- UMass' Record is 5-2 with most impressive wins vs Rider (MAAC Favorite) and at Fairfield (62-60). They lost both games at Mohegan Sun Tourney losing to Virginia by 12 and St Johns by 15.
- On a personal note, I was at the St Johns game in Mohegan Sun so I have seen UMass play already this year.
- UMass is a team loaded of freshmen and sophomores who in 1-2 years I can see as a squad near the top of the A-10 but are not ready for prime time yet. Their guards are lanky and they have 1 decent big man - Tre Mitchell - who is a load but also likes to shoot 3's.
- HC is Matt McCall in his 3rd year - who previously was HC at Chattanooga and coached with Billy Donovan at Florida for 11 years.
- They have a new assistant coach - Tony Bergeron from Woodstock Academy in CT - who helped to recruit several players to their team - including their 2 best freshmen - TJ Weeks and Tre Mitchell.
- Their leading scorers are: TJ Weeks (15); Tre Mitchell (12); Carl Pierre (12) and Sean East (10).
- They shoot a lot of 3's averaging about 24 per game at a 37% clip and their FT Shooting is 65%.
- After us, UMass plays South Carolina and at Harvard (they play annually).
- Also if I recall, this is our first home game vs UMass since the infamous "protest" back in 1995/96 season when we were beating #1 UMass by several points at the half. I also remember us playing UMass at the Legends Tourney in Atlantic City about 10-12 years ago as we defeated them and lost to Florida in the finals. I think Rosario and possibly Echinique were on those squads.
My prediction after watching UMass play: We should win by about 10-14 points and we cannot let UMass' guards feel comfortable shooting 3's.
- On a personal note, I was at the St Johns game in Mohegan Sun so I have seen UMass play already this year.
- UMass is a team loaded of freshmen and sophomores who in 1-2 years I can see as a squad near the top of the A-10 but are not ready for prime time yet. Their guards are lanky and they have 1 decent big man - Tre Mitchell - who is a load but also likes to shoot 3's.
- HC is Matt McCall in his 3rd year - who previously was HC at Chattanooga and coached with Billy Donovan at Florida for 11 years.
- They have a new assistant coach - Tony Bergeron from Woodstock Academy in CT - who helped to recruit several players to their team - including their 2 best freshmen - TJ Weeks and Tre Mitchell.
- Their leading scorers are: TJ Weeks (15); Tre Mitchell (12); Carl Pierre (12) and Sean East (10).
- They shoot a lot of 3's averaging about 24 per game at a 37% clip and their FT Shooting is 65%.
- After us, UMass plays South Carolina and at Harvard (they play annually).
- Also if I recall, this is our first home game vs UMass since the infamous "protest" back in 1995/96 season when we were beating #1 UMass by several points at the half. I also remember us playing UMass at the Legends Tourney in Atlantic City about 10-12 years ago as we defeated them and lost to Florida in the finals. I think Rosario and possibly Echinique were on those squads.
My prediction after watching UMass play: We should win by about 10-14 points and we cannot let UMass' guards feel comfortable shooting 3's.
