University of Massachusets Athletics
Men's Basketball Season Begins Friday at Home
November 09, 2016 | Men's Basketball
Minutemen host UMass Lowell in the Mullins Center at 4 p.m.
| University of Massachusetts Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information | |
| Game One | Massachusetts (0-0 overall) vs. UMass Lowell (0-0) |
| Date | Time | Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 | 4:00 p.m. ET |
| Location | Mullins Center (9,493) | Amherst, Mass. | Directions |
| Live Statistics | Sidearm Sports |
| Watch | Atlantic 10 Digital Network (Free) |
| Listen (Radio) | 105.5 FM WEEI (Western Massachusetts) and 830 AM WCRN (Worcester) |
| Listen (Online) | WEEI Streaming Player | TuneIn App (mobile devices) | UMass Sports Network |
| Series History | Massachusetts leads 4-2. Last: Massachusetts 80, UMass Lowell 57; Dec 9, 1990 |
| Game Notes | Massachusetts | UMass Lowell |
| Team Information | Massachusetts | UMass Lowell |
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Massachusetts-UMass Lowell Scouting Report
University of Massachusetts men's basketball's faces UMass Lowell for the first time since the River Hawks elevated to NCAA Division I with a Fri., Nov. 11 contest in the Mullins Center at 4 p.m. It marks the season-opener for both teams.
The Minutemen are 4-2 all-time against UMass Lowell, though the most recent contest between the teams was back in the 1990-91 campaign. Massachusetts won, 80-57 in the Curry Hicks Cage. The River Hawks finished last season 11-18 overall, their third year as an NCAA Division I program. However, the squad returns the core of its team with nine returning letterwinners, including four starters. The returning veterans include Jahad Thomas (14.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists per game), Isaac White (11.5, 2.8, 2.4) and Matt Harris (10.1, 2.3, 1.3).
Pat Duquette is in his fourth season as the team's head coach and sports a 33-53 mark during his tenure. He is a graduate of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and previously worked as an assistant coach and associate head coach at Boston College (1997-2010) and associate head coach at Northeastern (2011-13).
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Minutemen Ready To Deploy The Young Guns
UMass men's basketball's 2016-17 roster features only one senior, walk-on Zach Turcotte. The remainder of the roster breaks down to five juniors, three sophomores and six freshmen. The Minutemen are the only team in the Atlantic 10 with a one-man senior class.
Maxing Out Our Time In The Mullins Center
UMass men's basketball's will play 18 regular season home games at the Mullins Center in 2016-17, a one-year record for the program. Massachusetts also played 18 games at the Mullins Center in 2010-11, which included one Atlantic 10 Tournament contest along with 17 regular season contests in the building.
Kellogg Ranks Among Winningest Coaches In A-10 History
Head coach Derek Kellogg ranks among the winningest coaches in the history of the Atlantic 10 Conference with 140 victories at the helm of the UMass program. He ranks 13th all-time among Atlantic 10 head coaches and is fourth among current leaders behind Phil Martelli (375; Saint Joseph's), Chris Mooney (187; Richmond), John Giannini (175; La Salle) and Mark Schmidt (146; St. Bonaventure).
Highly Touted Quintet Fills Out Latest Recruiting Class
Head coach Derek Kellogg brought five new members to the program on during the 2015-16 signing periods as Chris Baldwin, Tyrn Flowers, DeJon Jarreau, Brison Gresham and Unique McLean signed their National Letters of Intent to compete for the Maroon and White beginning in 2016-17. The quintet combined to earn a national ranking across the three major recruiting services: 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals. In addition to the praise heaped on the individual student-athletes, Kellogg's signees represent the top ranked class across all Atlantic 10 programs.
Baldwin, the No. 2 ranked player in Massachusetts and a four-star recruit via ESPN, hails from Springfield where he attended Notre Dame Prep.
Flowers, a unanimous three-star selection, held the No. 4 spot for the State of Connecticut according to ESPN and 247Sports. He won three consecutive state championships with Sacred Heart High School as a sophomore, junior and senior.
Gresham, who was a teammate with Jarreau at McDonogh 35 High School in New Orleans before he joined Baldwin at Notre Dame Prep, ranked No. 7 among players from the state of Louisiana according to 247Sports with an overall grade of 92.
ESPN also touts the abilities of Jarreau, who is a four-star player tabbed No. 61 overall in their top-100 listing with more than 20 offers from NCAA Division I programs across the country. McLean, who played locally at the MacDuffie School in Granby, chose the Minutemen over Rutgers and a trio of other Atlantic 10 institutions in Dayton, Fordham and Rhode Island.
Luwane Pipkins joins the class after he was a non-qualifier as a freshman in 2015-16. The 2014 signee is a four-star recruit according to ESPN and listed as a three-star player with a grade of 88 by 247Sports. Pipkins was also the No. 7 recruit in the state of Illinois via ESPN, No. 22 at point guard nationally and No. 23 in his region while he was slated as the No. 9 recruit in the state and 41st at the point guard position by 247Sports.
New Number, Who Dis?
Four returning Minutemen changed their numbers prior to the 2016-17 season. Seth Berger dropped 24 in favor of 33, Zach Coleman switched from 13 to 14, Rayshawn Miller moved off of 35 to 11 and Zach Turcotte changed from 55 to 34.
In addition to the returnees with new numbers, the rookies will be playing for the first time in No. 2 (Luwane Pipkins), No. 3 (DeJon Jarreau), No. 4 (Unique McLean), No. 5 (Chris Baldwin), No. 24 (Tyrn Flowers) and No. 55 (Brison Gresham).
Zach Lewis, a redshirt junior transfer in his first season of competition at UMass, will wear No. 1.
Chatman Promoted To Associate Head Coach
University of Massachusetts men's basketball head coach Derek Kellogg announced ninth-year staff member Shyrone Chatman's elevation to associate head coach on Sept. 8. Chatman's first season as associate head coach doubles as his sixth campaign on the coaching staff after he spent the previous five years as an assistant.
Since moving to the role of assistant coach with recruiting and on-court responsibilities five seasons ago, UMass has produced 101 victories, posted three 20-win seasons and, in 2014, made the school's ninth all-time NCAA Tournament trip and first since the 1997-98 campaign. With Chatman's help, the Minutemen also made a pair of NIT appearances, including an NIT Final Four showing in 2012, and reached the Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinals on two occasions.
Before his promotion to assistant coach, Chatman served as the director of player personnel in his first three seasons with the University of Massachusetts men's basketball program. He joined UMass after two seasons on-staff at his alma mater, the University of Memphis.
Men's Hoops Joins Ability Experience Fundraiser
All members of the UMass men's basketball team joined in the Pi Kappa Phi 2016 Ability Experience fundraiser, which included a 36-hour bike-a-thon to help raise awareness and donations for those who live with disabilities.
During their time spent at the fundraiser, the Minutemen participated in the bike-a-thon and handed out flyers to students passing by the on-campus fundraiser.
Minutemen In Primetime
University of Massachusetts men's basketball will play 14 televised regular season games during the 2016-17 season, and will appear on an array of networks, including ASN, CBSSN, FS1, NBCSN and the SEC Network.
American Sports Network (ASN): Temple (Nov. 17), Saint Joseph's (Jan. 18), at George Washington (Feb. 23), La Salle (Feb. 26) and at St. Bonaventure (March 4)
CBS Sports Network (CBSSN): Dayton (Jan. 11) and Rhode Island (Feb. 7)
Fox Sports One (FS1): at Providence (Dec. 10)
NBC Sports Network (NBCSN): at VCU (Jan. 7), at Rhode Island (Jan. 15), Fordham (Jan. 21), at Saint Joseph's (Feb. 11) and Davidson (Feb. 18)
SEC Network: at Ole Miss (Nov. 14)
Clark Steady As They Come
Donte Clark produced 16.1 points per game over the 18-game league season in a continuation of his success from non-conference play. Clark scored double-figures in 15 of those games, including 20 vs. Saint Joseph's, 21 at No. 25 Dayton and vs. George Washington to go with 22 in the win over VCU, 23 at Richmond and 25 at home against St. Bonaventure. He finished 15th in the A-10 for scoring during the entire season and in league-only play.
Clark averaged a similar total (17.6 points scored per game) during the non-conference slate as he produced 209 during 12 out-of-league games.
Better Late Than Never
Freshman center Rashaan Holloway finished the year with 13 blocks in the last 13 games after he had five during the opening 19 contests. Cady Lalanne was the last UMass freshman center with at least 10 blocks in his inaugural season when the recent NBA draft pick had 21 in 2011-12. Holloway ranked tied for second on the team in blocks (Antwan Space) and had the most among underclassmen.
