[4] Leaman guided Massachusetts to 217 wins, and coached players including Julius Erving, Al Skinner, Rick Pitino and Tom McLaughlin.

In his first game with the varsity team, a 90–85 win over Providence College, Erving scored 27 points and grabbed 28 rebounds.

The early 1970s teams featured players such as Erving, Al Skinner, and Rick Pitino.

Though Leaman's last season as coach of the men's team was 1978–79, he remained a key part of the UMass Athletic Department until he died in 2004.

After the 1995–96 season, Calipari left UMass for the NBA as the new head coach of the New Jersey Nets.

The sanctions, based on star Marcus Camby admitting he took money, clothes, and jewelry from an agent during the season, removed the Final Four from the record books.

In 2006–07, the Minutemen were co-champions of the Atlantic 10 (along with Xavier), reached the second round of the NIT, and finished with a record of 24–9.

In 2007–08, the Minutemen reached the NIT championship game where they lost to Ohio State 92–85 and finished with a record of 25–11.

[7] In 2011–12 the Minutemen appeared in the NIT after a successful season with a 22–11 record, reaching the semifinals, where they lost to Stanford.

[11] On March 31, the school announced they had hired Chattanooga head coach Matt McCall.

[13] His overall record at UMass finished at 61-82, and the team failed to advance past the conference tournament's quarterfinal round in each of the five seasons.

UMass announced it had hired former University of South Carolina head coach Frank Martin on March 25, 2022.

Following the 2011–2012 season (in which UMass defeated the Eagles 82–46 in Chestnut Hill), Boston College discontinued the series in part due to changes to the ACC conference schedule and canceled their return trip to Amherst in late 2012.

[16] From 1996 to 2005, Massachusetts and Connecticut played in the "Mass Mutual U-Game", a reference to the two schools' nicknames, UMass and UConn, respectively.

Several Massachusetts alumni have gone on to play in the NBA: Five former players and one coach have had their names hung on banners in the rafters of the Mullins Center.