Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Wednesday--June 6th, 2012

Matty V. says Hafis Williams and Michael Cox are officially Minutemen.

UMass Athletic Dept news release on Williams and Cox here.

Jeff Thomas says William and Cox will join 70 Minutemen who are staying in Anherst this summer to participate in the team's off season conditioning program.

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Michigan is not happy about playing their contract game at UConn in front of 40,000 people.

The Wolverine's AD is Dave Brandon. Hey Mr. Brandon! UMass has beautiful Gillette Stadium. 68,756 seats! Mr. Brandon! Over here! We'll take a twofer contract!



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Speaking of UConn, SB Nation Blog says the Huskies are fending off the malaise.

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Phil Steele has an article on teams he expects to do better and to do worse in 2012. Indiana, Central Michigan and UConn are up teams. Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Ball State are down teams.

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OT, but Yahoo Sports says UMass hoops gets a favorable A10 schedule next year.

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