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Maryland received 22 of 23 first-place votes (one went to Connecticut). Top 5 & ACC teams: 1. Maryland 2. Connecticut 3. UC Santa Barbara 4. Notre Dame 5. New Mexico 8. North Carolina 16. Wake Forest 17. NC State

ESPN Insider article previewing the upcoming football season and team.

Guess that explains all of the assistants bolting. Maybe they got a heads up from someone? Regardless, I thought Tech had underachieved a lot under Greenberg, but maybe their lack of NCAA Tourney appearances has more to do with the fact that it's hard to achieve success in basketball at a football school. It will be interesting to see who they hire to replace him and how others view the Va. Tech job - it's ACC, but you're definitely at a football school. Should be interesting.

I'll be on WBAL 1090 AM tonight around 8:30 PM to talk everything Terps with Qadry Ismail. Tune in if you're in the area or visit the link above and then click on the "listen live" button.

If you're in the Baltimore area, tune into 1300 AM tonight and listen to me talk with Bruce Posner of terptalk.com. We had to record the show last night, but it will be airing tonight. We talked about the WVU game, ACC Expansion, and the upcoming basketball season. If you're not in Baltimore, you can listen online by clicking here and then clicking on the "listen live" button. Also, be sure to check out Bruce's site at www.TerpTalk.com. He's been a dear friend to us at Testudo Times and he's a fantastic sports guy. So please show him some love, okay?

Hmm...I wonder the last time Maryland won two player of the week awards like this? Jordan pulls in his 1st (of what we hope is many) ACC player of the week awards. "For the week, the sophomore center averaged 21.0 points, 13.7 rebounds and shot .522 from the floor, extending his double-double streak to five- straight games dating back to last season." Lets keep those stats up, Jordan.

Make sure to check the link above to see Fridge's interview from ACC Media Day, live.