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UMBC men’s basketball coach Jim Ferry, who just completed the final season of a five-year contract and led the Retrievers to America East regular-season and tournament titles, says he “100 percent” wants to return and expects to have conversations about his future shortly.
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UMBC men’s basketball will face Howard in the First Four play-in round of the NCAA Tournament in Dayton on March 17, creating a Baltimore-D.C. battle for the right to play No. 1 seed Michigan in Buffalo two days later.
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UMBC defeated Vermont, 74-59, in the America East championship game on March 14, with crunch-time magic from DJ Armstrong Jr. sending the Retrievers to the Big Dance for the third time in program history.
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After two seasons at New Haven, UMBC guard Jah’Likai King has quickly adapted to the Div. I level, and the Retrievers are one win away from the NCAA Tournament. “I feel like we just built everything from Day 1 and we just grinded it out and believed in ourselves. Now we’re here.”
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After a disappointing 2024-25 season, Ace Valentine took UMBC men’s basketball HC Jim Ferry’s tough love to heart, and it has paid off. “I wanted to try to turn this program around and stuff like that,” Valentine said. And now the Retrievers are two wins away from the NCAA Tournament.
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Even with nine newcomers to the team, UMBC men’s basketball quickly came together on and off the court and now sits at 14-8 overall and 7-2 in the America East. “We’re really unselfish,” transfer wing DJ Armstrong Jr. said. “It’s not just a saying. We live by it.”
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With more size on the roster than in years past, UMBC men’s basketball head coach Jim Ferry has embraced a new style of play in his fifth season with the Retrievers.
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UMBC men’s basketball junior Ace Valentine talked with PressBox about what he learned from his high school coach, why he loves playing for his college coach and more.
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One of nine newcomers on this year’s UMBC men’s basketball squad, DJ Armstrong Jr. hit the game-winning shot for the Retrievers to cap a wild ending at Morgan State. “It felt great to get a dub for the guys,” Armstrong said.
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UMBC men’s basketball coach Jim Ferry says improving the team’s rebounding was an offseason focus. “It’s something that was a weakness that’s going to turn into a strength of ours this year,” Ferry said.
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