Terps Basketball
Terps Aiming For First Sweet 16 Since 2016
Thursday’s matchup with East Region 11-seed Belmont represented a significant challenge — and opportunity — for Mark Turgeon’s Maryland Terrapins. Having not won a postseason tournament game since the second round of the 2016 NCAA tournament, the task of facing a...
2019 NCAA Tournament: Maryland’s Prospects
It has been an interesting week for the Maryland Terrapins basketball team. Less than a week ago they were bounced unceremoniously out of the Big Ten tournament by a depleted Nebraska Cornhusker team that they had handled twice during the regular season. Their...
Maryland Big Ten Tournament Preview
Maryland’s seed for the 2019 Big Ten tournament was not known until around 6:30 PM Eastern Sunday, as Wisconsin managed to beat Ohio State in overtime after blowing a 23-point second half lead. As a result the Badgers will be the 4-seed in Chicago and Maryland the...
In Praise of Bruno Fernando
If it feels like the narrative of the Maryland basketball season has changed over the past few weeks, it has. In the seven plus weeks since Christmas the Terps have gone 10-3 and gone head to head against most of the rest of the Big Ten Conference heavyweights and...
Terps Welcome Purdue Tuesday Night
After splitting the first two games of this pivotal five-game stretch, losing at then-No. 24 Wisconsin before handling Nebraska, No. 24 Maryland returns to action Tuesday night when No. 12 Purdue visits the Xfinity Center. The two teams have already met once this...
Terps Begin Pivotal Stretch in Madison
Just three days after suffering its worst loss of the season to date, No. 21 Maryland (17-5, 8-3 Big Ten) rebounded Tuesday night with a 70-52 win over Northwestern. The result, which Maryland essentially sealed during the first ten minutes of the second half, ended a...
Terps Basketball: Maryland at Michigan State Tomorrow; Enjoy This!
I remember some 25 years ago or so when Oriole Icon Cal Ripken Jr. was asked about his hitting thoughts while he was in the midst of a 20 game hitting streak and he looked at the reporter and said, ‘do I have to analyze it? Can’t I just enjoy it’? That’s pretty much...
Terps Host Badgers in Critical Big Ten Matchup; Maryland can make a statement Monday night
Winners of five straight games, the most recent being a home win over No. 22 Indiana Friday night, Maryland (14-3, 5-1) has a quick turnaround to navigate as Wisconsin (11-5, 3-2) visits the Xfinity Center Monday night. With Michigan and Michigan State currently atop...