1971-72 Scoreboard
Team roster
Coach: Jack Leaman
Capt: Mike Pagliara
Record: 14-12 (6-4 Yankee Conf {tied for second})
Stat leaders: John Betancourt 14.3 ppg, 3.2 apg; Al Skinner 8.7 rpg
Team FT%: .754 (new school record)

Game		Final Score			Record
Date	Opponent	UM	Opp.	Notes	Overall	YC
Dec. 1	St. Anselm's	101	53		1-0
Dec. 4	Vermont	112	65		2-0	1-0
Dec. 8	Holy Cross (2OT)	93	82	Betancourt 31 pts	3-0
Dec. 11	at Northeastern	62	61		4-0
Dec. 14	Connecticut	69	67		5-0	2-0
Dec. 16	at Manhattan	85	83	Madison Square Garden, NYC	6-0
Dec. 18	at Harvard	78	80		6-1
Dec. 21	at Hofstra	56	60		6-2
Dec. 27	Villanova	83	100	Quaker City Tournamant Philadelphia PA	6-3
Dec. 28	Manhattan	100	72	Quaker City Tournamant Philadelphia PA 7 players score in double figures (new school record)	7-3
Dec. 30	LaSalle	75	82	Quaker City Tournamant Philadelphia PA	7-4
Jan. 18	at Vermont	71	49		8-4	3-0
Jan. 22	at Iona	80	56		9-4
Jan. 29	Providence	55	64		9-5
Jan. 31	Springfield	82	63		10-5
Feb. 3	New Hampshire	83	50		11-5	4-0
Feb. 5	at Syracuse	85	90		11-6
Feb. 9	at Boston College	74	75		11-7
Feb. 12	at Connecticut	56	58		11-8	4-1
Feb. 15	Boston University	112	89		12-8
Feb. 19	Rhode Island	109	64		13-8	5-1
Feb. 24	at New Hampshire	56	61		13-9	5-2
Feb. 26	Maine	100	66		14-9	6-2
Feb. 29	at Rhode Island	63	71		14-10	6-3
Mar. 4	at Fordham	76	77		14-11
Mar. 8	at Maine	79	83		14-12	6-4

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1970-71 Scoreboard
Coach: Jack Leaman
Leaman wins New England Coach of the Year
Capt: Julius Erving, Ken Mathias
Record: 23-4 (10-0 Yankee Conf {first})
Stat leaders: Julius Erving 26.9 ppg (new school record), 19.5 rpg; John Betancourt 4.2 apg

AP rankings listed in parentheses.

Game		Final Score			Record
Date	Opponent	UM	Opp.	Notes	Overall	YC
Dec. 1	St. Anselm's	98	63	Erving 32 pts	1-0
Dec. 5	at Vermont (OT)	79	68		2-0	1-0
Dec. 10	at Rhode Island (OT)	80	76		3-0	2-0
Dec. 12	New Hampshire	89	53		4-0	3-0
Dec. 15	at Connecticut	74	68		5-0	4-0
Dec. 18	American International	93	40	Erving 31 pts Team 32 Asst (new school record)	6-0
Dec. 22	Hofstra	87	60		7-0
Dec. 28	Fairfield	95	82	Hall of Fame Tourney Springfield MA	8-0
Dec. 29	St. Michael's	94	59	Hall of Fame Tourney Springfield MA Erving 33 pts, 30 reb Team 81 reb (new school record)	9-0
Dec. 30	Colgate	79	67	Hall of Fame Tourney Springfield MA Erving 31 pts	10-0
Jan. 21	at Boston University	77	63	Mike Pagliara 24 points	11-0
Jan. 23	at Providence	72	73		11-1
Jan. 27	Fordham	79	87	Erving 30 pts	11-2
Jan. 30	Northeastern	61	47		12-2
Feb. 2	at Holy Cross	60	58	Erving 32 pts	13-2
Feb. 4	Iona	92	51		14-2
Feb. 6	Vermont	86	51		15-2	5-0
Feb. 9	Boston College	85	77		16-2
Feb. 13	Connecticut	89	67		17-2	6-0
Feb. 16	at Springfield	62	63		17-3
Feb. 19	Rhode Island	83	71	Erving 30 pts	18-3	7-0
Feb. 20	Maine	85	57		19-3	8-0
Feb. 22	Syracuse	86	71	Erving 36 pts, 32 reb	20-3
Feb. 27	George Washington	70	65	Madison Square Garden, NYC Erving 35 pts	21-3
Mar. 1	at New Hampshire	63	60		22-3	9-0
Mar. 4	at Maine	84	71		23-3	10-0
Mar. 20	North Carolina (13)	49	90	NIT - Madison Square Garden, NYC Erving 13 pts, 9 reb	23-4

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