As an alum and current employee of the University of Massachusetts, I feel the need to respond to recent criticism regarding athletics at the university.I’d like to offer an alternative perspective. First I would like to point out that the budget.
As an alum and current employee of the University of Massachusetts, I feel the need to respond to recent letters to the editor regarding athletics at the university.I’d like to offer an alternative perspective to two recent letters. First I would like.
so close to, decided to retire for medical reasons and he didn t talk to you about it directly. he just made the announcement. i remember i was walking to my dorm, and i got a text saying man, i heard your coach is retiring. i m like, what? i was like, no, you re lying, rumors. it was a tough time too, because the program was going through a lot. the ncaa didn t let you guys play in last year s tournament because the academic threshold that the program had reached wasn t up to the right standards. so a lot of players said you know what? coach is leaving, can t play in the ncaa tournament. you had players transfer and leave early for the nba. what conversations did you have about all that? in the beginning, i didn t know what was going on. i was definite lly flustered. what role did your promise to your mom play in that decision? it played a lot. the least i could do is keep my promise to my mom, make my mom
welcome back. i m rachel nichols. we ve been bringing you the stories behind the scenes here at the ncaa tournament. billy donovan is just 48 years old. but he s one of the most experienced coaches in the sport. he first played at the elite two titles.as a coach he s won - but before he goes for his third this weekend, he sat down to talk to unguarded. welcome back to the final four. there s kids out there who just know you as a coach. but most of us remember you at providence, billy the kid, had that great exciting run to the final four. but then you lost. what did you learn from that experience that you can teach your kids now? i remember running out of the locker room and there being 70,000 people in the superdome. i think it was very, very overwhelming, exciting. there was a different feeling because we were this cinderella team, we were an eight seed, and