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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:55 am
by EBox
I've noticed that shirt "The UMass Way" is pretty cool - looks like adidas has its logo on that, and this is something seen across other conferences, all sponsored by Adidas. (e.g. Seton Hall has "The Pirate Way", Michigan has "The Wolverine Way", etc.). Really would love to buy this.
If UMass is smart, they will be selling some type of UMass NCAA shirt/gear.
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:15 am
by Maximis
Heh heh...that made me giddy!!!
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:39 am
by MassMan06
As for the local teams, Whitmer really likes the way UMass battled through a tough non-conference schedule. They have proven to be battle tested and have definitely earned their sixth seed.
“UMass played teams like New Mexico and beat ‘em. They played Nebraska and beat ‘em. They played Providence and beat ‘em. They played BYU and beat them – all four of those teams are in the tournament,” said Whitmer.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/03/17/w ... h-madness/
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:36 pm
by CrazyLegs
^ The only thing that worries me is those OOC games were in Nov. and Dec. That's a lifetime ago in college hoops.
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:19 pm
by bharms08
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:59 pm
by uz2b-len
I don't know if anyone actually mentioned that there was a very big turnout for the event. It was the first time I've ever seen the parking lot there at the Newmarket Center completely full. Not one spot. I had to park around back as did many others.
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:03 pm
by xlgman
Maximis wrote:
Heh heh...that made me giddy!!!
That is awesome. Love the music too.
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:03 am
by Kosty
EBox wrote:I've noticed that shirt "The UMass Way" is pretty cool - looks like adidas has its logo on that, and this is something seen across other conferences, all sponsored by Adidas. (e.g. Seton Hall has "The Pirate Way", Michigan has "The Wolverine Way", etc.). Really would love to buy this.
If UMass is smart, they will be selling some type of UMass NCAA shirt/gear.
I just sent the bookstore an email asking if and when they were going to sell the shirts. Hoping to hear back in the positive. I mentioned in my email that a number of people here have expressed interest in buying the shirts.
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:23 am
by MikeEsq
Not only that, but other schools have begun selling them! Including NC State!
Send her this in a follow-up email:
http://gopack.cbscollegestore.com/store ... _id=247290
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:57 pm
by Kosty
This is maybe encouraging? Appears to be an automated message though....
The following is a response in regard to ticket id: 352522
We are in the works to try and get these but it may or may not happen. We'll see what happens.
This is an automated response. Please do not respond to this e-mail. If you have a question or need to reach Customer Service, please click here.
How can they automate a response to the kind of question I asked? I guess it's easy now that I think about it.....they can just say "Yeah, we're working on it.....might happen, might not...."
Probably wouldn't hurt if others wrote in as well. I am going to write another email with the link to the NC State page anyways.
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:54 pm
by EBox
Just checked our gear store. Looks like they created this masterpiece for the NCAAs:
Manufactured by the high end renown sports clothing designer Blue 84. Awful. Another missed opportunity.
http://umassathletics.cbscollegestore.c ... _id=247311
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:55 pm
by MikeEsq
I would bet that this is the standard NCAA Tourney team for all 68 schools. Why they licensed it with a substandard company, I have no idea.
It seriously irks me that NC State can get their "Wolfpack Way" T shirts on the store website, and we can't. Why does UMass always have to lag behind in this area???
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:53 pm
by cam9219
MikeEsq wrote:I would bet that this is the standard NCAA Tourney team for all 68 schools. Why they licensed it with a substandard company, I have no idea.
It seriously irks me that NC State can get their "Wolfpack Way" T shirts on the store website, and we can't. Why does UMass always have to lag behind in this area???
Because Adidas doesn't care about us as a small client in comparison to their big clients that they have to satisfy first.
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 5:07 pm
by Marty Peretz
^Exactly. NC State will sell ten times (or more) the number of those that we would. That said, if we do release those, I'm buying.
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:52 pm
by NilesGold
Random question about the seedings. Why do two 12 and two 11 seeds play in the play in games? Shouldn't all of the 16 and 15 seeds play in the 4 play-in games, since they're the weakest of the teams?