2017–18 UMass Minutemen basketball team

2017–18 UMass Minutemen men's basketball

Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2017–18 record	0–0 (0–0 A-10)
Head coach	Matt McCall (1st season)
Assistant coach	Cliff Warren
Assistant coach	Rasheen Davis
Assistant coach	Peter Gash
Home arena	William D. Mullins Memorial Center

2017–18 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Davidson	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Dayton	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Duquesne	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Fordham	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
George Mason	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
George Washington	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
La Salle	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Richmond	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Rhode Island	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Saint Joseph's	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Saint Louis	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
St. Bonaventure	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UMass	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
VCU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–


† 2018 A10 Tournament winner As of March 15, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017–18 UMass Minutemen basketball team will represent the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen, will be led by first-year head coach Matt McCall and will play their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center in Amherst, Massachusetts as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Previous season

The Minutemen finished the 2016–17 season 15-18, 4-14 in A-10 play to finish in a 12th place. They defeated Saint Joseph's in the first round of the A-10 Tournament before losing to St. Bonaventure.

On March 9, 2017, the school fired head coach Derek Kellogg after nine years and a 155–137 record.^[1] Shortly after Kellogg was fired, the school announced that Winthrop head coach Pat Kelsey had been hired as the new head coach at UMass.^[2] However, shortly before the press conference to announce his hiring, Kelsey announced he would not accept the position.^[3] On March 31, the school announced they had hired Chatanooga head coach Matt McCall.^[4]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Zach Turcotte	34	F	6'7"	215	Senior	Boxford, MA	Graduation
Zach Lewis	1	G	6'3"	182	RS Junior	Windsor, CT	Elected to transfer.
Zach Coleman	14	F	6'7"	215	RS Junior	Dallas, TX	Elected to transfer.
Seth Berger	33	F	6'7"	214	RS Junior	Seattle, WA	Elected to transfer.
Donte Clark	0	G	6'4"	188	Junior	Chatham, VA	Declared for draft
DeJon Jarreu	3	G	6'5"	180	Freshmen	New Orleans, LA	Elected to transfer.
Brison Gresham	55	F/C	6'9"	210	Freshmen	New Orleans, LA	Elected to transfer.

2017 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Khalea Turner-Morris C	Reserve, LA	New Hampton School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	May 2, 2017
Khalea Turner-Morris C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN grade: 76
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "UMASS 2017 Player Commits". ESPN.com. "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Curtis Cobb	33	G	6'5"	185	Sophomore	Fall River, Massachusetts	Transferred from Fairfield. Under NCAA transfer rules, Cobb will have to sit out in the 2017–18 season. He will have two years of eligibility left.
Jaylen Brantley	1	G	5'11"	170	Senior	Springfield, Massachusetts	Transferred from Maryland. Graduate Transfer, eligible immediately.
Jonathan Laurent	4	SF	6'6"	216	Sophomore	Lakeland, FL	Transferred from Rutgers. Under NCAA transfer rules, Cobb will have to sit out in the 2017–18 season. He will have two years of eligibility left.

Roster

2017–18 UMass Minutemen men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	2	Pipkins, LuwaneLuwane Pipkins	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2.0 !So	Bogan HS	Chicago, IL
1.5 !G	4	McLean, UniqueUnique McLean	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1.0 !Fr	MacDuffie School	Brooklyn, NY
3.5 !F	5	Baldwin, ChrisChris Baldwin	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Notre Dame Prep	Springfield, MA
3.5 !F	10	Hines, MalikMalik Hines	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Murrah HS	Jackson, MS
1.5 !G	11	Miller, RayshawnRayshawn Miller (W)	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2.0 !So	Boston Latin Academy	Boston, MA
1.5 !G	23	Anderson, C. J.C. J. Anderson	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Whitehaven HS	Memphis, TN
3.5 !F	24	Flowers, TyrnTyrn Flowers	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Sacred Heart HS	Waterbury, CT
5.0 !C	45	Holloway, RashaanRashaan Holloway	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	335 lb (152 kg)	2.0 !So	Schalick HS	Elmer, NJ

Head coach

Matt McCall (Chattanooga)

Assistant coach(es)

Cliff Warren (Maryland)
Rasheen Davis (Virginia Commonwealth)
Peter Gash (Chattanooga)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2017 2:00 PM	at Harvard	Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA
11/19/2017	Niagara Barclays Center Classic campus site game	Mullins Center Amherst, MA
11/21/2017	Western Carolina Barclays Center Classic campus site game	Mullins Center Amherst, MA
11/24/2017	vs. Minnesota Barclays Center Classic	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
11/25/2017	vs. BYU Barclays Center Classic	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
A-10 regular season

A-10 Tournament
Mar 2018	vs.	Verizon Center Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

References

↑ "UMass fires basketball coach Derek Kellogg - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
↑ Thamel, Pete. "UMass to hire Winthrop's Pat Kelsey as head coach". SI.com. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
↑ "Pat Kelsey bails on UMass presser, turns down job at last minute, will remain at Winthrop". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
↑ "UMass hires Chattanooga's Matt McCall as new men's basketball coach". masslive.com. Retrieved 2017-07-26.

UMass Minutemen basketball
Venues	Drill Hall (1899–1931) Curry Hicks Cage (1931–1993) William D. Mullins Memorial Center (1993–present)
Rivalries	Boston College
Culture & lore	Sam the Minuteman "Fight Mass"
People	Head coaches Retired numbers
Seasons	1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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2017–18 UMass Minutemen basketball team

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

2017 recruiting class

Incoming transfers

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References