2020–21 UMass Minutemen basketball team

2020–21 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	† 2021 A10 Tournament winner ; As of February 6, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

UMass Minutemen basketball
2020–21 UMass Minutemen basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2020–21 record	7–5 (6–2 A–10)
Head coach	Matt McCall (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Tyson Wheeler; Tony Bergeron; Lucious Jordan;
Home arena	Mullins Center

The 2020–21 UMass Minutemen basketball team represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen are led by fourth-year head coach Matt McCall and 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 2019–20 season 14–17, 8–10 in A-10 play to finish in eighth place. Their season ended when the A-10 Tournament and all other postseason tournaments were canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.[1][2]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
John Buggs	0	G	6' 2“	185	Freshman	Homer, LA	Entered transfer portal; missed final 27 games of previous season due to torn ACL.
Sy Chatman	1	F	6' 8“	200	Sophomore	Saint Paul, MN	Transferred to Illinois State
C.J. Jackson	3	G/F	6'6"	185	Freshman	Atlanta, GA	Transferred to Florida SouthWestern State College
Keon Clergeot	4	G	6'1“	185	Junior	Winter Haven, FL	Transferred to Southeastern Louisiana
Samba Diallo	5	F	6'7“	195	Sophomore	Rufisque, Senegal	Transferred to Manhattan
Sean East	10	G	6'3“	185	Freshman	Louisville, KY	Transferred to Bradley
Djery Baptiste	11	C	6' 10“	245	RS Senior	Gonaives, Haiti	Graduated
Davonté Higginbottom	20	G	6'1“	175	Senior	Mattapan, MA	Graduated
Randall West	31	F	6'4"	220	Senior	Moorestown, NJ	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Mark Gasperini	10	C	6'10"	255	Graduate Student	Moscow, Russia	Graduate transfer from American
Noah Fernandes	11	G	5'11"	175	Sophomore	Mattapoisett, MA	Transferred from Wichita State. NCAA transfer rules mandate that he sit out 2020-21, but he was granted a legislative relief waiver and was therefore immediately eligible for the 2020-21 season.

2020 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Dyondre Dominguez #4 F	Providence, RI	Woodstock Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Feb 29, 2020
Dyondre Dominguez #4 F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Ronnie DeGray III #13 F	Parker, CO	Woodstock Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Apr 6, 2020
Ronnie DeGray III #13 F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Javohn Garcia #1 G	Pickerington, OH	Brewster Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oct 18, 2019
Javohn Garcia #1 G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A
Cairo McCrory #5 G	Hartford, CT	Woodstock Academy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Aug 2, 2019
Cairo McCrory #5 G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A
Ryan Marcus #20 G	Wakefield, MA	Wakefield Memorial	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	N/A
Ryan Marcus #20 G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A
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: "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 12, 2020.

Roster

2020–21 UMass Minutemen men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Brady Antonopoulos (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Sr	Quaboag Regional HS	West Brookfield, MA
G	1	Javohn Garcia	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Brewster Academy	Pickerington, OH
G/F	2	Preston Santos	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Woodstock Academy	Providence, RI
G	3	Kolton Mitchell	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Victory Rock Prep	Fort Myers, FL
F	4	Dyondre Dominguez	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Woodstock Academy	Providence, RI
G	5	Cairo McCrory	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Woodstock Academy	Hartford, CT
C	10	Mark Gasperini	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	GS	Brimmer and May American	Moscow, Russia
G	11	Noah Fernandes	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Woodstock Academy Wichita State	Mattapoisett, MA
G	12	Carl Pierre	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Boston College HS	Boston, MA
F	13	Ronnie DeGray III	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Woodstock Academy	Parker, CO
G	20	Ryan Marcus	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Wakefield Memorial HS	Wakefield, MA
G	23	T.J. Weeks	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Fr	Bishop Hendricken Catholic HS Woodstock Academy	Warwick, RI
F	24	Dibaji Walker	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Woodstock Academy Cleveland State	Columbus, OH
C	33	Tre Mitchell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	Woodstock Academy	Pittsburgh, PA

Head coach

Matt McCall (Chattanooga)

Assistant coach(es)

Tony Bergeron (Woodstock Academy)
Tyson Wheeler (Fairfield)
Lucious Jordan (Albany (NY))

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
December 11, 2020* 1:30 pm, NESN	Northeastern	W 94–79	1–0	Mullins Center Amherst, MA
December 13, 2020* 12:00 pm, NESN	at Northeastern	L 75–78	1–1	Cabot Center Boston, MA
December 21, 2020* 4:00 pm, NESN	Bryant	L 88–93	2–2	Mullins Center Amherst, MA
A-10 regular season
December 16, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at La Salle	W 85–66	2–1 (1–0)	Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
December 30, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+	George Mason	L 92–93 ^2OT	2–3 (1–1)	Mullins Center Amherst, MA
January 2, 2021 6:30 pm, NBCSN	at Saint Louis Postponed due to COVID-19 issues			Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
January 6, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at George Washington Postponed due to the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol			Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C.
January 9, 2021 4:00 pm, NBCSN	La Salle	W 80–78	3–3 (2–1)	Mullins Center Amherst, MA
January 13, 2021 1:00 pm	Rhode Island	W 80–77 ^OT	4–3 (3–1)	Mullins Center Amherst, MA
January 17, 2021 2:30 pm, NBCSN	at Fordham	W 65–46	5–3 (4–1)	Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY
January 20, 2021	Saint Louis Postponed due to COVID-19 issues			Mullins Center Amherst, MA
January 24, 2021 12:00 pm, CBSSN	Davidson	L 60–69	5–4 (4–2)	Mullins Center Amherst, MA
January 30, 2021 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at George Mason Postponed due to COVID-19 issues			EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
February 3, 2021 6:00 pm, NESN/ESPN+	Fordham	W 60–54	6–4 (5–2)	Mullins Center Amherst, MA
February 6, 2021 8:00 pm, ESPN2	at Rhode Island	W 75–63	7–4 (6–2)	Ryan Center Kingston, RI
February 9, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPNU	Dayton			Mullins Center Amherst, MA
February 12, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at VCU			Siegel Center Richmond, VA
February 14, 2021 2:00 pm, NBCSN	St. Bonaventure			Mullins Center Amherst, MA
February 20, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Duquesne			UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
February 24, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Saint Joseph's			Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
March 3, 2021 6:00 pm, NESN/ESPN+	Richmond			Mullins Center Amherst, MA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source[3]

References

Myerberg, Paul. "ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 among major college basketball tournaments cancelled amid coronavirus". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
"NCAA cancels March Madness tournaments, all other winter and spring championships". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
"2020–21 Men's Basketball Schedule". UMass Minutemen Athletics.

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[1] Myerberg, Paul. "ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 among major college basketball tournaments cancelled amid coronavirus". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-12-06.

[2] "NCAA cancels March Madness tournaments, all other winter and spring championships". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-12-06.

[3] "2020–21 Men's Basketball Schedule". UMass Minutemen Athletics.

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Rivalries	Boston College
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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2020–21 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
St. Bonaventure	7	–	2	.778	9	–	2	.818
Davidson	6	–	2	.750	10	–	5	.667
VCU	6	–	2	.750	13	–	4	.765
UMass	6	–	2	.750	7	–	4	.636
Richmond	4	–	2	.667	10	–	4	.714
Dayton	7	–	4	.636	11	–	5	.688
Duquesne	6	–	5	.545	7	–	6	.538
Rhode Island	6	–	7	.462	9	–	11	.450
La Salle	5	–	7	.417	8	–	11	.421
George Mason	4	–	6	.400	8	–	8	.500
George Washington	2	–	3	.400	3	–	9	.250
Saint Louis	1	–	2	.333	8	–	3	.727
Fordham	2	–	9	.182	2	–	9	.182
Saint Joseph's	0	–	9	.000	1	–	14	.067

† 2021 A10 Tournament winner As of February 6, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll