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By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SPRINGFIELD — John Calipari wrapped an arm around Dave Hixon as he introduced the longtime Amherst College men’s basketball coach to Michigan State coach Tom Izzo.Their time in Amherst overlapped when Calipari was at UMass. Hixon coached at Amherst...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SPRINGFIELD — Basketball gave Dave Hixon everything he could ask for. When the longtime Amherst College men’s coach retired in 2020, his former players and friends made him an hour and a half long video thanking him for his impact on their lives.“I...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The Amherst College men’s basketball coaches’ office door swung open. Then-assistant Matt Goldsmith felt the timing inopportune.He, David Hixon and the rest of the staff were elbows deep in preparing for a massive weekend of games against rivals...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Rumors of The Shot circulated as early as Monday’s arrival, a tradition deeply rooted at Dave Hixon’s Western Mass Basketball Camp at Amherst College.On Friday, the camp’s final day, all of the coaches gathered the campers. Each coach and counselor...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Dave Hixon always wore a suit to Amherst College’s men’s basketball games but never coached in it. He walked out of the locker room to cheers in LeFrak Gymnasium and banter on the road, shook his counterpart’s hand and chatted during shootaround. Once...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Two New England basketball coaching legends will welcome one of their own to the hall of fame.Three-time national champion longtime UConn coach Jim Calhoun and former UMass coach John Calipari, now at Kentucky, will present Amherst College’s Dave...