2024-25 Season

[MikeUMA]

A10 season awards get announced today or tomorrow. I'd bet Diggins makes 3rd Team, maybe has a shot at 2nd. He's still first in conference game scoring (20.6 ppg), and 7th in the league across the full season (16.9).

I think he's the only one. Not sure if Curry did enough to make it. He's 25th (13.2) in scoring in conference games, and just outside the top 25 across the full season. He's 2nd in overall A:TO ratio (2.7), fourth across the season (2.5).

I should have bet. Diggins named A10 Third Team, and yes, only Minuteman among the all-league honorees.
https://atlantic10.com/news/2025/3/11/s ... nners.aspx
https://umassathletics.com/news/2025/3/ ... ior-season

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Surprised Diggins did not make 2nd team

[69MG]

Let's not forget the official A10 game of the year, UMass-Fordham.

[MikeUMA]

Surprised Diggins did not make 2nd team

I think the total team performance is a drag on stuff like that. It arguably shouldn't be, but it's gotta go into the minds of the voters.

[MikeUMA]

Another 20-loss season in the books. Frank notches his first in his UMass tenure, and McCall had the last one, in his first season (2017-18).

This is one more little flame under Ryan Bamford's chair.

If football doesn't show signs of some significant progress in the 2026 season, add me to the list of people who want to see him gone.

On his watch (10 seasons now):
Men's hoop: 137-165 (.454) overall, 64-108 (.372) in league play, never made it out of the QF round in the conf tourney, 0 post-season appearances of any kind.
Football: 21-91 (.188) overall and one of the laughingstocks of FBS
Hockey's 2021 natty is the only thing saving his bacon, but remember that Carvel wanted to come here.

[DanaDingle3]

The most consequential offseason since moving on from Bruiser. The paradox here is I won't get excited about additions nor too bummed by departures. All that will matter is how it works out.

Moving to the MAC as an A10 team and need to capitalize on that advantage. Absent that, well, I can't even consider the reality of being a run of the mill MAC team.

[eldonabe]

What a painful season to watch unfold. Making matters worse is that is that I do not see how this gets any better next year AND we are taking at least 2 steps backwards in conference quality.

The Frank experiment needs to end.

I liked the hire, I knew the guy was a lunatic, but he had some cache` and I thought that would bring in a better level of recruits. RJ Luis seemed like a program builder kind of player... Frank ran that kid out of town (I have no doubt money had something to do with it too).

The playing field has changed so much in 4 years and Frank IS NOT the guy to deal with this. I do not know who is, but I definitely know who is not.

With the money flying around and no repercussions for changing teams, if you don't like your coach, you can just switch out. I would not be surprised at all if UConn loses half of its roster to the portal and the real reason is Hurley is an asshole. Pitino is gonna lose player to the portal too and they are a top 5 team.... craziness.

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What a painful season to watch unfold. Making matters worse is that is that I do not see how this gets any better next year AND we are taking at least 2 steps backwards in conference quality.

The Frank experiment needs to end.

I liked the hire, I knew the guy was a lunatic, but he had some cache` and I thought that would bring in a better level of recruits. RJ Luis seemed like a program builder kind of player... Frank ran that kid out of town (I have no doubt money had something to do with it too).

The playing field has changed so much in 4 years and Frank IS NOT the guy to deal with this. I do not know who is, but I definitely know who is not.

With the money flying around and no repercussions for changing teams, if you don't like your coach, you can just switch out. I would not be surprised at all if UConn loses half of its roster to the portal and the real reason is Hurley is an asshole. Pitino is gonna lose player to the portal too and they are a top 5 team.... craziness.

Agree with all your points! Why on earth did Bamford extend Frank? Before the season no less!

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Another 20-loss season in the books. Frank notches his first in his UMass tenure, and McCall had the last one, in his first season (2017-18).

This is one more little flame under Ryan Bamford's chair.

If football doesn't show signs of some significant progress in the 2026 season, add me to the list of people who want to see him gone.

On his watch (10 seasons now):
Men's hoop: 137-165 (.454) overall, 64-108 (.372) in league play, never made it out of the QF round in the conf tourney, 0 post-season appearances of any kind.
Football: 21-91 (.188) overall and one of the laughingstocks of FBS
Hockey's 2021 natty is the only thing saving his bacon, but remember that Carvel wanted to come here.

I expected MUCH more this season! Thank god for hockey !

[InnervisionsUMASS]

Disappointing overall. I had hope they were really getting into gear but then the sickness and injuries derailed any momentum they had. And due to the lack of any sort of offensive or defensive identity, in addition to some odd coaching decisions, they stumbled out of the gate and were never able to recover from the previously mentioned sickness/injuries.

It is going to be a very interested few weeks.

[MikeUMA]

Agree with all your points! Why on earth did Bamford extend Frank? Before the season no less!

Coming off a 20-win season, the best in a decade, that was arguably extension worthy. That said, Frank wasn't about to get poached by a higher-tier job, so there was no pressing need to lock him in, and that alone doesn't stop a bigger fish from poaching. Also, he had 3 years left on the original deal, so there wasn't imminent pressure to solve his contract status. So yes, agreed that it didn't need to be done last offseason.

[inthescoop]

Just putting this out there.. in the current/final KenPom rankings UMass finished the season ranked 222. Maine is 220.

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VCU 34
DAYTON 77
GEORGE MASON 81
ST JOE 85
LOYOLA 109
GW 118
St Bonaventure 123
ST LOUIS 124
DAYTON 138
DAVIDSON 147
RHODE ISLAND 156
UMASS 219
LASALLE 227
FORDHAM 234

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AKRON 98
KENT STATE 119
MIAMI OHIO 148
OHIO 197
TOLEDO 235
BALL STATE 272
EASTERN MICH 278
BOWLING GREEN 289
WESTERN MICH 290
BUFFALO 331

UMASS 219 ranking not good but better than 6 of the 10 MAC schools.
Overall A10 much better rankings

[Juice Stand]

The newest Just Being Frank is out and Frank puts a lot of the blame on himself. An honest assessment and postmortem on the 2024/25 season.

https://art19.com/shows/plant-the-flag