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University of Maine
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America East Conference
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Blake James
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Maine
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8 men, 9 women teams
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Morse Field
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Harold Alfond Arena
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Bananas T Bear
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Black Bears
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Dark blue
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The University of Maine are the athletic teams which represent the
University Of Maine . They compete in
NCAA Division 1 athletics, with the majority of the teams playing in the
America East Conference . The only exceptions are the
Ice Hockey program, Maine's most successful program, which competes in
Hockey East , and the football program, which, starting in with the 2007 season will compete in the
Colonial Athletic Association .
The University of Maine's men's ice hockey program was inducted in
1977 . The team has seen plenty of succes, having won the Hockey East title 5 times, appearing in 11
Frozen Four s, and winning 2
National Championships . The Black Bears compete in the
Hockey East conference, a very competitive conference including teams such as
Boston College ,
Boston University and
UNH . The program has produced many professional ice hockey players, such as
Paul Kariya ,
Eric Weinrich ,
Keith Carney ,
Garth Snow ,
Mike Dunham ,
Dustin Penner ,
Jimmy Howard and more. The team is best known for its 1992-1993 season, which it went nearly perfect, finishing with a record of 42-1-2. The team is also noted for its head coach
Shawn Walsh , who coached the team for 17 seasons. Walsh is credited with turning the team into such a successful program, as well as turning the
Alfond Arena into one of the most intimidating arenas in college hockey. Walsh died of
Renal Cell Carcinoma on
September 26 ,
2001 .
Maine's
Football team competes in the
Colonial Athletic Association . Previous to the 2007 season, the team competed in the
Atlantic 10 Conference . The football program has produced a few professional football players, such as
Pro Bowl Linebacker Lofa Tatupu , who transferred to
USC after his freshmen year,
Center Mike Flynn , and
Defensive Back Brandon McGowan . The team also received brief publicity when the
Oakland Raiders selected
Wide Receiver Kevin McMahan as the last player in the
2006 NFL Draft , affectionately known as
Mr. Irrelevant .
The university's
Basketball team, as well as all other sports teams, participate in the
America East Conference . The men's team has experienced some recent success. The current
Clemson University head coach
Jack Leggett also attended the university, as well as current
NBA head coach
Rick Carlisle .
The
Women's Basketball team is particularly noted for producing one-time
WNBA player
Cindy Blodgett , who also served as an assistant coach at
Boston College and
Brown University .
On
May 23 ,
2007 , Blodgett was named the Head Coach of Maine's women's team.
Maine's baseball team has not been as successful as its football or hockey team, but it has produced some notable players, such as
Outfielder Mark Sweeney ,
Shortstop Mike Bordick , pitcher
Bill Swift , and
Manager Carl Merrill . Also, baseball icon
Ted Williams' only son,
John Henry Williams , attended the university.
The current radio broadcast rights to all U Maine sports are held by
Bangor, Maine ESPN Radio affiliate
WZON . TV coverage includes Bangor's
WABI-TV (Most home football and basketball games and some hockey games).
NESN also carries select hockey and basketball games (from
American East TV and
ESPN Plus ). During the school year ''Black Bear Weekly'' is carried Sunday mornings on WABI.
In 2006 the University sold the advertising rights to athletic events to
Missouri based Learfield Sports. Starting with the fall 2007 sports season,
WVOM and
WGUY will split radio coverage, WGUY carrying men's and women's basketball and select baseball and softball games and WVOM carrying football and hockey broadcasts. However on
June 14 it was announced
WWBX could replace WGUY if WGUY is sold off seperatley as part of
Clear Channel Communications sale to
GoodRadio.TV LLC .
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''National Championships''
- 1993, 1999
''Conference Titles''
Hockey East - 1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004
America East - 1990, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2005, 2006
America East - 2004
America East - 1994, 2004
Yankee Conference - 1949, 1951, 1952, 1961, 1965, 1974, 1982, 1987, 1989
Atlantic 10 - 2001, 2002
America East - 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004
America East - 1995
University Of Maine
