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College basketball love, founded upon the three pillars of information, analysis and humor. Curated by Eric Angevine

  1. chargedfm: I was about as sad as Chaz Williams was after last night’s NIT Final Four game between UMass and Stanford. Click on the image for more from the game.

    chargedfm:

    I was about as sad as Chaz Williams was after last night’s NIT Final Four game between UMass and Stanford. Click on the image for more from the game.

  2. Camby. UMass.

    Camby. UMass.

    (Source: groove-theory)

  3. "In the world of basketball, there is one story after another like this about legendary games where David used the full-court press to beat Goliath. Yet the puzzle of the press is that it has never become popular. People look at upsets like Fordham over UMass and call them flukes. Basketball sages point out that the press can be beaten by a well-coached team with adept ball handlers and astute passers—and that is true. Ranadivé readily admitted that all an opposing team had to do to beat Redwood City was press back: the girls were not good enough to handle their own medicine. Playing insurgent basketball did not guarantee victory. It was simply the best chance an underdog had of beating Goliath. If Fordham had played UMass the conventional way, it would have lost by thirty points. And yet somehow that lesson has escaped the basketball establishment."

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    Malcolm Gladwell of the New Yorker- “How David Beats Goliath”

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    I totally remember a team playing the full court press back when I used to play. They would shout out crazy things and definitely throw all of us off our rhythm and they KILLED us. 

    Basketball isn’t the main point of the article, but good read.

    (via michsaechao)

  4. Photo: Siena bench. livingyoungwildandfr333: I went to the Siena verse U Mass game in Springfield, Mass last night. Even though Siena lost it was still such a fun game i sat rite behind the bench. I love my Siena Saints! #31

    Photo: Siena bench.

    livingyoungwildandfr333:

    I went to the Siena verse U Mass game in Springfield, Mass last night. Even though Siena lost it was still such a fun game i sat rite behind the bench.

    I love my Siena Saints!

    #31

  5. UMass players partying with fans. quinnkellie: UMass Men’s Basketball players Sean Carter (left), Trey Lang, and Maxie Esho pose for a picture with two fans during the first annual Bash at Southwest Beach on Saturday, Oct 15th. The event was held in order to foster a relationship between the players and their fans, and included such entertainment as music, the Coca-Cola shootout, and campus food favorite, Baby Berk.

    UMass players partying with fans.

    quinnkellie:

    UMass Men’s Basketball players Sean Carter (left), Trey Lang, and Maxie Esho pose for a picture with two fans during the first annual Bash at Southwest Beach on Saturday, Oct 15th. The event was held in order to foster a relationship between the players and their fans, and included such entertainment as music, the Coca-Cola shootout, and campus food favorite, Baby Berk.

  6. Basketball HOF Holiday showcase lineup

    Here’s what’s happening at the Basketball Hall of Fame holiday showcase, coming up soon:

    SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the addition of Fairfield University and Old Dominion to the 2011 Holiday Showcase schedule held at MassMutual Center on Friday, December 9th. The event will include featured match-ups from all three NCAA Divisions, with a Division I doubleheader including UMass, Siena, Fairfield University and Old Dominion.