Recently, a new twitter account came into existence, called Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMD_Uniforms), came into existence and provided us with a nice visual history of Maryland's basketball uniforms. For your viewing convenience, we've captured some of the highlights below.
We'll start with Maryland's current uniforms:
Maryland Pride uniforms (white version): 2-1 overall (2-0 home ACC, 0-1 NIT tourney neutral site) pic.twitter.com/kwn9iU92CI
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 22, 2013
Maryland Pride uniforms (black): 2-2 overall (0-1 ACC, 1-1 ACC tourney, 1-0 NIT tourney) pic.twitter.com/3Sb0N6E0M2
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 22, 2013
Continuing the breakdown of 2012-13 uniforms...Maryland gold uniforms: 1-1 overall (1-0 non-ACC, 0-1 ACC) pic.twitter.com/s3ICHgaDWT
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 22, 2013
Maryland white uniforms: 13-1 overall (9-0 non-ACC, 4-1 ACC) pic.twitter.com/2EQY3rEwnD
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 22, 2013
Maryland black uniforms: 1-1 overall (1-0 at home, yes, home…0-1 on road) pic.twitter.com/Dtso7IhDbM
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 22, 2013
Maryland red uniforms: 3-4 overall (1-0 non-ACC, 2-4 ACC) pic.twitter.com/WxEGoikMQQ
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 22, 2013
Maryland "Black Ops" uniforms: 0-1 (only away game). pic.twitter.com/Phfjw4gNYc
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 22, 2013
Maryland "White Ops" uniforms: 2-1 overall (0-1 during conference, 1-0 ACC tourney, 1-0 NIT tourney) pic.twitter.com/FRs4uMYdxa
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 22, 2013
Maryland gray uniforms: 0-1 (neutral site). A shout out/throwback to the Brooklyn Dodgers. pic.twitter.com/8po1YGaTFX
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 22, 2013
Taking a look at these actually made me realize how many versions of the basketball uniform Maryland now has. And while I love some of the older versions, I really like the white Maryland pride uni and the white ops version. Speaking of older versions of the uniform... Pretty awesome picture of Gary Williams from back in his playing days:
Here's Gary Williams in his uniform back in 1964-67. Uniforms were simple and clean back then. Gotta love the socks. pic.twitter.com/QKQJeg3Hsf
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 23, 2013
Here is a look at how the uniforms appeared in the late 60s:
Not much could be said for the uniforms for a while. The only thing that would change here and there was the trim. pic.twitter.com/AkDBW8Y0TY
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 23, 2013
Check out that Maryland script:
Before Bias and Alex, there was Len Elmore…shorts getting longer? pic.twitter.com/PBjspf9AmL
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 23, 2013
What do you think about the UM on the shorts leg?
The shorts also had "UM" on them pic.twitter.com/GwOFxJmhDf
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 23, 2013
Love the waist on this version of the uni:
Onward to the mid 80s, the late, great Len Bias sported the Maryland home uniform including an awesome waistband pic.twitter.com/E9flj07c7U
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 23, 2013
Anyone else really like this version?
Here's another shot of Bias in the black uniforms. Gotta love the gold trim…and the perfect form pic.twitter.com/WluLIMm6S9
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 23, 2013
Starting to get closer to the more modern uniform:
In the early 90s, Maryland finally embraced the MD flag featuring it on the side of the shorts pic.twitter.com/lzDXFMAXKc
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 23, 2013
These numbers are HUGE:
They were very 90s. pic.twitter.com/JrcxldeCzZ
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 23, 2013
Getting close to my favorite version of the uniforms:
In 1995, Maryland switched to these Nike uniforms. pic.twitter.com/kEvung9fOJ
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 23, 2013
Definitely my favorite version of Maryland's basketball uniform. If they do end up playing a game in Cole yearly, I hope they'll wear a version of the uniform similar to this:
The Terps would go on to win the lone championship in 2002. The uniforms seemed to be shinier during the tourney. pic.twitter.com/EqJzOaNAUm
— Terrapin BB Uniforms (@UMd_Uniforms) October 23, 2013
So which one is your favorite? Go check out Terrapin BB Uniforms on twitter, as they have a ton of additional pictures for your viewing pleasure.