Massachusetts Hosts Harvard for Regional Clash

of Massachusetts Men's Basketball Notes & Information
Matchup	Massachusetts vs. Harvard
Date \| Times	Wednesday, Dec. 3 \| 7:00 p.m. ET
Location	Amherst, Mass. \| Mullins Center
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AMHERST, MASS. - The Minutemen return home to host regional foe Harvard on Wednesday, Dec. 3 with tip-off set for 7:00 p.m. in the Mullins Center. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with live updates and links available at umassathletics.com or @UMassMBB on X (Twitter).
This week for the Minutemen

The Matchup

Monday's matchup marks the 36th meeting between the two programs with the Minutemen holding a 20-15 record all-time.
The teams last faced each other on Nov. 27, 2024, with Massachusetts claiming a 62-54 win.

Last Time out

Massachusetts capped their time at the 2025 Paradise Jam with a 73-65 win over Oregon State on Monday, Nov. 24 in St. Thomas.
The Minutemen were led by Daniel Hankins-Sanford, who recorded his second double-double of the season with a career-high 24 points and 11 rebounds.
Marcus Banks Jr. recorded 14 points in the matchup, marking his fifth straight game scoring in double figures.
Massachusetts dominated the paint, holding a significant advantage in offensive rebounds (17–7), second-chance points (20–2) and points in the paint (42–22).

Scouting the crimson

Harvard comes into Wednesday's matchup off a 56-53 win over Bryant on Saturday, Nov. 29.
Crimson Head Coach Tommy Amaker begins his 19th season at Harvard, accumulating a 309-198 (148-90 Ivy League) record during his time in Cambridge.
Senior guard Chandler Piggé has led Harvard in non-conference play averaging 14.7 points, 4.1 assists, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.6 steals per game through nine games. He ranks first in the Ivy League in minutes per game (33.6), first in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.1), third in assists per game (4.1) and seventh in points per game (14.7).
Trey Barbour has been a threat from beyond the arc, shooting 42.3 percent from 3-point distance. Barbour ranks fourth in the Ivy League in 3-pointers made (22) and fifth in 3-pointers per game (2.4).
Harvard features four double-figure scorers to open the year in a group that includes senior guard Chandler Piggé (14.7 points per game), sophomore guard Robert Hinton (13.9), junior forward Thomas Batties II (12.2), and sophomore guard Tey Barbour (12.1).
Harvard is 5-4 this season and 24-33 on the road over the past five seasons.

Year Four Under Coach Martin

Massachusetts basketball enters its fourth season under head coach Frank Martin in 2025-26.
Martin and the Minutemen finished the 2024-25 season with 12 wins, including seven in conference play. Under Martin's tutelage guard Rahsool Diggins had a breakout senior season, averaging a team-high 16.8 points on his way to earning All-Atlantic 10 Third Team honors.
In 2023-24 Martin led the Minutemen to their best season since 2014, finishing with a 20-11 overall record and securing a top-four seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship.
Coach Martin started his time in Amherst by leading the Minutemen to their best record under a first-year head coach since 1996 and the Myrtle Beach Invitational title during the 2022-23 campaign.
Martin holds a 339-251 (.575) collegiate coaching mark, picking up 171 of his wins in 10 seasons at South Carolina while recording 117 wins in five seasons at Kansas State.
Head coach Frank Martin picked up his 300th collegiate coaching win on Jan. 25, 2023 with a 85-76 win over Richmond.

On The Bench

Head coach Frank Martin boasts a talented staff full of experienced assistants featuring three former head coaches, two former McDonald's All-Americans and a former NBA lottery pick.
Associate Head Coach Allen Edwards was the head coach of the Wyoming Cowboys from 2016-20. Edwards' teams recorded 60 wins over four seasons, including back-to-back 20-win campaigns.
Assistant Coach Matt Figger spent the last three seasons at UT Rio Grande Valley after four seasons leading Austin Peay.
Assistant Coach Brian Steele enters his second second UMass after spending time on head coach Frank Martin's staff at South Carolina. Steele was a three-year letter winner at South Carolina as a student-athlete and served as a student assistant during the 2015-16 season in addition to the 2016-17 Final Four campaign.
Director of Player Development Anthony Evans spent five seasons as the head coach at FIU following six years as the head coach at Norfolk State. At FIU, Evans' teams ranked in the top-10 percent nationally from 2015-17 in the NCAA Academic Progress Report and coached multiple Conference USA all-league and all-defensive players.
Director of Player Personnel Doug Edwards ed the Seminoles to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 1990-93. The Miami, Fla. Native scored 1,604 points in his career and is the only player at FSU to score 500 or more points in three consecutive seasons. Edwards earned All-SEC Second-Team honors as a senior before being drafted with the 15th overall pick by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1993 NBA Draft.
Coaches Allen Edwards, Matt Figger and Anthony Evans combined hold 360 wins and two coach of the year awards at the division I level.
Head Coach Frank Martin coached now associate head coach Allen Edwards and director of player personnel Doug Edwards at Miami Senior High School.

Up Next

The Minutemen take on in-state opponent UMass Lowell on Saturday, Dec. 6 with tip-off set for 4:00 p.m. in the Mullins Center. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with live updates and links available at umassathletics.com or @UMassMBB on X (Twitter).

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Players Mentioned

Marcus Banks Jr.

Rahsool Diggins

Daniel Hankins-Sanford