UMass out to win respect
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University of Massachusetts football coach Don Brown has eschewed comparisons between the school's 1998 national championship team and the current edition, which will play Appalachian State tonight for the Division 1 Football Championship Subdivision (formerly 1-AA) national title.
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ORONO, Maine - You could call it focused, efficient, dominant. All of those adjectives aptly describe the effort put forth by third-ranked Massachusetts in yesterday's 38-7 trouncing of Maine before 6,617 at Alfond Stadium.
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What would have been the most excruciating kind of loss turned into the most exhilarating kind of win last night for the University of Massachusetts men&#39;s basketball team.
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AMHERST -- On a post-card-perfect New England day -- sun sparkling, foliage nearing its peak -- the University of Massachusetts football team delivered a fall classic. Dominating all aspects of the game, the Minutemen rolled to a 48-7 victory over William &amp; Mary yesterday .
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Massachusetts, which beat Division 1-AA runner-up Colgate earlier this year, gets a shot at the 2003 champion today when Delaware comes to McGuirk Stadium for an Atlantic 10 matchup of nationally ranked teams.
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Don't believe the hype. That's the message University of Massachusetts football coach Don Brown gave his team yesterday, as it arrived here for the NCAA Division 1 Subdivision Championship game (better known as the Division 1-AA final). The Minutemen will square off against defending national champion Appalachian State tomorrow (8 p.m.) at Finley Stadium.
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AMHERST - After pausing for a week of final exams, the University of Massachusetts Minutemen submitted to an eminently manageable test last night in the form of the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils. They wound up passing with flying colors, if not quite acing it, coming away with a 79-55 victory.
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The University of Massachusetts made its Atlantic 10 opener yesterday one for the record books, blowing out Rhode Island, 91-53, for its most points in 27 years and its best offensive output ever in 14 years of playing at the Mullins Center in Amherst.
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There's a sophomore at UMass-Boston with a familiar last name and the scoring touch to match it.
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While the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team didn't qualify for the tournament it had hoped for, the senior-led Minutemen will play on, hosting Alabama in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament tomorrow night at 9:30 (ESPN).
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AMHERST -- They're talented but inexperienced, so flawless play is a bit much to expect of the University of Massachusetts Minutemen at this stage of the season.
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The University of Massachusetts knows the feeling. It was glad Boston College experienced it last night.
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In many ways, the University of Massachusetts seemed to be in over its head in the semifinals of the NCAA men's soccer tournament Friday night in Cary, N.C. But the Minutemen remained composed while being badly outplayed by Ohio State, then rallied to produce some threatening sequences in the second half of a 1-0 loss.
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Sudbury&#39;s Betty Zheng, a senior assistant captain on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology women&#39;s ice hockey team, will always remember MIT&#39;s Dec. 3 game against Chatham (Pa.
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On a picture-perfect afternoon, the University of Massachusetts football team presented coach Don Brown with the perfect opening game.
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When UMass forward Stephen Werner scans the Boston College lineup, other than 6-foot-7-inch Brian Boyle and 6-4 Andrew Alberts, he doesn't see many musclemen who can win one-on-one struggles or bump bodies with the bigger boys in Hockey East.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Eight faux Minutemen, complete with tricornered hats, stand sentry by the field at Gillette Stadium, ready to fire their muskets after each Revolution goal. They served as an appropriate backdrop, last night, for the Revolution's three-goal assault in the first half.