Just Take A Minute: Jan. 12-16

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PODCAST: Bud Light UMass Basketball Show - 1/15

   Friday, Jan. 16

BUY TICKETS: Hockey Vs. Providence (Fri.) | MBB Vs. Temple (Sat.)
The weekend is here! Hope everyone is staying warm. Action heats up at the Mullins Center tonight at 7 p.m. when hockey hosts Providence College. Then the men's basketball team welcomes in Temple on Saturday for a crucial A-10 game on ESPN2. Saturday is 1970s night. A number of players from the 70's are expected to attend, so don't miss it!

Just another reminder of who is expected to attend Saturday's 1970's celebration: Jim Burke, Bob Dempsey, David Dibble, Mark Donoghue, Fan Gaudette (assistant coach) Michael Littman (manager), Tom McLaughlin, John Moynihan, Charles Olsen, Bob Powers (manager) Sam Provo, Mike Pyatt, Peter Trow, and Rick Vogeley. The family of the late John Murphy will also be recognized.

The Riverfront Times has an interesting read on Saint Louis men's basketball after its win over the Minutemen on Wednesday. The piece is titled SLU Beats UMass, Realizes It Has Experienced Players.

Andy Katz, who was at the Dayton/UMass game, references the Minutemen's victory in his blog . He writes: "Dayton hasn't been the same team since halftime of the UMass game Saturday in Springfield."

Checking out-of-town A-10 men's basketball scores, Xavier topped URI, 67-65 , in an exciting game on Thursday evening. The conference season has continued to be unpredictable with 15th ranked Xavier nearly falling while Dayton was given a scare by Fordham on Wednesday night.

Former UMass softball player Allyson Rioux will be inducted into the American Softball Association Hall of Fame. This story from the Stamford Advocate includes an old quote from 2002 from current Minutewomen softball coach Elaine Sortino.

Check out USCHO.com for This Week In Hockey East, which includes predictions on all the games, including UMass' two games.

UMass lacrosse alums Sean Morris and Jack Reid are set for their home opener at the TD Banknorth Garden on Saturday. Their Boston Blazers (NLL) host the New York Titans at 7 p.m.

UMassAthletics.com Feature To Check Out: If you can't make it to the Mullins Center this weekend, be sure to watch or listen live. The upcoming webcasts page has everything you need. Whether you want to watch Friday's game, or listen on Saturday, it even has a watch live link for women's basketball's game at St. Bonaventure Saturday afternoon.

Don't miss this: Another great weekend of UMass Athletics action.
Friday: Hockey vs. Providence (7 p.m.)
Saturday: Men's Basketball vs. Temple (7 p.m.)
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   Thursday, Jan. 15

BUY TICKETS: Hockey Vs. Providence On Friday | MBB Vs. Temple On Saturday
Brrrrrr...Cold weather is in store as the week winds down, but the UMass men's basketball team hopes to heat up the hardwood against Temple in a couple days. Last night, the Minutemen were a victim of hot shooting in a 69-64 loss to Saint Louis. The women dropped a home decision, 67-53 to Charlotte as well. Thursday involves some more basketball as the Bud Light UMass Basketball show is set for 7 p.m. at the Hangar. Hope to see you there! Check out JTAM for recaps of the MBB defeat.

The following media outlets had stories on the loss to Saint Louis: Springfield Republican, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Eagle Tribune, International Herald Tribune, Associated Press, KFVS (Missouri), Belleville News Democrat, St. Louis Post Dispatch, and Alton Telegraph.

Ron Chimelis files this piece on former UMass men's basketball assistant coach and alum Bill Bayno, who recently resigned from his head coaching job at Loyola-Marymount.

Gary Forbes' most recent game for Sioux Falls (NBDL) was a big success. On Tuesday, he led his team with 21 points.

Matt Vautour has a story in th Daily Hampshire Gazette about how the CAA is chosing to stay as a 14-team conference when newcomers Old Dominion and Georgia State field teams in the coming years.

Women's basketball's loss to Charlotte was noted in the Republican's local roundup. The Charlotte Observer and Greensboro News Record also ran a story.

The Boston Herald has an MLS Super Draft Story with a mention of Zack Simmons who is hoping to hear his name called. The draft is today at 2 p.m. on ESPN2.

Congratulations to the softball team for being selected to win the A-10. Graham Hayes of ESPN picks the Minutewomen as the 17th best team in the country.

Tough break for Mass Attack alum P.J. Fenton, who was sent from the AHL's Worcester Sharks to the ECHL this week. He will suit up for the Phoenix RoadRunners.

UMassAthletics.com Feature To Check Out: Remember to submit your questions for Coach Kellogg and/or Coach Dacko by clicking here! Your question could be answered on the radio show, so be sure to tune in!

Don't miss this: Come out to the Hangar tonight at 7 p.m. for the Bud Light UMass Basketball Show as Coach Kellogg and Dacko talk about their teams dropping to 1-1 in conference play and preview the weekend ahead! If you can't make it, be sure to listen to WRNX 100.9 FM or click here to listen live.

   Wednesday, Jan. 14

BUY TICKETS: Hockey Vs. Providence On Friday | MBB Vs. Temple On Saturday

Wednesday night is A-10 basketball night. The men play at Saint Louis at 8 p.m. ET while the women host Charlotte at 7 p.m. at the Mullins Center. Check out the multimedia page for places to watch and listen to both games. JTAM has stories on the hoop teams as well as an initial list of players from the 1970s Celebration expected to be on hand on Saturday night.

On ESPN.com Andy Katz has a lot of infomation on UMass basketball in his blog after attending the Minutemen's Saturday game vs. Dayton in Springfield. Katz cites: Dayton coach Brian Gregory said there is no player in the country who does more as a nonscorer than UMass senior Tony Gaffney.

Ron Chimelis of the Springfield Republican has a preview of the UMass men's game focusing on Tony Gaffney and his minor injury.

Matt Vautour has his preview of the game at SLU writing about the recent match-ups between the teams.

Out in St. Louis, the Post-Dispatch has this preview of the UMass-SLU game.

The Belleville News Democrat has a preview of the UMass-SLU game.

Saturday is the 1970s Celebration at the UMass-Temple game which will be televised on ESPN2. Here is an early list of players from the 1970s who are expected to attend: Jim Burke, Bob Dempsey, David Dibble, Mark Donoghue, Michael Littman, Tom McLaughlin, John Moynihan, Charles Olsen, Sam Provo, Mike Pyatt, Peter Trow, and Rick Vogeley.

Here's an interesting piece on Saint Louis basketball from ESPN.com back in November. Rick Majerus doesn't allow his freshman -- and he has eight of them -- speak to the media.

There's a chance that former UMass National Player of the Year Marcus Camby could be traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers according to this web report.

The high school where former UMass All-American Gary Forbes graduated from is in the news. New York Daily News has a story on Benjamin Banneker High School's reclassification.

In the Daily News, Dick Weiss also writes about former UMass assistant coach and alum Bill Bayno who has resigned from his head job at Loyola Marymount.

In the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Matt Vautour writes about the CAA Football League expansion and its ramifications for schools such as UMass.

News on UMass' consultative committee which is assisting the search for the new football coach is in the Boston Herald, and on WWLP TV.

The Republican's Jeff Thomas has an update on the search for UMass' new football coach.

Andrew Merritt has his Hockey East Journal notebook which has several mentions of UMass after their weekend series with UNH.

With the MLS Super Draft on the way, Chivas USA is looking at UMass' Zack Simmons, mentioning: Massachusetts' Zack Simmons, the Atlantic 10's Defensive Player of the Year, has the look of a fellow ready to step onto an MLS pitch immediately.

Carly Normindin's captaincy of the UMass softball team is included in the Worcester T&G notebook.

UMassAthletics.com Feature To Check Out: The UMass hockey team spent Tuesday reading to children at Sunderland Elementary School. Check out the Photo Gallery from the event. The video of the players reading is featured on the UMassAthletics.com homepage video player.

Don't miss this: Wednesday night has both basketball teams in action as the men are at Saint Louis for a 8 p.m. ET tip and the women host Charlotte at 7 p.m.

   Tuesday, Jan. 13

BUY TICKETS: Hockey Vs. Providence On Friday | MBB Vs. Temple On Saturday
Join us tonight at the Hangar for the Bud Light Hockey Show at 7 p.m. as Head Coach Don "Toot" Cahoon and select players look back at last weekend and preview the games ahead. Meanwhile, the men's and women's basketball teams are hard at work preparing for their second conference games on Wednesday. The men play at Saint Louis at 8 p.m. EST while the women host Charlotte at 7 p.m. at the Mullins Center. JTAM has a wide variety of news stories, highlighted by an article on the improvement of A-10 men's basketball.

Ron Chimelis of the Springfield Republican has a great article on how the Atlantic 10 has grown since Coach Kellogg played. Kellogg only has great things to say about the A-10's growth. "When I played, there were one or two teams in the (nation's) top five or 10. Now, just about every A-10 team out there is doing some good things."

Check out Fran Fraschilla's ESPN blog where he bills Tony Gaffney as his fifth favorite rebounder this season.

The Springfield News Sun in Ohio also has a story about Dayton's loss to UMass titled No reason for Flyers to panic after UMass loss. Dayton coach Brian Gregory had a lot of praise for the Minutemen.

Dayton Daily News has a comparison of Dayton men's basketball vs. Miami (OH) which has references of Saturday's game vs. the Minutemen. The article is titled "UD or Miami - which school of thought will prevail?"

Men's soccer goalie Zack Simmons is noted in an MLS Combine article on Goal.com.

UMass women's skier Amy Gifford is mentioned in a High School Ski Notebook in the Central Maine Morning Sentinel

As you read in yesterday's JTAM, the Boston Blazers of the NLL played their first-ever game over the weekend. Former UMass All-Americans Sean Morris and Jack Reid look to play a key role in the Blazers' season. Another former Minutemen lax star Jeff Zywicki had a monster opening weekend with San Jose, scoring two goals to go with four assists in a 12-10 loss to Calgary on Friday. Then on Saturday, he scored a goal and added three assists in the Stealth's 10-7 loss to Minnesota. He had hand in 10 of San Jose's 17 goals, (59%)!

Checking in with the NBDL's Sioux Fall Skyforce, former UMass star Gary Forbes has continued his great play in hopes of a chance at the NBA. On Saturday, he scored 18 points on 8-of-15 shooting while adding seven rebounds in 24:59 of game action. He added 12 points the night before. Forbes was also earned Honorable Mention accolades for his performance in the D-League Showcase that recently concluded.

Updating former Mass Attack All-American Jon Quick, who has enjoyed sensational success in the NHL. Hs current stats are: 4-4-0 record, 2.17 GAA, and .922 save percentage.

UMassAthletics.com Feature To Check Out: Want to know what special promotions are on tap for upcoming games? Then click here for everything you need to know about upcoming giveaways, promotions, and more!

Don't miss this: Join us tonight at the Hagar for the Bud Light Hockey Show at 7 p.m. as Head Coach Don "Toot" Cahoon and select players look back at last weekend and preview the weekend coming up. If you can't make it, be sure to listen live on WRNX 100.9 FM or listen online by clicking here.

   Monday, Jan. 12

BUY TICKETS: Hockey Vs. Providence On Friday | MBB Vs. Temple On Saturday
Saturday's special day for Derek Kellogg and the UMass men's basketball team received tremendous coverage over the weekend. Check JTAM for articles on the hoop team. Additionally on Monday, ESPN's Andy Katz will have a feature on the Minutemen after he attended Saturday's game at the MassMutual Center. JTAM also has news on UMass' football coaching seach as well as game coverage of the Mass Attack's pair of games with New Hampshire this weekend.

Check out the recap stories on UMass basketball's win over Dayton Saturday down in Springfield: Republican, Boston Globe, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Worcester Telegram & Gazette and Dayton Daily News, Boston Herald.

The Republican's Ron Chimelis has this sidebar on the importance of the UMass performance in Springfield. He also has this notebook on the game including info on how UMass hopes to continue to play in Springfield, yearly.

On CollegeHoops.Net, UMass' win over Dayton is cited as hurting the Flyers' NCAA Tournament hopes. A little early for that type of talk, huh?

On Monday, Ron Chimelis filed this column on Don Brown's departure from UMass as he left to take a job at Maryland.

Speaking of former UMass football coaches, Mark Whipple, who is on the staff for the Philadelphia Eagles, was part of yesterday's 23-11 win over the New York Giants. The Eagles will travel to the Arizona Cardinals for next weekend's NFC title game.

Coverage of the UMass hockey team's tough 3-2 overtime defeat at New Hampshire on Saturday: WWLP TV, Union Leader of New Hampshire, Concord Monitor, Boston Globe, Citizen of Laconia, Portsmouth News Herald.

The women's basketball win at Fordham on Saturday is mentioned in the Springfield Republican.

The Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League opened action this weekend in a 19-14 loss to the New York Titans. The Blazers feature two former UMass All-Americans Sean Morris and Jack Reid. Morris had a goal and two assists while Reid had four losse balls. Check out this story from the Enterprise News/Patriot Ledger which focuses on Marshfield native Morris.

UMassAthletics.com Feature To Check Out:: Watch the UMass Hoops Insider from Saturday. It features a touching segment with Tyrell Lynch.

Don't miss this: Andy Katz of ESPN was at Saturday's basketball win over Dayton and will have a nice feature on the Minutemen on Monday. Derek Kellogg will have his weekly Atlantic 10 Teleconference on Monday morning. Look for a full transcript on the web later in the day. Also, check back for any weekly awards, including the UMass Athlete of the Week.

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