Any idea why Maryland has a 15 decal on their helmets? # 15 on the roster is freshman Mitchell Lloyd.

I really thought with Sasser hurt and with the game being played in Birmingham, Auburn would win this. Then they took a 10-point lead into the half. But Houston is dominating here in the 2nd.

An Auburn win I think would definitely be beneficial for the Terps as I’m sure all the Auburn fans would stick around and really be into it, routing for Maryland.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – In a battle fitting of the last two teams to win the National Championship, Daniel Kelly scored for No. 3 Maryland in overtime to give the Terps a dramatic 14-13 win over No. 1 Virginia, handing the Cavaliers their first loss of the season. Maryland moved to 5-2 overall, while Virginia is now 6-1.

In overtime, Brian Ruppel made three incredible saves to gain possession back for the Terps, setting the stage for Kelly's heroics.

The Terps had nine different goal-scorers, with Jack Koras posting a career-high four goals, giving him hat tricks in four of his last five games. Kelly and Braden Erksa each scored two goals. Erksa set up Kelly's winner with 1:41 elapsed in overtime for his third point of the game. Jack Brennan, Daniel Maltz, Owen Murphy, Eric Spanos, Eric Kolar, and Luke Wierman also scored for Maryland, displaying the well-rounded nature of the Terps' offense. Brennan, Murphy and Wierman also had assists for two-point games. Kolar's goal was the first of his career.

Virginia scored two goals in the final two minutes of regulation to even the game and sent it to overtime after Koras had scored his fourth of the game to put the Terps ahead 13-11 with 2:40 left.

Trailing 6-4 after halftime, Maryland exploded in the third quarter to go on top 10-9 with six goals. From there, the Terpswere able to keep the lead thanks to more timely goals, and key saves from Ruppel in cage.

Ruppel made 14 saves in the cage. Luke Wierman won 15-of-30 faceoffs and scooped up eight groundballs. Ajax Zappitello had five groundballs and caused two turnovers while Brett Makar had four GBs and a caused turnover. Pole John Geppert also forced two turnovers and scooped up three groundballs.

Thomas McConvey had four goals and an assist for five points. Goalie Matt Nunes made 16 saves for the Cavaliers.

Tillman's Take

"It was shades of Notre Dame. In the huddles we talked about it and the kids were like, 'Hey we've been here before, let's just make the next play and settle down.' I thought Kolar's groundball was great. I thought Kolar had a huge game for us today. A lot of our young guys did, Ruppel, Nick Redd, Erksa, Spanos. Those guys are doing a great job and when you have guys like Brett and Ajax and Geppert who are great leaders it helps everyone."

Breaking Down The Action

• The Terps came out of the gates hot offensively, as Daniel Kelly, Daniel Maltz, and Jack Brennan all scored within the first six minutes to make it a 3-0 game. Virginia got one back before the end of the quarter to cut it to 3-1.
• Virginia pulled ahead 6-3 in the second quarter before an Eric Spanos goal cut the deficit to two, at 6-4, heading into halftime.
• Maryland exploded for six goals in the third quarter to make it 10-9 with 15 minutes remaining. Braden Erksascored twice in the period, and Luke Wierman scored his first of the season.
• After Koras and Eric Kolar scored to put the Terps up 12-9, Virginia answered with two goals to get back within one at 12-11, but Koras' fourth of the day put the Terps up 13-11 with 2:40 left. But Virginia tied the game as Connor Shellenberger, and Thomas McConvey scored to even the game with 1:18 left and send it to overtime.
• Ruppel made those three clutch saves in the extra session leading Kelly's game-winning goal off a feed from Erksa.

Hat Trick Terps

• Maryland now has had a hat trick in 64 straight games dating back to February 2, 2019.
• Jack Koras notched a hat trick for the second consecutive game. It was the fourth of his career – all this season -- as he finished with four goals.

Multi-Terps Update

• Koras' four-goal performance was his 10th career multi-point game and fourth this season. He notched his fourth hat trick in the last five games, his first four this season.
• Erksa notched two goals for the third time in his young career that he's scored twice in a game. It's his fourth time in seven games recording multiple points.
• With two assists, Long had his 40th career multiple-point game of his career and 23rd career multi-assist game.
• Brennan had a goal and an assist, marking his third consecutive game with multiple points recorded. He has reached that feat 14 times in his career.
• Murphy had multiple points for the fifth time this season and 16th time as a Terp.
• Wierman, who scored his first goal this season, had his first multi-point game with a goal and assist. It was the fifth time he had two or more points in a game.

Record Book Update

• Luke Wierman moved to fourth in career groundballs with 267. He passed Jack Francis, who had 263 from 1980-83. Next up is Charlie Raffa, who had 274 from 2012-15.
• Wierman is also now fifth in career faceoff wins with 499. He passed Raffa, with 498 from 2012-15.
• Kyle Long moved to 28th in career points with two in the game to give him 134. Next on the list at No. 27 is Brendan Hanley (140 points from 1985-88).
• Long is also now 16th in career assists with 84. John Lamon and his 83 assists (1976-79). Up next is Jared Bernhardt and his 88 assists from 2017-21.

Numbers To Know

• 4: Jack Koras scored a career-high four goals in the game.
• 9: Nine different players scored in the game for the Terps.
• 10: The Terps are now 144-16 in games they score 10 or more goals since John Tillman took over in 2011.
• 14: With 14 saves, Ruppel has now made 14 saves in three games since he took over as the starter five games ago.
• 25: Long extended his point-scoring streak to 25 games dating back to the 2021 season.
• 30: Wierman won double-figure faceoffs for the 30th time in his career with 15 wins.

Terps Lead Series

• Maryland now leads the series 50-46 and has won the last three between the two programs.

Up Next

• The Terps return home to open Big Ten play. They will host Penn State on Saturday, March 25, at 5 pm on Big Ten Network and the Maryland Sports Radio Network.

Set his new career-high for 3’s in a game with 8 (shot 8-11 3’s), scored 28 points in 28 minutes, caught fire with 17 points in 4th quarter including 5-5 from 3 - albeit in loss to Bucks as Giannis had 46. Huerter also recently had back-to-back games with 6 3’s and also recently had 9 assists, (Feb 28 - 1 shy of tying career-high) and an 8 assist game (March 6) Huerter’s big man teammate Sabonis (7’-0”) had 23 points, 17 rebounds and 15 assists tonight, becoming just the 2nd in Kings franchise history along with Oscar Robertson to go for at least 20-15-15. The Kings lead the Pacific Divsion (40-27) by 3 1/2 games over Phoenix and sit 3rd overall in the Western Conference but just 1 game out of 2nd. Kings currently own major pro sports longest playoff drought at 16 years, having not been to playoffs since 2005-06.

Maryland beats rival UVA at lax on their home field, and old rival Duke poops in their BB pants, losing by 13 to Tennessee and going home. Can Maryland make it a tripleheader tonight?

Nate Oats secret Baby Mama will hold a press conference and bake sale outside the arena tomorrow afternoon to introduce Baby Nate to the world and announce a fundraising effort to help her raise baby Nate. Oats will deny it all and say he was never anywhere near her, let alone slept with her, but the baby's ears don't lie.

I'm feeling the Terps D holding Bama under 70 and winning a close one, 73-69.

On Purdue. What March Madness is all about!!

Everything you need to know ahead of the Terps' second-round game versus Alabama, including a preview story with quotes.

STORY

WCAC POY. Not in Capital Classic as probably will be invited to even “higher” ASG, though not chosen for McDonalds game. Willard and entire MD staff was on hand to see him play in win vs Ireton yesterday, was showing off his point guard skills per write up, said he had a lot of nice feeds plus scored 12 points in 2nd quarter alone. Finished with game-high 23 points, PVI advances to play DeMatha today at 4:30 in semi’s of WCAC tournament.

Read everything Kevin Willard, Don Carey and Patrick Emilien had to say ahead of tonight's second-round game versus top-seeded Alabama in the story linked below.

STORY

COLLEGE PARK, MD – No. 2-seeded Maryland won its 18th consecutive NCAA Tournament First Round game as the Terps beat 15th-seed Holy Cross, 93-61, on Friday afternoon at XFINITY Center. Maryland (26-6 overall) raced out to a 14-0 lead and never looked back as they cruised to the victory to advance to the Second Round. The Terps are now 26-5 all-time in NCAA Tournament games in College Park and 20-4 in games at XFINITY Center.

The Terps will take on No. 7-seeded Arizona (22-9) on Sunday, March 19. The game time and television information will be announced later on Friday.

Five Terps scored in double-figures, led by Brinae Alexander, who tallied 18, making 4-of-7 three-pointers. Abby Meyers scored 16 to go along with four assists. Diamond Miller netted 13 points and a team-best eight rebounds, while Shyanne Sellers scored 13 points and handed out a game-best eight assists. Faith Masonius scored 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting with three boards and three steals.

The Terps shot 52.9 percent from the floor as their defense limited the Crusaders to 41.8 percent on field goal shooting. Maryland's defense forced the Crusaders into 24 turnovers, resulting in 13 Terps steals, led by Masonius and Meyers with three apiece.

Holy Cross (24-9) was led by Simone Foreman with 13 points.

Breaking Down The Action

• The Terps scored the first 14 points of the game and led by double-figures the rest of the way. Maryland led 23-4 after the first quarter, as Masonius had eight.
• Maryland extended that lead to 52-21 at halftime as they shot 51.3 percent in the half. Meyers had 13 points in that first 20 minutes.
• The teams were even in the third, each scoring 20 points.
• Maryland finished the game with a big fourth quarter from Alexander to wrap up the win.

NCAA Tournament History

• This is the Terps' 13th straight NCAA Tournament appearance, dating back to 2010, and 18th in head coach Brenda Frese's 21 seasons at Maryland (with the 2020 NCAA Tournament was canceled). Maryland is 51-28 (.645) all-time in the NCAA Tournament and 39-16 (.709) under Frese.
• Maryland is 21-4 (.840) all-time in the NCAA First Round and a perfect 18-0 under Frese.
• Maryland is now 26-5 all-time in NCAA Tournament games in College Park and 20-4 in NCAA Tourney games at the XFINITY Center.
• The Terrapins have earned a top-four seed 22 times in their 30 NCAA Tournament appearances and 15 times in head coach Frese's 21 postseasons.
• The Terps are now 19-3 all-time in First Round Games under Frese.
• This was the third meeting between Maryland and Holy Cross, with each team taking a meeting. The Terps took their last matchup, 82-74, on November 30, 1997. Their other meeting was in the NCAA Tournament, with the Crusaders winning 81-74 on March 13, 1991.

1,000 Point Update

• Miller moved to 11th in career scoring at Maryland, as she now has 1,640. She passed Marcia Richardson (1,630 from 1979-84) in the game. Next on the list is current television broadcaster and Terps' legend Christy Winters-Scott, who scored 1,679 from 1987-90.
• Meyers now has 1,414 points in her career, with 947 in her three seasons of action at Princeton before joining the Terps this season.
• Three other Terps also have 1,000 career points: Lavender Briggs, 1,189 Brinae Alexander, 1,128, and Elisa Pinzan, 1,029.

Double-Figures Update

• With her 18 points, Alexander has 12 games this season with double-figures and 54 in her college career.
• Meyers netted 16 points for her 26th game in double-figures and her 77th on her career, with 51 coming at Princeton.
• With 13 points, Miller reached double-figures for the 30th time in 31 games played this season. She's recorded 11 points or more 85 times in her career of 114 games.
• Sellers also reached double-figures with 13 points, doing so for the 25th time this season and 38th time in just two seasons in College Park.
• With 10 points against Holy Cross, Masonius reached double-figures for the eighth time this season and the 21st time in her Maryland career.

Home Sweet Home

• The Terps are now 594-139 (.811) all-time in College Park, dating back to the inaugural 1971-72 season.
• Maryland won its 300th all-time game at home, with all those games at XFINITY Center under Brenda Frese, in beating Holy Cross. The Terps are now 300-44 (.873) at home under Brenda Frese, whose first season in College Park was the inaugural season of XFINITY Center. That is among the top 10 toughest places to play in the country.

Up Next

• In the NCAA Second Round, Maryland will take on No. 7-seeded Arizona (22-9) on Sunday. The game time and television information will be announced later on Friday.

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Boilermakers getting all they can handle from FDU. Trailing with less than 10 minutes to go. Anything can happen in March.

5:30 on ESPN.

Terps up 12-0, HC struggling vs press as Masonius had back-to-back steals then later Diamond scored 2 straight buckets followed by a Masonius layup and a 3 from Briggs. HC 0-7 fgs, 5 turns.

7 seed Arizona, a 75-62 winner over 10 seed WVU.

…..and prove the experts wrong.

THE EXPERTS PICKS:
MARCH
MADNESS
MARYLAND (8) vs. WVU (9)
Jay Bilas, ESPN: WVU
Rece Davis, ESPN: wVU
sech Greenberg, esPN:wvo
Pete Thamel, EsPN: wVu
Seth Davis, The Achletic: wvo
Mike Titus, Barstool: wvo
Jake Marsh, Barstool: wo
Matt Norlander, cos sports: wVU
Jerry Palm, Cos sports; wvo
Kyle Boone, cos sports: wvu
Luke Lindholm.si.com; wVU
Schuvler callihan.Si.com; wVU
Chip Patterson, COS Sports: WV
Andy Katz. BIN: Maryland
Dennis Doda, cos sports: wvu
bill Sender, sporting News: wvu
Vinnie iver, sporting News: wvu
Tim Doyle, CBS Sports: WVU
Devon Latana, FanDuel: WVU
And Molitor, bicacher Nation: WvU
Geoft schwarz, Fox sports: wvu
Ross Senticy, Hartrord Courant: WVU
Matt Postins, Heartland Cs: WVU
Tain Macmillan. Betsided; wVU
Pat Forde, Sports Illustrated: WVU

Handed the game to Furman in the final seconds. Wow! You hate to see it.

More info coming to light in the Alabama murder case, as it is now being reported by the NYT that a freshman walk-on, who’s the son of the Marshall athletic director, was also at the scene of the crime. It’s being denied by Alabama, although the kid’s response when asked sure makes it seem like he was there. These distractions are going to be real for Bama throughout the tourney and the questions are going to keep coming as the NCAA has an open locker room policy.

LINK

Saturday’s second-round game versus Alabama will tip at approximately 9:40 pm ET and be broadcast on TBS.

Figured I'd get the game thread started early this morning. Gotta be excited, as today is, IMO, the best sports day of the year. And what better way to kick it off than with the Terps playing a hated border rival in West Virginia!

While all Huggins teams are physical and rebound well, the Terps won't see anything like the 'Press Virginia' defense they saw back in 2015. That was at the peak of Huggins' pressing style defense. This year's team is nowhere near that level. That said, this WVU team is pretty good offensively and they'll possibly have some favorable matchups with Tre Mitchell and Toussaint when he comes in.

I see this as two pretty evenly matched teams and I won't be surprised at all if this game comes down to the wire, as you'd expect from an 8/9 game. This one could very likely come down to who does the little things better and executes better down the stretch.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Maryland women's basketball team (25-6) earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship and will host the First and Second Rounds this weekend at the XFINITY Center.

The Terrapins will face Patriot League Champion 15th-seeded Holy Cross (24-8) on Friday, March 17. The winner of the Maryland/Holy Cross game will advance to face the winner of a matchup between No. 7-seeded Arizona (21-9) and No. 10-seeded West Virginia (19-11). The top four seeds in the bracket in Greenville 1 Region are No. 1 South Carolina, No. 2 Maryland, No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 4 UCLA.

For tickets to the games in College Park will be available shortly. Times and TV will be announced shortly as well.

Maryland has earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last 13 seasons, but the 2020 NCAA Tournament was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Terrapins have earned a top four seed 22 times in their 28 NCAA Tournament appearances and 15 times in head coach Brenda Frese's 18 NCAA Tournament appearances. The Terrapins were a No. 2 seed in 2021, 2016, 2012, 2007 and 2006 under Frese.

Maryland has made 28 NCAA Tournament appearances and is 50-28 (.641) all-time in the NCAA Tournament. In their previous 17 appearances under head coach Brenda Frese, the Terrapins are 38-16 (.704).

Frese has led the Terrapins to 10 Sweet Sixteens, six Elite Eights, three Final Fours and the 2006 NCAA Championship.

The Terps are 18-3 all-time in First Round Games and 17-0 in First Round games under Frese.

Senior Diamond Miller was named a unanimous All-Big Ten First Team honoree earler this month. Sophomore Shyanne Sellers was named to the All-Big Ten First Team by the league's media panel and the Second Team by the league's head coaches. Abby Meyers earned Second Team honors from both groups and senior Faith Masonius earned a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.

NCAA Regionals will be held Greenville, S.C. and Seattle, Wash. the weekend of March 24-27. The Final Four will be held in Dallas March 31-April 2.

The Terps are 1-1 all-time against Holy Cross, with the last meeting coming on Nov. 30, 1997, when Maryland beat the Crusaders in the ECAC Holiday Festival in Worcester, Mass.

Recruiting coordinator Gary Wortham Jr. is no longer with the program.

This is a tough blow as he was really doing a lot with recruiting behind the scenes and this is happening right before the start of spring ball.

It also makes a lot of sense as to why they moved quickly to bring on Latrell Scott, as he has deep ties to Virginia and North Carolina, similar to Wortham.

8 1/2, O/U 144 on Saturday.
2021 line was Bama by 6. Bama won by 19, 18 points of 19 point difference was in made 3’s (16 Bama, 10 Terps)

Howard finally makes the big dance and a team called "the mecca" with black, red, and green uniforms takes their place.

He may not have picked the upset, but calling for one is close enough. Good job.