Terps Basketball
Terps WBB: Looking Ahead To The ’21-’22 Season
In the wake of her team’s stunning ouster from the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, Maryland coach Brenda Frese posted a photo of the players, all smiling on the Alamodome court in San Antonio. It’s a decidedly odd pose, given that the No.2 seeded Terps had just...
Maryland’s WBB Season Ends With Loss To Texas
That noted philosopher Mike Tyson famously observed that everyone has a plan until they get hit. The Texas women’s basketball team absorbed Maryland’s opening salvo in last night’s NCAA regional semifinal, slowed down the Terps’ vaunted transition game and held on to...
Maryland WBB vs. Texas Preview
On a warm late March night 32 years ago, the Maryland women’s basketball program took a big step towards forging an identity on the national stage by beating Texas on their home court in the NCAA tournament. The scenario is nearly identical to the one the current...
It’s All About Expectations
(Before I begin this article let me first thank the Players, Coaches, Support Staff and all those that made this season possible. Despite the enormous challenges due to Covid-19 the MD Men’s Basketball Program had ZERO positive Covid tests. That is amazing and a...
Maryland Beats Alabama; Texas Next
The slogan across the backs of pregame apparel worn by the Maryland women’s basketball reads “All Gas, No Brakes,” an allusion to the breakneck tempo at which the Terps want to play. In Wednesday’s pasting of Alabama in the second round of the NCAA tournament,...
Alabama Fires Past Maryland; Interesting Off-season Coming
The University of Maryland's '20-'21 season ended in the 2nd round of the '21 NCAA Tournament last night; as Alabama made 16 of their 33 attempts from 3, and controlled the boards in a decisive 96-77 victory over the Terps. I find myself having multiple conflicting...
Terps Women Beat Mt. St. Mary’s; Alabama Next
For the Maryland women’s basketball team, Wednesday’s second round meeting with Alabama will be like looking in a mirror. Not only will a group of Terps hoopsters face the Crimson Tide for chance to go to the Sweet 16 – two days after the men’s teams met under similar...
Scouting Maryland’s Round of 32 Matchup Vs. Alabama
So you pulled off the first-round upset over UConn. Congratulations, Terps. Your reward? A date in the Round of 32 with No. 2 seed Alabama — the SEC regular season and postseason champions. Led by former Buffalo head coach Nate Oats, the Crimson Tide has a top 40...