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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 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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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 believes the Retrievers have become a “different team” with the benefit of a seven-game homestand, which concluded with a 92-69 win against Morgan State on Nov. 27.
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Tiffany D. Tucker will be UMBC’s sixth athletics director since the school’s founding in 1966.
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UMBC volleyball is hosting Maui Wildfire Awareness Night on Nov. 10 as part of Aysia Miller’s efforts to bring attention to the situation and how the wildfires affected her community.
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With a fourth straight America East title, UMBC softball is back in the NCAA Tournament. And for senior Madison Wilson, this season was a chance to honor her father, who passed away in August 2022. “He wanted me to follow my dreams,” Wilson said. “… That’s exactly what I did.”
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Five years after leading UMBC to the first 16-over-1 upset in men’s NCAA Tournament history, Ryan Odom says he still feels the love and support from fans back in Maryland.
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On March 16, 2018, UMBC defeated Virginia, 74-54, in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, becoming the first No. 16 seed to knock off a No. 1 seed in men’s tournament history.
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Stan “The Fan” Charles and Gary Stein talk with UMBC men’s soccer’s Anthony Adams about taking over the head coaching job, his vision for the future of the program and continuing Pete Caringi’s legacy.
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