• Season: 2022-23
• Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
• Opponent: Richmond
• Start Time: 11:30 AM ET
• Site: Barclays Center, Brooklyn NY
• Special Event: Atlantic 10 Tournament, First Round. Seeds: Richmond 12, UMass 13
• Television: none
• Stream: ESPN+
• Radio: WEEI (105.5 FM), WCRN (830 AM), WMUA (91.1 FM)
• Spread: UMass +3¹⁾
• UM injury report: Noah Fernandes out (ankle)

• Result: Richmond 71, UMass 38
• Attendance: 5,119 (for triple-header session)²⁾

• Game notes: UM, UR
• Daily Hampshire Gazette: Minutemen open Atlantic 10 tournament play with first-round tilt against Richmond
• Richmond Times-Dispatch: UR opens A-10 show Tuesday in familiar venue, vs. UMass. VCU starts Thursday

• UM: Massachusetts Men’s Basketball Falls In First Round Of Atlantic 10 Championship
• UR: Spiders Storm to Second-Largest Win in A-10 Tournament History
• DHG: Minutemen’s offense fizzles in lopsided Atlantic 10 Tournament opening-round loss to Richmond
• DHG: Frank Martin laid the foundation in first season leading Minutemen
• Mass. Daily Collegian: UMass struggles generating offense in 71-38 conference tournament loss
• MDC: Aliberti: UMass’ lack of leadership ends in embarrassing A-10 Tournament exit
• RTD: Spiders start A-10 tournament with Tyler Burton bite, maul Minutemen 71-38
• Atlantic 10: Richmond Claims Opening Win of A-10 Men's Basketball Championship, Eliminates UMass

• The 33-point margin was second-largest in A-10 Tournament history only to UM's 34-point win over Saint Joseph's in 2021.
• The 33-point margin tied Rutgers' 100-67 win vs St. Bonaventure in 1989.
• UM stats: Season low in FG% (.238), assists (6), and second lowest FGs (15).
• This was UM's worst-ever defeat in a conference tournament game, by margin and lowest points. (Previous, 78-50 loss to Dayton in 2011.)

• Video: Post-game press conference
• UM highlight clip: RJ Luis fights for the offensive rebound and scores on the second chance
• UR highlight clips: Brandon Martin fouls Tyler Burton on the 3, Keon Thompson loses Burton once, and twice, Minuteman defense can't recover after the penetration, Jason Roche buries the wide open 3, Burton another and-one, Capitalizing on UM's 20th turnover
• Photo gallery

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