UMass Welcomes Manhattan To Mullins For Morning Hoops

Nov. 17, 2014

Massachusetts (2-0) vs Manhattan (0-1)
Date	Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 11:00 a.m. (ET)
Location	Amherst, Mass. \| Mullins Center (9,493)
Tickets	866-UMASS-TIX \|  Ticket Info
TV	ESPN2 (Sean McDonough and Tim Welsh)
Radio	105.5 FM WEEI (Springfield/Amherst), 1440 AM WVEI (Worcester), 1200 AM WXKS (Boston, Worcester, Manchester, Providence); Listen Online \| Use the TuneIn App for Mobile Devices to listen
Online Video	ESPN3 / WatchESPN
Live Stats	Live Stats
Game Notes	Massachusetts (pdf) \| Manhattan (pdf)
Social Media	@UMassAthletics \| Live Game Blog

 Weekly Game Notes - UMass Welcomes Manhattan To Mullins Morning Hoops

 Fresh off a come-from-behind win over Boston College at the TD Garden on Sunday, the Massachusetts men's basketball team returns home to face Manhattan in the ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon on Tuesday, beginning at 11 a.m.

 The UMass Sports Network will feature Director of Broadcasting Cody Chrusciel handling play-by-play duties alongside analyst Tim Collins. The game can be heard live starting at 10:40 AM (ET) on 105.5 FM WEEI (Springfield), 1440 AM WVEI (Worcester), and 1200 AM WXKS (Boston/Manchester/Providence). The broadcast is also available online through www.UMassAthletics.com and on smart phones and tablets through the TuneIn app.
 The game is televised by ESPN2 with Sean McDonough and Tim Welsh calling the action.

QUICK HITTERS
 This is the 106th season of UMass Basketball. UMass has an all-time record of 1,233-1,080 (.537) in 2,311 games. UMass is 458-314 (.593) in conference games, including a 294-294 in Atlantic 10 play. The Minutemen have claimed 15 regular-season conference championships and five tournament titles.
 Tuesday's game is the continuation of 3 games in 5 days (88 hours), 5 in 10 days and 6 in 13 days to start the season. 
 UMass is participating in the Tip-Off Marathon for the fourth time and third-consecutive season with a 2-1 (.667) record. The Minutemen have played at 11 p.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. previously. 
 The game is also the first of four that UMass will play over the next eight days as part of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic. 
 UMass has won 11-consecutive regular-season non-conference home games and is 32-9 (.780) in six-plus seasons under Kellogg. 
 The Minutemen return seven letterwinners, including starters Maxie Esho and Cady Lalanne, from last season that went 24-9 overall and 10-6 in Atlantic 10 play en route to it's first NCAA Tournament appearance in 16 years (1998). The team also returned to the national rankings for the first time since 1998-99, climbing as high as No. 12 in late January. 
 UMass entered the year having won 70 games in the last 3 years (25, 21 & 24) and participated in 2 NITs (reaching the Final Four in 2012) and 1 NCAA tourney. 
 UMass lost three senior starters from the 2013-14 squad in Chaz Williams (professionally in Turkey), Raphiael Putney (NBA D-League) and Sampson Carter (Slovakia/Portugal).

SERIES HISTORY
 UMass holds a 6-1 series lead over Manhattan and is 2-0 in Amherst, winning the first matchup in Curry Hick Cage on Feb. 25, 1961.
 The teams have not played in 21 seasons dating back to Feb. 18, 1994, when the 10th ranked Minutemen claimed a 68-54 victory in the 14th ever game at the Mullins Center. That game was the fourth home game to tip-off at Midnight during the John Calipari era
 It had been 16 years prior to the 1994 matchup that the schools had met, with UMass claiming a 88-74 win in the opening round of the UConn Classic in Hartford;
 The teams have played in four different states - Conn., Mass., N.Y. and Pa. - with UMass holding a 3-1 record in neutral site locations.
 UMass is 49-12 all-time against current members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, with recent victories coming against Siena four days ago, in 2011 & 2012, Rider on 11/12/10 and Marist on 12/8/07. The Minutemen have won 11-consecutive over MAAC teams dating back to the 2000 NIT loss at Siena. Derek Kellogg-coached teams are 4-0.

UMASS & THE ESPN TIP-OFF MARATHON
 UMass holds a 6-1 series lead over Manhattan and is 2-0 in Amherst, winning the first matchup in Curry Hick Cage on Feb. 25, 1961.
 The teams have not played in 21 seasons dating back to Feb. 18, 1994, when the 10th ranked Minutemen claimed a 68-54 victory in the 14th ever game at the Mullins Center. That game was the fourth home game to tip-off at Midnight during the John Calipari era
 It had been 16 years prior to the 1994 matchup that the schools had met, with UMass claiming a 88-74 win in the opening round of the UConn Classic in Hartford;
 The teams have played in four different states - Conn., Mass., N.Y. and Pa. - with UMass holding a 3-1 record in neutral site locations.

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