Some Midnight Madness Thoughts

Sean Mosley looks good in a Terps uniform.  I think this kid is going to be good. Real good.  He just seems to have that confidence, swagger about him.

Braxton Dupree looks like a totally different person.  After losing 20 pounds of fat, Dupree looks more like a power forward than a center. Apparently, he is one of the leaders now in the suicides that the team runs during practice.

Eric Hayes is going back to running the point. I think this is a good move for the Terps as Hayes never seemed to be conferrable as the 2 guard last year. 

Dave Neal is still fat.  But I think he's a funny, good character guy to have on the roster and he'll get minutes this year. He kind of reminds me of Kevin Millar, the first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles. 

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Sweet ride by Gary.  Coach Williams' ride into Comcast was a sweet Under Armor tank/hummer police car thing, and it was awesome.

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The new uniforms look pretty good...not sure entirely if I like them yet or not.  There is at least a red (away), white (home) and back (alternate).  Not sure if they'll have the yellow jerseys again, which I love. 

Dino Gregory looked good. He had a great 1 handed ally-oop slam, nailed a 3, and look much more confident then he did at any point on the court last year. Look for him to possibly be getting more playing time then I expected. 

No Jin Soo Kim sighting. I know he can't participate in anything until he is officially cleared by the NCAA but I didn't see him anywhere in Comcast. 

Here is a good quote from Gary Williams that I'll leave you with:

"We'll prove how good we are. Nobody is going to tell us how good we are before we play a game.  I don't know if it's this area or what, but it seems a lot of times people like to put you into a compartment before you have a chance to play a game. We'll see.  We'll see what happens. I like these guys.  I like the way they work." 

I think Gary is right. Preseason polls are stupid and 90% of the time don't mean squat. I expect this team to surprise a lot of people this year. What do you think Terp fans?