Maryland Minute 3.7.10 - Terps Prepare for ACC Tournament
by Ben Broman on Mar 7, 2010 9:40 PM EST
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PrintTerps' Schedule in Place, Getting Some Rest
Took off today and Monday, they'll practice on Tuesday. That's good, I think they need a little break.
Clearing Up the Coat Toss
I know there was some argument surrounding it, so here's the clarification: Bennett's coat toss was in response to the officials, Gary's was in response to his own team's play.
Palm Has Maryland as a 4
The last four, granted, but a four nonetheless. The three seed is closer than ever.
RealTimeRPI Bracketology - Terps a 5
I'll take it for now, though it does seem low.
Official ACCT Bracket Unveiled
Little bit prettier than mine.
Breaking Down Terrell Stoglin - AZ Cetnral
This sounds good.
Stoglin is a true point guard who is tailor-made for the ACC. He brings great court command. He is so good at finding the open man. He has an excellent chance starting as a freshman. His court IQ, savvy are ACC-ready now. He'll go into places like Duke and North Carolina and not be intimidated one bit. The crowd noise will only make him better. He is great at pulling up for the soft jumper. He has a beautiful jump shot and unfailing confidence. To me, he's a bigger version of former UA point guard Damon Stoudamire. Too bad Stoglin's prep career coincided with the coaching turmoil at UA. He always had UA on his radar, but Maryland's Gary Williams will look smart by taking a chance on him.
Honestly, Stoglin doesn't get enough credit, and I'm partially to blame for that. It's easy to forget about him, but he's probably the second best player we're bringing in.
Sweep! Maryland Baseball Wins 4 in a Row, First Series Sweep of the Season
Erik Bakich working his magic against...Hofstra.
Look, no one said it would be easy this year. Just enjoy possibly having a future in this sport.
DeMatha's Coach on Delonte Morton
Bill McGregor speaks on Maryland's latest commitment:
"The day before he committed," McGregor said, "he came and I asked him, 'If you had your druthers, and you could go anywhere you wanted, where would you want to go?' He said, 'Well, there are three places.' One was Maryland, he said two was Pitt and he said the third was Oregon. I said, 'I don't want to burst your bubble, but Oregon's not going to recruit you. They never come this far east. Pitt hasn't offered, but they want to see you and you can go there [this summer]. Right now you do have an offer from Maryland.' And he said, 'Coach, I'm thinking about that. I just may take that.' And then he went to the [Maryland-Duke basketball game] on Wednesday and committed to them."
We beat out a team that won't recruit him and a team that wasn't recruiting him! Hey, I'll take 'em how I get 'em. He's going to be good.
"He's just the type of kid that you bring in. You just take him," McGregor said. "If he doesn't make it offensively, you know he can play defensively for you right now. ... Everyone just wanted to make sure he was OK. He didn't go out to other one-day camps. [If he played last year] he would be very, very highly recruited."
Clifton Richardson "Soft Commits" to UVA
I really like Richardson, so I don't like that he soft committed anywhere, but seriously, who goes out of their way to say "I might go to your school,'? I mean, UVA is his only visit to my knowledge, no surprise he'd enjoy it the most.
On this note, I've updated the football recruiting database with a bunch more recruits, and I'm halfway through a more aesthetic, direct display. Pretty impressive, if I do say so myself.
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Great job! Also, im umped for Stoglin. Who you think is better then Stog? You said second.
Parker
So smooth, can do so much well. Has a chance to be special, IMO. Also has a chance to be Mike Jones, but I’ll be optimistic for now.
Parker
has to learn to work harder. I hope he gets to College Park and digs in. Your right, he has great potential, just hope he does the work.
Parrish has us
at #19. Not bad for a guy who has been doing his best to hate on us all year. Should be close to what we are in the polls but hopefully closer to 15
I want that 3 seed
I think it is definitely a strong possibility if we can just get to the final ACC tournament game and play fairly well.
Gary Williams for President!
Jordan Williams freshman Manbeast
WIN the ACC Tournament we have a 3
…Final we are probably a 4…I’d love a 4 but I really think that the way this team is playing, we have a solid shot at cutting down the nets in the ACCT.
Loving this momentum and probably would be heartbroken if we lost on Friday…GO TERPS…
Every game will be tough.
I don’t see an easy win in this tournament, unless a big upset happens early. The bottom teams, are the bottom teams, but any of the middle teams could beat anyone if they bring it that day. We need some of that magic we have displayed lately to continue.
Gary Williams for President!
Jordan Williams freshman Manbeast
First Rounder
Being the ACC Tourney, yea, nothing will come easily. But have any of you guys checked out what’s going on over at “”http://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/" target="new">Rumble Seat?" They’re pretty much writing this season off. Fans not really turning out for games, Hewitt looking dejected on the sideline…yikes.
I think if we should be able to handle whichever team comes through from that 7/10 game pretty handily.
Their season may be done after the ACC Tourney, unless you count the NIT, which isn't a given they will participate.
That could be cause for writing off the rest of the season, however, if the ACC tourney is the only thing left to play for, they may show up. Not to be an alarmist, I just won’t take any of these games as a given.
Gary Williams for President!
Jordan Williams freshman Manbeast
Which is insane
And Duke is still #4. You can’t have it both ways. Either Duke has to drop lower than 4 because they lost to us, or we have to move up higher than 19th if Duke really is the 4th best team in the country. God, the Duke bias is ridiculous!!!! Thankfully, though, the seedings in the tournament are usually fair and have nothing to do with the polls. Glad I don’t care about college football, or this stuff would really drive me nuts.
Shafted again!
It’s starting to be a joke of how little respect we get, but whatever hopefully it is a motivating factor heading into the ACC tourney and into the NCAA
Bad ranking!
We are no question a Top 15 team and there is no justifing how Duke did not drop from #4. Oh well, I like to No Respect motivation tool for Gary. It’s worked so far boys! Let’s keep this train rolling to the promise land!
Bracketology 101...
Has us as a 4 seed, bumping Vandy down to a 5 after their home loss to SC. I would give Baylor a 4 and Tennessee a 5, but otherwise their 1-4 seeds look pretty spot on to me. (Caveat: I still refuse to believe New Mexico is one of the 12 best teams in the country, but it’s hard to argue with their winning streak)
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