Team website

Twitter feeds: @BirthplaceBBall, @SC_Pride

Athletics website

School website

Wikipedia School entry

Location: Springfield, MA

UMass trails 15-26 (.366)

Last meeting: 12/14/1987, UMass 88 – Springfield 72

First meeting: 2/16/1917, Springfield 43 – UMass 28

Formerly known as International YMCA College, the school became Springfield College in 1954.¹⁾

Considered the birthplace of basketball, the game was first taught in the winter of 1891-92 by grad student James Naismith inside a gymnasium on campus.²⁾

Springfield competes in the NCAA's Division III.

Only regular-season games are reflected in the totals above, and the game history below. UMass played Springfield College in an exhibition game on 11/3/2017, winning 82-60.

In Athletics, Springfield uses Pride for their nickname. They were known as the Chiefs prior to 1997.³⁾ Before that, they may have used Maroons as the nickname, but details and exact timing are unclear.⁴⁾