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Quite the upset Creighton over UConn 91-84
Creighton was fantastic from the freethrow line 27- 32 84% !
If we could come anywhere close to that we would win several more games.


What kind of name is Solo Ball? One testicle?

Admittedly, I am scared to death about UConn winning the whole thing ...

Kinda glad I didn't do the 9 hour RT for a loss, even though there was plenty of "bonus" hoops. Wouldn't mind hitting some MAC games next year if there's some sort of Ohio road swing though.

It is shaping up to be a wild year in the MAC at least. Miami OH, Akron, and Kent State won by 2,2, and 3 respectively last night.

how do you all like the "top 8" format for the MAC tournament? Leaving out 5 teams is a lot, and it might be nice if they added a 9th or 10th team, giving the top of the league a bye, but I like it. It gives the regular season some added interest. We've been told all year, even by Frank, that it's ...

Part of the Sun Belt vs. MAC challenge.

Kicked off this "oddball game" thread since I now live about 4 hours away and there's a 50% chance I'll be able to attend. Any of you alums from the
Carolinas who might be able to do the same?

Nice effort, if we played at that intensity all the time, we'd win a helluva lot more games.

At least we proved winning the MAC Tourney isn't an impossible task.

Well, maybe if we got those refs again it is impossible. The tie-up where the kid took a swing at Banks was ridiculous. I was thinking ...

Apparently Bettiol is also calling this game.

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Sheck wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 11:15 pm We're just in the wrong MAC. UMass really belongs in the MAAC.

MEAC as well.

UMass vs. UMes would be a good rivalry!

TURNOVERS! BC scored 22 pts off ours while we only scored 3 off theirs.

Plus FREETHROWS - There are 353 Division 1 Men's College Basketball teams.
UMass as a team has a Free Throw Average of 64.2% which is a ranking of 327

Gotta improve both areas!


What's crazy about that is Parker and Banks ...

Yeah, they won their most important game of the year, imo, so that's great!

I don't enjoy all the mistakes and missed FTs though. It's a consistent theme. What was great about some of the classic 'UMass basketball' was they generally played smarter than their opponent. Definitely can't say that in ...

Whew, glad they didn't come home empty handed.

I do feel this team has the most upside of any of Frank's teams, but they've got tons of work to do.

The other side of the bracket definitely looks rougher. Saw that ESPN was giving UMass a 22% chance of defeating Akron in Akron later in the year.

We offered him in June. Lots of competition for him. He's a good player, but probably not a game changer unless he blows up in his senior year.
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Bettiol with a near triple-double… when you include turnovers.


I do like how Bettiol comes back and makes positive plays after turnovers and mistakes. That's a rare quality to leave the past in the past, but yeah, he's gotta clean things up a bit.

Good to see a W after having what I consider ...

Way too much slop to pull this off. But definitely some exciting signs:

Carbuccia looks able to get to whatever spot on the floor he wants. Great catalyst for the offense. Hopefully other guys will be able to leverage his talents.

Banks is a better pure scorer than anyone we had last year ...