May be the type of game we see tomorrow. High scoring nail-biter.

Sun paper article.

UMBC (9-4) vs. Maryland (9-3)

When: Thursday, Dec. 29 | 7:00 p.m. ET
Where: Xfinity Center (College Park, Md.)
Television: ESPNU (Streaming on WatchESPN) - Watch Live
Broadcasters: Mike Corey (play-by-play), Seth Greenberg (color)
Radio: Maryland Sports Radio Network | Listen Online

Line: Terps -17.5
Over/Under: 145.5

Series history: Maryland leads the all-time series 14-0, with the Terps winning the most recent meeting 66-45 on Dec. 29, 2017 in College Park.

Projected Starting Lineups

UMBC
Jacob Boonyasith (6-foot-3, Senior, G) - Averaging 12.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game through 13 games.
Craig Beaudion II (6-foot-3, Senior, G) - Averaging 5.4 points, 2.2 rebounds and a team-high 3.1 assists through 13 games.
Colton Lawrence (6-foot-3, Senior, G) - Averaging a team-high 14.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.
Yaw Obeng-Mensah (6-foot-7, Senior, F) - Averaging 8.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.
Jarvis Doles (6-foot-8, Senior, F/C) - Averaging 9.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.

Maryland
Jahmir Young (6-foot-1, Senior, PG) - Averaging a team-high 14.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists through 12 games.
Ian Martinez (6-foot-3, Junior, SG) - Averaging 7.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.
Hakim Hart (6-foot-8, Senior, G/F) - Averaging 12.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.
Donta Scott (6-foot-8, Senior, F) - Averaging 13.4 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists through 12 games.
Julian Reese (6-foot-9, Soph., F) - Averaging 11.2 points and a team-high 7.2 rebounds per game.

The Terps enter Thursday night's game coming off of an easy 75-45 win over Saint Peter's a week ago that snapped a three-game losing skid. The Terps saw a shakeup in the lineup last Thursday, as Ian Martinez got his first start of the season at shooting guard, replacing senior Georgetown transfer Don Carey. Martinez finished with 7 points, 3 rebounds an assist and a block in the win.

The other big shakeup in the starting lineup was Patrick Emilien replacing leading rebounder Julian Reese, who was nursing a shoulder injury suffered during the first half of the Terps' loss to UCLA. Head coach Kevin Willard declined to give an update on the status of Reese heading into the UMBC game, but it wouldn't be surprising if he took the night off once again in order to make sure he's 100 percent healthy New Year's Day when the Terps face Michigan in Ann Arbor. Emilien was solid in Reese's place versus Saint Peter's, finishing with 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks in the win. If Reese is to miss his second straight game, look for Emilien to get the start once again with Noah Batchelor and Caelum Swanton-Rodger both getting extended minutes in the front court.

The Terps should have a chance to get it going shooting the ball from behind the arc versus a Retrievers team that has allowed their opponents to shoot 40.8 percent from three-point land. Only four teams nationally have allowed their opponents to shoot a higher percentage from three than UMBC.

The biggest thing for Maryland is to come out of this game healthy and with some momentum as things will get ratcheted up a notch New Year's Day when they face the Wolverines.

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Adam Friedman caught up with Terps edge rush signee Dylan Gooden at the UA game media day. Watch the full interview at the link below.

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ETSU DB Marquez Henry is in the transfer portal with 3 years of eligibility left. Offered.

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ESPNU has the UMBC contest at 7.

Ruh-oh... While, Cesspool adjacent believes that Taulia will return next season is saying however that the family is looking at possibly transferring to score a big NIL deal.

Our crack staff's idea of keeping him around?

Not having any plans in place to replace him should he jump hoping that this keeps him in house.

Maryland gonna Maryland!

Maryland gets a mention in the takeaways from the opening day of the Jordan Holiday Classic, where Gonzaga and 2025 PG Nyk Lewis are playing. The Terps are on Nyk Lewis, Cam Ward and St. Frances guard Tyler Jackson pretty hard already. If they could land all three of them, that would probably be the makings of a backcourt for a potential top 5 class in the country. More at the link.

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Here's a first look at Friday's opponent, NC State. The Wolfpack will have a new OC, likely play multiple QBs, bring the pressure on defense and have a kicker capable of going toe to toe with Ryland. More at the link.

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So let the discussion begin. Is he headed to psu or another school the uses the TE more/better? Whoever guesses correctly gets discounted tickets in the upper upper deck. Check with the ticket office though, as they may make you pay for them.

Which conference and which school?

NET - 23 (higher if you discount several teams with questionable credentials)
Coaches Poll - 21
AP Poll - 27
CBS Daily Poll - 24
ESPN Bracketology - 6 seed in the East, playing Kent State: presumably, #3 Baylor would be next.

At Michigan Sunday is big.

Just curious, who on this board is actually going to the bowl game and how many tickets did you buy?

I’ll start. I’m going and will be buying two tickets. I won’t buy them until tomorrow though because I’ve had to square away some family issues.

PAC 12 but this crew (or at least the head ref for Mayo game) allowed an erroneous (skipped) down in game this season between Oregon and Washington State. On 1st down Washington State was called for intentional grounding, but down marker immediately changed to 2nd down, then penalty was assessed and then announced as 3rd down. Cougars ran for 1-yard on what really was 2nd and 18 and then punted. After a lengthy replay review initiated by the replay official the down was corrected, Washington State got the ball back for 3rd and 17, gained 4 yards on a run, and punted again - this time on the “real” 4th down. However, the game clock was not adjusted after the down was reset. This was from back in September so hopefully just a “one off”…

Terps favored by 1.5

A special shout out to GF7. My gift to you is the Terps charting their first W vs OSU at the Shoe in 2023! Hope you like it!

Locksley and Driesell.

Still hearing it is likely the Harris twins will sign before the end of the early period today. The new wrinkle is that there is now some chatter down in Fla. that they could recommit to UCF. As of now, I'm sticking with my prediction they sign with the Terps, but won't know for certain until later today. The rumor is an announcement this afternoon. We'll see. If I hear different in the meantime, I'll be sure to post here.

Maryland moved up to #23 after their rout of St. Peter's, but I'm confident six teams ahead of them will not retain their position when the Selection Committee meets to hand out bids. That puts Maryland at #17 in the net NET, but I think the SC will downgrade Ohio State because either they've lost all QUAD 1 games or because the Big Ten finally got around to declaring their victory versus Rutgers null and void because the buzzer beating basket happened because the refs missed the guy who made the half-court shot was out of bounds and couldn't be the first player to then touch the ball. The Terps, then, are number 16, and the S curve bids for the top teams would look like this, more or less:
East - UConn, Alabama, Duke, Maryland
South - Tennessee, UCLA, Texas, Indiana
Midwest - Houston, Arizona, Arkansas, Baylor
West - Purdue, Kansas, Gonzaga, Virginia

Have a joyous Christmas from a slightly prejudiced fellow fan.
Chuck (aka Terpaddict)

Maryland has picked up a commitment from former Tennessee defensive lineman Jordan Phillips. The Orlando, Fla. native played sparingly for the Vols this season and will have 4 years of eligibility remaining. The Maryland staff was plenty familiar with him as they recruited him heavily last cycle and he officially visited Maryland in June of 2021. More at the link.

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We’re about 20 minutes from tip-off between the Terps and Peacock.

Not too surprising, but Patrick Emilien will start in place of JuJu Reese who is rehabbing a shoulder injury he suffered versus UCLA.

More surprising, Ian Martinez will replace Don Carey coming off of his 16-point effort vs. the Bruins.

Here is tonight’s starting lineup:
Jahmir Young
Ian Martinez
Hakim Hart
Donta Scott
Patrick Emilien

More on DHS from the national hoops team after watching him down in Florida. Don't know this to be fact, but I have a good feeling he's going to be getting a considerate boost in the Rivals rankings when they are next updated based on his play at City of Palms this past week.

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Again, sorry I didn't post this to the board last night. Not sure what was up with YouTube last night, but this vid took almost two hours to process on their end after I uploaded it to their servers. Anyways, full postgame comments at the link below.

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