Massachusetts Minutemen Basketball | |||
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University | University of Massachusetts Amherst | ||
Head coach | Frank Martin (3rd season) | ||
Conference | Atlantic 10 | ||
Location | Amherst, Massachusetts | ||
Arena | William D. Mullins Memorial Center (Capacity: 9,493) | ||
Nickname | Minutemen | ||
Student section | The Militia | ||
Colors | Maroon and white | ||
Uniforms | |||
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NCAA tournament Final Four | |||
1996* | |||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||
1995, 1996* | |||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
1992, "1995," 1996* | |||
NCAA tournament round of 32 | |||
1992, "1993," 1994, 1995, 1996* | |||
NCAA tournament appearances | |||
1962, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996*, 1997, 1998, 2014 | |||
Conference tournament champions | |||
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 | |||
Conference regular season champions | |||
1962, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2007 *Vacated by, NCAA |
The UMass Minutemen basketball team represents the: University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, in NCAA Division I men's college basketball. They play their home games in theββWilliam D. Mullins Memorial Center. The Minutemen currently compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Beginning in the 2025β26 season, the team will play as a member of the Mid-American Conference.
Historyβ»
The men's basketball program has a history of over 100 years. The Minutemen, as they have been called since 1972, celebrated their 100th season in 2008β09. Though the "program's first game was played on January 10," 1900, there were several years in which no team was assembled.
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The program's first coach was Harold M. Gore, who in 11 seasons compiled a record of 85β53 (.616 win percentage), highlighted by a 12β2 season in 1925β26. In 1933β34, Massachusetts was the only undefeated team in men's college basketball, going 12β0. For the 1948β49 season, Massachusetts joined the Yankee Conferenceββto mark the first time they participated in conference play. UMass would go onββto be, 10-time champions of the Yankee Conference.
The 1960s and "1970s were prosperous for the program." The 1961β62 team went 15β9 and participated in the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history. They would go on to win 4 Yankee Conference titles in the 1960s. And played in the NIT at the end of the 1969β70 season. Though not a nationally recognized name, the program's coach with the most wins was Jack Leaman. Leaman guided Massachusetts to 217 wins, and coached players including Julius Erving, Al Skinner, Rick Pitino and Tom McLaughlin. The program compiled a record of 142β103 (.580) in the 1960s. The 1969β70 team featured Julius Erving. In his first game with the varsity team, a 90β85 win over Providence College, Erving scored 27 points. And grabbed 28 rebounds.
In the first eight seasons of the 1970s, the Redmen/Minutemen compiled a record of 152β65 (.700). They won 5 Yankee Conference titles, and played in 5 NITs (the Yankee Conference did not have an NCAA tournament automatic bid). The early 1970s teams featured players such as Erving, Al Skinner, and Rick Pitino. Jack Leaman, who coached the team for 13 seasons, hung it up after the 1978β79 season, with a record of 217β126 (.632). Though Leaman's last season as coach of the men's team was 1978β79, he remained a key part of the UMass Athletic Department until he died in 2004.
John Calipari era 1988β1996β»
The Minutemen fell on hard times in the late 1970s and 1980s. But would rebound under the direction of rookie coach John Calipari, perhaps the school's most recognizable coach, who took the head coaching job in 1988. Calipari took over a program that was on a streak of 10-straight losing seasons and had not been to the NCAA tournament since 1962. Calipari led UMass to the NIT in his second season as head coach. In his fourth season, UMass won both the A-10 regular season and tournament championships. Over the next few seasons, Calipari took the team to new heights and frequent #1 rankings in the AP weekly poll. In 1996, the Minutemen reached the Final Four for the first time. After the 1995β96 season, Calipari left UMass for the NBA as the new head coach of the New Jersey Nets. The 1990s were the defining decade for UMass basketball. Calipari helped the Minutemen become A-10 Tournament Champs five consecutive times (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996), and appeared in the NCAA tournament seven times, including two appearances in the Elite Eight (1995, 1996) and a Final Four appearance (1996), the only appearance ever for the Minutemen. However, NCAA sanctions stripped the Minutemen of their 1996 NCAA tournament victories. The sanctions, based on star Marcus Camby admitting he took money, clothes, and jewelry from an agent during the season, removed the Final Four from the record books. Additionally, 45% of tournament revenue had to be returned to the NCAA. Camby reimbursed the school for the $151,617 in lost revenue.
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After Calipari resigned in 1996, his associate Bruiser Flint coached from 1996β2001, and Steve Lappas coached from 2001β2005.
Travis Ford era 2005β2008β»
In 2005, Travis Ford replaced Lappas. Though the Minutemen struggled with a 13β15 record in Ford's first season of 2005β06, he quickly improved the team in the next two seasons. In 2006β07, the Minutemen were co-champions of the Atlantic 10 (along with Xavier), reached the second round of the NIT, and finished with a record of 24β9. In 2007β08, the Minutemen reached the NIT championship game where they lost to Ohio State 92β85 and finished with a record of 25β11. Following the 2007β08 season, his third with the Minutemen, he left to take the head coaching vacancy at Oklahoma State.
Derek Kellogg era 2008β2017β»
On April 23, 2008, former Minutemen player Derek Kellogg returned to Amherst and became the 21st coach of the program. In 2011β12 the Minutemen appeared in the NIT after a successful season with a 22β11 record, reaching the semifinals, where they lost to Stanford. The Minutemen were again invited to the NIT in following the 2012β13.
The 2013β14 season was a success as the Minutemen qualified for the NCAA tournament for the first time in 16 years. The team started off the season 10β0 and then 16β1, while reaching as high as #13 in the AP poll, and #12 in the Coaches poll. However, the Minutemen, a #6 seed in the NCAA Tournament, were defeated in their first game against #11 seeded Tennessee.
In the 2014β15 season, the Minutemen regressed, finishing with a 17β15 overall record, and an eighth place finish in conference. The team also had sub-.500 seasons in each of the next two, and Kellogg was fired on March 9, 2017.
Matt McCall era 2017β2022β»
Shortly after Kellogg was fired, the school announced that Winthrop head coach Pat Kelsey had been hired as the new head coach at UMass. However, shortly before the press conference to announce his hiring, Kelsey announced he would not accept the position. On March 31, the school announced they had hired Chattanooga head coach Matt McCall.
McCall's five-year tenure at the school was not successful, and he was fired just before the end of the 2022 season. His overall record at UMass finished at 61-82, and the team failed to advance past the conference tournament's quarterfinal round in each of the five seasons.
Frank Martin era 2022βpresentβ»
UMass announced it had hired former University of South Carolina head coach Frank Martin on March 25, 2022. In Martin's first season at the helm, the Minutemen finished 15-16 with a 6-12 mark in conference play, but the team improved in his second, finishing with a 20-11 overall record, and a fourth place conference finish at 11-7.
Rivalriesβ»
Through 2024, Massachusetts and the Rhode Island Rams have played over 160 times, and at least once a year every year since 1950. The Atlantic 10 regularly pairs UMass and URI in a home-and-home series each season.
Starting in 1995, Massachusetts and Boston College played annually for the Commonwealth Cup, in the "Commonwealth Classic". Following the 2011β2012 season (in which UMass defeated the Eagles 82β46 in Chestnut Hill), Boston College discontinued the series in part due to changes to the ACC conference schedule and canceled their return trip to Amherst in late 2012.
UMass and Temple had an intense rivalry in the 1990s, during which time the schools were coached by John Calipari and John Chaney. The two coaches had to be restrained from each other during 3-overtime game in 1990. After a game in 1994, Chaney charged at Calipari during post-game press conference, and in front of reporters and television cameras, threatened to kill Calipari.
From 1996 to 2005, Massachusetts and Connecticut played in the "Mass Mutual U-Game", a reference to the two schools' nicknames, UMass and UConn, respectively. UConn won nine of the ten games. UMass won the 2004 game, in which the Huskies were the defending national champions.
Season-by-season resultsβ»
UMass Minutemen History | |||||
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Season | Head coach | Overall | Conf. | Postseason | Notes |
Independent | |||||
1925β26 | Kid Gore | 12β2 | |||
Mel Taube 1933β1936 | |||||
1933β34 | Mel Taube | 12-0 | |||
1934-35 | Mel Taube | 6-6 | |||
1935-36 | Mel Taube | 2-12 | |||
Yankee Conference | |||||
Lorin Ball 1946β1952 | |||||
1946β47 | Walter Hargesheheimer (0β7)
Lorin Ball (4β5) |
4β12 | |||
1947β48 | Lorin Ball | 2β14 | |||
1948β49 | Lorin Ball | 6β12 | |||
1949β50 | Lorin Ball | 8β11 | |||
1950β51 | Lorin Ball | 6β15 | |||
1951β52 | Lorin Ball | 4β17 | |||
Lorin Ball: 26β74 (.260) | |||||
Robert Curran 1952β1959 | |||||
1952β53 | Robert Curran | 4β15 | |||
1953β54 | Robert Curran | 13β9 | |||
1954β55 | Robert Curran | 10β14 | |||
1955β56 | Robert Curran | 17β6 | |||
1956β57 | Robert Curran | 13β11 | |||
1957β58 | Robert Curran | 13β12 | |||
1958β59 | Robert Curran | 11β13 | |||
Robert Curran: 81β80 (.503) | |||||
Matt Zunic 1959β1963 | |||||
1959β60 | Matt Zunic | 14β10 | |||
1960β61 | Matt Zunic | 16β10 | |||
1961β62 | Matt Zunic | 15β9 | 8β2 | NCAA first round | Yankee Regular season Champions |
1962β63 | Matt Zunic | 12β12 | 6β4 | ||
Matt Zunik: 57β41 (.582) | |||||
Johnny Orr 1963β1966 | |||||
1963β64 | Johnny Orr | 15β9 | 5β5 | ||
1964β65 | Johnny Orr | 13β11 | 8β2 | ||
1965β66 | Johnny Orr | 11β13 | 5β5 | ||
Johnny Orr: 39β33 (.542) | |||||
Jack Leaman 1966β1979 | |||||
1966β67 | Jack Leaman | 11β14 | 7β3 | ||
1967β68 | Jack Leaman | 14β11 | 8β2 | Yankee Regular season Champions | |
1968β69 | Jack Leaman | 17β7 | 9β1 | Yankee Regular season Champions | |
1969β70 | Jack Leaman | 18β7 | 8β2 | NIT first round | Yankee Regular season Champions |
1970β71 | Jack Leaman | 23β4 | 10β0 | NIT first round | Yankee Regular season Champions |
1971β72 | Jack Leaman | 14β12 | 6β4 | ||
1972β73 | Jack Leaman | 20β7 | 10β2 | NIT second round | Yankee Regular season Champions |
1973β74 | Jack Leaman | 21β5 | 11β1 | NIT first round | Yankee Regular season Champions |
1974β75 | Jack Leaman | 18β8 | 10β2 | NIT first round | Yankee Regular season Champions |
1975β76 | Jack Leaman | 21β6 | 11β1 | Yankee Regular season Champions | |
1976β77 | Jack Leaman | 20β11 | 3β4 | NIT Quarterfinals | |
Eastern Collegiate Basketball League | |||||
1977β78 | Jack Leaman | 15β12 | 5β5 | ||
Eastern Athletic Association | |||||
1978β79 | Jack Leaman | 5β22 | 0β10 | ||
Jack Leaman: 217β126 (.633) | |||||
Ray Wilson 1979β1981 | |||||
1979β80 | Ray Wilson | 2β24 | 0β10 | ||
1980β81 | Ray Wilson | 3β24 | 0β13 | ||
Ray Wilson: 5β48 (.094) | |||||
Tom McLaughlin 1981β1982 | |||||
1981β82 | Tom McLaughlin | 7β20 | 3β11 | ||
Atlantic 10 Conference | |||||
1982β83 | Tom McLaughlin | 9β20 | 4β10 | ||
Tom McLaughlin: 16β40 (.286) | |||||
Ron Gerlufsen 1983β1988 | |||||
1983β84 | Ron Gerlufsen | 12β17 | 6β12 | ||
1984β85 | Ron Gerlufsen | 13β15 | 9β9 | ||
1985β86 | Ron Gerlufsen | 9β19 | 6β12 | ||
1986β87 | Ron Gerlufsen | 11β16 | 7β11 | ||
1987β88 | Ron Gerlufsen | 10β17 | 5β13 | ||
Ron Gerlufsen: 55β84 (.396) | |||||
John Calipari 1988β1996 | |||||
1988β89 | John Calipari | 10β18 | 5β13 | ||
1989β90 | John Calipari | 17β14 | 10β8 | NIT first round | |
1990β91 | John Calipari | 20β13 | 10β8 | NIT Fourth Place | |
1991β92 | John Calipari | 30β5 | 13β3 | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | A-10 Regular season and Tournament champions |
1992β93 | John Calipari | 24β7 | 11β3 | NCAA second round | A-10 Regular season and Tournament champions |
1993β94 | John Calipari | 28β7 | 14β2 | NCAA second round | A-10 Regular season and Tournament champions |
1994β95 | John Calipari | 29β5 | 13β3 | NCAA Elite Eight | A-10 Regular season and Tournament champions |
1995β96 | John Calipari | 35β2 | 15β1 | NCAA Final Four | A-10 Regular season and Tournament champions |
John Calipari: 193β71 (.731) | |||||
Bruiser Flint 1996β2001 | |||||
1996β97 | Bruiser Flint | 19β14 | 11β5 | NCAA tournament first round | |
1997β98 | Bruiser Flint | 21β11 | 12β4 | NCAA tournament first round | |
1998β99 | Bruiser Flint | 14β16 | 9β7 | ||
1999β2000 | Bruiser Flint | 17β16 | 9β7 | NIT first round | |
2000β01 | Bruiser Flint | 15β15 | 11β5 | ||
Bruiser Flint: 86β72 (.544) | |||||
Steve Lappas 2001β2005 | |||||
2001β02 | Steve Lappas | 13β16 | 6β10 | ||
2002β03 | Steve Lappas | 11β18 | 6β10 | ||
2003β04 | Steve Lappas | 10β19 | 4β12 | ||
2004β05 | Steve Lappas | 16β12 | 9β7 | ||
Steve Lappas: 50β65 (.435) | |||||
Travis Ford 2005β2008 | |||||
2005β06 | Travis Ford | 13β15 | 8β8 | ||
2006β07 | Travis Ford | 24β9 | 13β3 | NIT second round | |
2007β08 | Travis Ford | 25β11 | 10β6 | NIT Final | |
Travis Ford: 62β35 (.639) | |||||
Derek Kellogg 2008β2017 | |||||
2008β09 | Derek Kellogg | 12β18 | 7β9 | ||
2009β10 | Derek Kellogg | 12β20 | 5β11 | ||
2010β11 | Derek Kellogg | 15β15 | 7β9 | ||
2011β12 | Derek Kellogg | 25β12 | 9β7 | NIT semifinal | |
2012β13 | Derek Kellogg | 21β12 | 9β7 | NIT first round | |
2013β14 | Derek Kellogg | 24β9 | 10β6 | NCAA first round | |
2014β15 | Derek Kellogg | 17β15 | 10β8 | ||
2015β16 | Derek Kellogg | 14β18 | 6β12 | ||
2016β17 | Derek Kellogg | 15β18 | 4β14 | ||
Derek Kellogg: 155β137 (.531) | |||||
2017β18 | Matt McCall | 13β20 | 5β13 | ||
2018β19 | Matt McCall | 11β21 | 4β14 | ||
2019β20 | Matt McCall | 14β17 | 8β10 | ||
2020β21 | Matt McCall | 8β7 | 6β4 | ||
2021β22 | Matt McCall | 15β17 | 7β11 | ||
Matt McCall: 61β82(.427) | |||||
2022β23 | Frank Martin | 15-16 | 6-12 | ||
2023β24 | Frank Martin | 20-11 | 11-7 | ||
Frank Martin: 11β6 (.647) | |||||
Overall Record: 1349β1219 (.525) |
Source
Postseason resultsβ»
NCAA tournament resultsβ»
The Minutemen have appeared in the NCAA tournament nine times. Their combined record is: 11β9. Their 1996 victories have been vacated by the NCAA thus their official tournament record is 7β8.
Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1962 | First Round | NYU | L 50β70 | |
1992 | 3 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
(14) Fordham (6) Syracuse (2) Kentucky |
W 85β58 W 77β71 L 77β87 |
1993 | 3 | First Round Second Round |
(14) Penn (6) Virginia |
W 54β50 L 56β71 |
1994 | 2 | First Round Second Round |
(15) Southwest Texas State (10) Maryland |
W 78β60 L 87β95 |
1995 | 2 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
(15) Saint Peter's (10) Stanford (6) Tulsa (4) Oklahoma State |
W 68β51 W 75β53 W 76β51 L 54β68 |
1996* | 1 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four |
(16) UCF (9) Stanford (12) Arkansas (2) Georgetown (1) Kentucky |
W 92β70 W 79β74 W 79β63 W 86β62 L 74β81 |
1997 | 11 | First Round | (6) Louisville | L 57β65 |
1998 | 7 | First Round | (10) Saint Louis | L 46β51 |
2014 | 6 | Second Round | (11) Tennessee | L 67β86 |
* vacated by NCAA
NIT resultsβ»
The Minutemen have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 13 times. Their combined record is 13β14.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1970 | First Round | Marquette | L 55β62 |
1971 | First Round | North Carolina | L 49β90 |
1973 | First Round Quarterfinals |
Missouri North Carolina |
W 78β71 L 63β73 |
1974 | First Round | Jacksonville | L 69β73 |
1975 | First Round | Manhattan | L 51β68 |
1977 | First Round Quarterfinals |
Seton Hall Villanova |
W 86β85 L 71β81 |
1990 | First Round | Maryland | L 81β91 |
1991 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game |
La Salle Fordham Siena Stanford Colorado |
W 93β90 W 78β74 W 82β80 L 71β78 L 91β98 |
2000 | First Round | Siena | L 65β66 |
2007 | First Round Second Round |
Alabama West Virginia |
W 89β87 L 77β90 |
2008 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals |
Stephen F. Austin Akron Syracuse Florida Ohio State |
W 80β60 W 68β63 W 81β77 W 78β66 L 85β92 |
2012 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals |
Mississippi State Seton Hall Drexel Stanford |
W 101β96 W 77β67 W 72β70 L 74β84 |
2013 | First Round | Stony Brook | L 58β71 |
Prominent alumniβ»
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NBA playersβ»
Several Massachusetts alumni have gone on to play in the NBA:
International league playersβ»
- Raphiael Putney (born 1990), basketball player for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli National League
Retired numbersβ»
Five former players and one coach have had their names hung on banners in the rafters of the Mullins Center.
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UMass Minutemen retired numbers | |||||
No. | Player | Player | Career | Yr. ret. | Ref. |
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15 | Lou Roe | PF | 1991β95 | 2004 | |
21 | Marcus Camby | C | 1993β96 | 2013 | |
30 | Al Skinner | F | 1971β1974 | 2003 | |
32 | George Burke | PG | 1954β1956 | ||
Julius Erving | F | 1968β1971 | 1988 | ||
β | John Calipari | Coach | 1988β1996 | 2015 |
UMass Athletic Hall of Fameβ»
Many former members of the basketball program have been elected into the school's Hall of Fame. Class years listed in parentheses.
- David Bartley (1956)
- George "Trigger" Burke (1956)
- Lou Bush (1934)
- John Calipari (coach)
- Marcus Camby (1996)
- Joe DiSarcina (1969)
- Ray Ellerbrook (1970)
- Frederick "Fritz" Ellert (1930)
- Julius Erving (1972)
- Jack Foley (1957)
- Harold "Kid" Gore (coach)
- Emory Grayson (1917)
- Doug Grutchfield (1961)
- Ned Larkin (1959)
- Jack Leaman (coach)
- Joseph Lojko (1934)
- Jim McCoy (1992)
- Edward McGrath (1949)
- Bill Prevey (1952)
- Lou Roe (1995)
- Al Skinner (1974)
- John Stewart (1936)
- Billy Tindall (1968)
- Rodger Twitchell (1964)
- Harper Williams (1993)
The Hall is officially named "The George 'Trigger' Burke UMass Athletic Hall of Fame" in recognition of Burke's generous support of UMass Athletics and student scholarships.
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