• Season: 1989-90
• Date: Tuesday, January 30, 1990
• Opponent: Connecticut
• Start Time: 8:00 PM
• Site: Curry Hicks Cage
• Special Event: Non-conference game
• Television: WWLP
• Radio: WHMP

• Result: UConn (#13) 94, UMass 75
• Attendance: ?

Video: WWLP interviews Coach Calipari prior to the game. Part 1, part 2.

• UMass and UConn, who used to play twice a season as members of the Yankee Conference, would not meet again for almost seven years. The next game would be December 27, 1996, as part of the “U-Game” series.
• UConn, at #13, was the highest-ranked team Calipari had faced in his young head coaching career. Prior to this, it was #14 West Virginia in the previous season.

Jim McCoy fights through traffic.