There would be no late-game heroics for the Massachusetts baseball team Wednesday afternoon. Boston College put the Minutemen in a 10-run hole early and would eventually cruise to a 13-1 victory at Northborough’s New England Baseball Complex Wednesday. According to Minutemen coach Mike Stone, “it was a wasted day, really.”.

Tuesday afternoon was supposed to mark the 2017 home opener for the Massachusetts baseball team against Northeastern, but rain forced it to be postponed to a later date. When it is played, it will be the last home opener for UMass coach Mike Stone, who is retiring at the end of the season. At first glance, the Minutemen (6-9, 2-1 Atlantic 10) are not off to an amazing start, but compared to how they have started in previous seasons, they are doing better.

Tuesday night’s 15-5 beating at the hands of Holy Cross doesn’t exactly scream “a close game.”. But the box score would show you that heading into the eighth inning the Massachusetts baseball team and the Crusaders were in fact tied at five. While the Minutemen had a done a good job of coming back each time they went down in the first seven innings, missed opportunities kept them from taking the lead.

In its first game of the 2017 season north of the Mason-Dixon Line, the Massachusetts Baseball team traveled to Northborough, Mass. to take on Holy Cross. The game was tied at five through seven innings and then came the bottom of the eighth. Ten runs on seven hits in one half-inning put the Crusaders (4-11) ahead 15-5, which was the margin they would eventually win by.

The Massachusetts baseball team continued its Spring Break road trip in Florida with two games against North Dakota State and Harvard, Tuesday and Wednesday. The Minutemen (4-5) split the two matchups, defeating NDSU 9-5 and falling to the Crimson 8-2. Riding a three game winning streak, the Minutemen were one game away from balancing out their 0-4 start to the season.

Massachusetts Athletic Director Ryan Bamford wasted no time Thursday afternoon firing Derek Kellogg and he plans on wasting no time hiring his replacement. In a conference call with reporters Friday morning, Bamford expressed his desire to hire the new head coach of the UMass men’s basketball team by the end of the month.

Seeded at No.12, UMass (15-17) matched up against No.13 Saint Joseph’s in the tournament’s first round. The Hawks (11-20) were the only team that UMass had beaten twice this season. With less than eight minutes remaining in the game, UMass had a commanding 19-point lead and appeared to be cruising to the second round where it would once again face the Bonnies.

It was a disappointing end to a disappointing season. The same mistakes that have plagued the Massachusetts men’s basketball team all year, ultimately led to its demise in a 73-60 Atlantic 10 tournament second-round loss to St. Bonaventure. This looked liked a very different Bonnies team (20-11) than what the Minutemen (15-18) saw in the regular season finale in Olean.

Sometimes in order to win college basketball games, you have to be in the right place at the right time. Massachusetts men’s basketball center Malik Hines was in that exact position. Trailing 56-54 to St. Bonaventure (19-11, 10-7 Atlantic 10) with 25 seconds remaining in the regular season finale, Zach Lewis shot a free throw that clanked off the rim and bounced over the fingers of an outstretched Denzil Gregg that landed right into Hines’ hands.

The unseasonably warm weather in the Northeast is a pleasant reminder that baseball season is just around the corner. For many college baseball teams, the 2017 season has already begun, but the Massachusetts baseball team will open its season this Friday against Elon University down in North Carolina.

With few changes to the starting lineup being made here and there, the starting five for the Massachusetts men’s basketball team has been for the most part consistent for much of 2016-17 season. That was until Sunday when UMass coach Derek Kellogg decided to switch everything up. Anderson, Zach Lewis, Ty Flowers, Brison Gresham and Malik Hines – otherwise known as the “red team” – took to the floor Sunday to start the game against La Salle.

Heading into Sunday’s game against La Salle, the Massachusetts men’s basketball team had little left to lose. Its 3-12 Atlantic 10 record made it certain the Minutemen will be playing Wednesday, Mar. 8, as one of the bottom four seeds in the conference. Despite this, they played arguably their best game all season, defeating the Explorers 84-71.

The Massachusetts men’s basketball team had its hands full when it welcomed Davidson to Mullins Center Saturday afternoon. Jack Gibbs and Peyton Aldridge have been two of the Atlantic 10’s best scorers this season and it showed in the Wildcats (14-11, 7-7 Atlantic 10) 79-74 victory over UMass (13-14, 3-11 A-10).

Following a five-game losing streak, the Massachusetts men’s basketball team had a reprieve in the schedule with back-to-back games against St. Joseph’s and Duquesne, whom entered Wednesday night 13th and 14th in the Atlantic 10 standings, respectively. While the Minutemen carried themselves well against St.

The Massachusetts men’s basketball team kept up with Rhode Island for as long as it could Tuesday night at the Mullins Center. However, the older Rams showed their experience against the Minutemen for the majority of their 70-62 victory. The youth and overall inexperience of UMass (12-12, 2-9 Atlantic 10) has come into play often this season and against a veteran-led URI (16-7, 8-3 A-10) team, that inexperience was never more evident.