The UMass Basketball Podcast

In a recording of a Twitter Spaces from 1/22/23, Curry Hicks Sage addressed UMass Basketball Head Coach Frank Martin's recent comments.

Curry Hicks Sage takes your questions as a preview to the 2022 UMass Basketball Season!

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Curry Hicks Sage sits down with new UMass Men's Basketball Coach Frank Martin to discuss his background, the process in which he became the head coach of UMass and his philosophies on life and the game of basketball.

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Sage returns from a podcasting summer break to chat with legendary high school coach John Carroll, who recently stepped away from Northfield Mount Hermon after turning the Western Mass program into a national power. 

The two discuss Carroll’s philosophies on leadership, talent assessment and the New England basketball scene.

Curry Hicks Sage is joined by Former UMass All-American Tight End Adam Breneman to discuss the good and bad of NIL.

Recorded from a Twitter Spaces on 05/08/22

Curry Hicks Sage addresses the nation about how they can influence who gets hired as UMass' next head coach and discusses possible candidates.

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Sage talks with CBS Broadcaster and former UMass Head Coach Steve Lappas.

Interview begins at 14:15

Sage sits down with the head coach of your national champion UMass Minutemen hockey team, Greg Carvel.

Sage talks about the UMass Football Program and what to expect in 2021 with Michael Traini from 247Sports' Fight Massachusetts.

Curry Hicks Sage recaps what has been a long offseason so far and hits you with a mailbag!

Curry Hicks Sage sits down with UMass alum and WMUA icon Marc Bertrand!

Curry Hicks Sage talks the latest news in UMass Basketball, the departure of Tre Mitchell and more!

Curry Hicks Sage is back a few days late (my b) to talk UMass' return from a COVID hiatus

Curry Hicks Sage hits a quick few minutes on the UMass Athletics lockdown before talking about the URI game (recorded pre-lockdown)

Sage talks the Davidson game and takes your questions

Curry Hicks Sage chats with URI's Stone Freeman!

Curry Hicks Sage sits down with Dennis and Rich from the La Salle podcast "The Gola Standard"

Curry Hicks Sage calls an Emergency Podcast after UMass' loss to Bryant.

Curry Hicks Sage is here to chat about the Home and Homes with Northeastern and preview the A10 schedule!

Curry Hicks Sage talks with UMass Men's Basketball Head Coach Matt McCall on the eve of the 2020-21 season!

Sage sits down with Brittany Collens, the former UMass Tennis Player at the forefront of the UMass Tennis/NCAA situation.

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Curry Hicks Sage is joined by UMass Twitter Icon Zach Is God to preview the 2020 UMass Football Team! Sage also answers your question in the mailbag!

Thanks to your donations, our own Curry Hicks Sage talked with UMass Athletic Director Ryan Bamford!!

Curry Hicks Sage sits down with former Daily Collegian editor, 1995 UMass Graduate, Yahoo Sports Writer, Author and more Dan Wetzel!

Curry Hicks Sage sits down with UMass Football's Recruiting Coordinator and Tight Ends Coach Jon Bills!

It's here! It's finally here! Curry Hicks Sage sits down with former UMass Basketball Player Freddie Riley! He also answers your questions in the mailbag!

Our own Curry Hicks Sage sits down with UMass Football Head Coach Walt Bell!

Plus a mailbag and an update on the Freddie Riley episodes!

Our own Curry Hicks Sage sits down with the reigning Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, Tre Mitchell!

On this very special episode of The UMass Basketball Podcast, Sage goes down memory lane with Marty Dobrow, who literally wrote the book on UMass basketball. Dobrow covered the team throughout the glory years of the 1990s and wrote Going Big Time, a detailed account of the program’s history and its rise to national prominence under John Calipari. Highlights of the conversation include Dobrow touching on Rick Pitino’s UMass legacy (approximately 36:30-49:00), UMass completely captivating the state (approximately 53:00), the 94-95 year (approximately 1:03:00-1:06:00), Coach Cal’s eventual departure (approximately 1:12:00-1:17:00), the enigmatic brilliance of Sage’s favorite player Mike Williams (approximately 1:22:00-1:32:00), the magical memories of Giddel Padilla’s Final game (approximately 1:50:00-2:00:00) and much much more. Dobrow is a masterful storyteller and outstanding person who Sage has known since childhood. Sage apologizes for any shoddy audio, instances of over eagerly cutting Dobrow off, or excessive use of the word “like” when trying to put words to his most formative fandom memories. Enjoy it!

Sage was joined by Jay Burnham to talk all things UMass Athletics (19:50).

Eli Slovin also stopped by to announce his future collegiate plans (1:17:50)!

Curry Hicks Sage breaks down the rough call that ended the URI game and talks about what's to come for the young UMass team.

Curry Hicks Sage talks with Wayne Epps, Jr. from the Richmond Times-Dispatch about VCU/UMass (31:50) and takes your questions in the mailbag.

On the eve of the first top ten team in a long time coming to the Mullins Center, Curry Hicks Sage talked with A10 Twitter Contemporary Sully My Good Name about what his experiences have been like this season and what to expect from the matchup.

Sage talks with Coach Verdi about his journey to UMass, the process he took and the success his squad is currently experiencing!

For the first time, Curry Hicks Sage and Bennett are LIVE! This episode was recorded live on December 25th, 2019. The guys talked about the top moments of the decade for UMass Athletics and pick a new podcast logo!

Sage is back with a recap of the rough Harvard game!

Sage is back with a recap of the 5-0 start to the season and a preview of the matchup with defending champion Virginia!

The UMass Podcast is back! Curry Hicks Sage recaps the Northeastern game and takes your questions in the mailbag!

Sage is here with his season preview for the 2019-2020 UMass Basketball Season!

Sage talks to UMass Basketball Assistant Coach Tony Bergeron!

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Sage is back with Max Bitter of Fight Mass to rank the best arenas in Hockey East!

To skip to the start of the main topic, go to 17:00.

Rankings start at 29:00

Sage is back with Steve Buckley from The Athletic!

Curry Hicks Sage talks with James Kratch from NJ.com about the UMass/Rutgers game this weekend and answers your questions!

Curry Hicks Sage is back with an all-mailbag edition of the UMass Basketball Podcast!

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Sage is joined by UMass Twitter stalwart Zach Emery AKA ZachIsGod to preview the 2019 UMass Football Team and Season.

We'd also like to thank our sponsor, Five College Movers!

Sage is back, with Bob McGovern and some technical issues!

Curry Hicks Sage is back to discuss the Charley Molnar years of the UMass Football program. He's joined by a man who lived through it, Former UMass Quarterback AJ Doyle (9:09).

Sage is back! The season was a tough one and he documents just how rough it was for him. He starts with a sad story before breaking into some hockey talk (GO TO TD GARDEN THIS WEEKEND) and then a talk about the future of the program and where they go from here. Then he answers all your questions and more!

Sage is back answering YOUR questions!

Sage is back to preview the UMass matchup with George Mason! He also talked to the new voice of the Minutemen, Jay Burnham!