Massachusetts Minutemen NCAA Basketball News

Derek Kellogg talks to senior guard Ricky Harris during the Minutemen's 80-78 victory over Dowling in an exhibition game, Nov.

For starters, toss out the final score of the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team's exhibition victory Saturday night.

UMass 46 Dowling 45 14:54 Second Half During the half I found out that Seagers is a DNP coaches decision.

Photo courtesy of The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. UMass lost out to La Salle in the recruitment of Tyreek Duren, a point guard at Neumann-Goretti in Philadelphia.

The Minutemen were selected ninth in the preseason Atlantic 10 Conference poll, but the lone UMass player on the preseason A-10 first team is having nothing of it.

When the University of Massachusetts and Boston University basketball teams meet at an undisclosed time and location for their closed scrimmage on Saturday, senior Ricky Harris will be watching his freshmen teammates.

Ricky Harris drives to the basket during a January, 2009 win over Temple. In their Atlantic 10 preview, Rivals.com writes: MOST OVERRATED PLAYER Guard Ricky Harris, Massachusetts: Harris turned in a fine season, finishing second in the league in scoring.

The Atlantic 10 coaches and media are optimistic about the future of the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team as they named two of the Minutemen's highly-touted freshman to the league's preseason all-rookie team.

Injured power forward/center Pau Gasol couldn't say for certain whether he would play in the season opener Tuesday against the Clippers at Staples Center.

If things had gone a little differently, Gary Correia could have been watching his University of Massachusetts men's basketball teammates from the opposing bench when the Minutemen compete with Boston University in a closed scrimmage on Halloween.

LA Lakers guard Tony Gaffney, left, defends LA Clippers forward Craig Smith, Oct.

Photo courtesy of The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. The list of finalists for point guard Tyreek Duren may come down to Atlantic 10 Conference rivals, University of Massachusetts and Temple.

Tony Gaffney sits at a locker just feet from Kobe Bryant's stall. He looks to the right and sees Derek Fisher holding court with reporters.

As they practiced free throws and jump shots at the far end of Curry Hicks Cage, the older members of the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team occasionally paused and looked to the near free-throw line where their freshmen teammates were gathered.

When Derek Kellogg arrived as University of Massachusetts men's basketball coach in 2008, he inherited an incoming guard from East Hartford, Conn., who was departing coach Travis Ford's last recruit.

Tony Gaffney saw some time in the Los Angeles Lakers' preseason game Friday, and it's hard to tell where he stands in his bid for a secure roster spot and some PT.

When Michael Jordan was a college freshman at North Carolina, Dean Smith would not allow Sports Illustrated to put him on its cover.

AMHERST, Mass., Oct. 7 -- The University of Massachusetts at Amherst issued the following press release: Glenn M. Wong, professor of sport management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will be inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame during ceremonies at the Mohegan Sun resort in Uncasville, Conn., on Friday, Oct.

Mayben did not admit any guilt in his e-mail response to a Times Union interview request.

Just a day after Binghamton's starting point guard, Tiki Mayben, was arrested and charged with possession of and selling cocaine, five other players on the team were dismissed.