• Season: 2025-26
• Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026
• Opponent: Miami (OH)
• Start Time: 9:00 PM ET
• Site: Millett Hall, Oxford OH
• Event: MAC game
• Television: ESPNU
• Stream: ESPN+¹⁾
• Radio: WEEI 105.5 FM, WCRN 830 AM, Varsity (stream)
• Spread: UMass +9½²⁾
• UM personnel report: Josh Engel was not dressed, no official report as to why.

Miami's crowd turned out to see their first ranked game since 1953. Photo courtesy: @_CoachHolmes³⁾

• Result: Miami 86, UMass 84
• Attendance: 9223 (10th largest crowd in Millett Hall History)⁴⁾

• Game notes: UM, Miami
• Daily Hampshire Gazette: UMass men’s basketball to face undefeated No. 24 Miami (OH) in MAC showdown
• Minuteman Command: UMass To Face Toughest Test Yet
• Associated Press: Miami University RedHawks make history with 20-0 start, break into AP Top 25

Notes: Miami was ranked #24 in the latest AP poll.⁵⁾ This is the first home game Miami has played as a ranked team in 73 years.⁶⁾

See the UMassHoops.com Message Board thread for pre-game and post-game discussion.

• UM: Men’s Basketball Drops Tight Road Battle At #24 Miami (OH)
• Miami: Elmer's Career Night Lifts Miami Over UMass, 86-84
• Mass. Daily Collegian: Minutemen’s upset hopes squandered late against unbeaten No. 24 Miami (Ohio)
• MDC: Wendel: UMass on Tuesday: Jack of all trades, master of none
• Minuteman Command: UMass Comes Up Just Short At Miami-OH
• sMACk Talk: RedHawks Remain Undefeated With Strong Second Half Performance Against Minutemen
• CLNS Media: After Latest Thriller at Millett Hall, Travis Steele Has RedHawks On A Special Path ‘Can We Be at Our Best in March?’
• Cincinnati Enquirer: Reds' John Sadak calls Miami RedHawks 'such a fun story this season'

• Photo gallery
• Condensed games: 2:57, 9:24
• Highlights and clips from ESPN
• Video: UM's last chance
• Miami video clips: Elmer for 3, Byers finishes the breakaway, Crowd fired up, Elmer from deep, Byers mirror-image breakaway dunk, Highlight pack, Crowd shots
• Miami Coach Steele's postgame presser
• Video from Rebound Rundown: Highlight pack, interview with Coach Steele

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