As expected, willbe interesteting who they get and how ot affects us locally.

We’re about 25 minutes from tip-off between the Terps and Hoosiers. An already late start is going to be even later thanks to PSU-NW going to OT.

Terps are wearing the black unis tonight.

Maryland obviously won the lone meeting between these teams in the regular season. In that game, Donta Scott and Jahmir Young led the way offensively, while the Terps held Hood-Schifino to just 3 points. Could use more of the same again tonight.

Now he would just need to justify being such a p**$y for quitting on his team.

Midwest Nice..

Carolina send a bunch of picks and DJ to Chicago for 1st pick this year.

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Today, Maryland ranks as follows with 3 computerized projections:
Kenpom - 6 (#21)
NET - 8 (#30)
Sagarin - 6 (#24)

Inside the numbers:

Personal foul differential:
-4.8 fewer fouls called on Terps at home vs on road
-that is the 10th largest differential in entire nation

Summary: Terps can’t get a call on road (as we all here already knew lol…)

Offensive efficiency splits is an estimation of points scored per 100 possessions

Home - 116.9 points per 100 possessions
Road - 95.7 points per 100 possessions
Difference of 21.2 points per game home vs road, huge difference

(glaring home vs road splits, sort of like Colorado Rockies hitting/batting averages playing in thin air at home vs when on road away from Coors Field effect lol)

Free throw rate differential:
Home:
+18
Road
-15.77
Terps avg 1.8 more fta per 10 fga than opponents at home vs 1.577 fewer fta per 10 fga vs opponents on road

(again, not near as many fta’s outside of Xfinity, just proof of our suspicions on this board as many here have posted about getting zero calls in away B1G games…)

Willard: “I don’t know what guys have to do to deserve a foul on the road. That’s been a big part of our road problems is the free throw disparity has been crazy on the road.”

Good news is no more “true” road games left, neutral only but stats are a telling recap of our A+ home success vs F road success

***ALL Stats and Willard quote courtesy of Terp alum and former Wizards front office executive Chuck Douglas on Twitter***

-Cam’Ron Johnson, 1st team All-AAC LG for Houston. 6-4, 305 joined portal yesterday and immediately received Terps offer
-1 sack allowed on 586 pass blocks last season according to PFF
-2 years of eligibility remaining
-Another reason for recent Terp coaching hires of Sumlin and Spavital was to increase the Terps brand and recruiting efforts in Texas with Sumlin having made coaching stops at Houston and Texas A&M and Spavital having coaching jobs at Houston, Texas Tech and Texas State including as Houston recruiting coordinator 2008-14. Here is their 1st chance…

Figured I’d start a thread where everyone can talk about the rest of todays quarterfinal games.

Rutgers outplayed Purdue for almost the entire 1st half, but a Gillis three in the final seconds and Purdue has a 29-28 lead at the intermission. Should be an interesting 2nd half as Rutgers just seems to have Purdue’s number.

I saw where Tovani MIzell (DeMatha) decommitted from Georgia. Are the Terps Interested?

Watch Kevin Willard, Don Carey, Donta Scott and Jahmir Young react following the Terps' win over Minnesota in the video linked below.

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We’re about 15 minutes from tip-off between the Terps and Gophers in Chicago. Going to try to not be upset like everyone else so far today.

UNC is siding with Clemson and FSU on wanting a larger share payout for certain schools (them). They don't like the equal share option any longer. Even tossing the, teams may be poached, language around. Could be interesting.

Big bounce back for Donta Scott, Carey and Young get it done scoring the ball, but in very different ways and Terps use pressure D, turnovers to put away the Gophers.

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Ready to see how the neutral court terps are compared to the home and away team. Found this interesting, we are 4th best odds
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The hirings of Gattis and Spavital are now official. Gattis is named OC/QB coach while Spavital is your new safeties coach.

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Maryland is one of Marcelin's four. Update on Rivals:

Maryland (20-11) vs. Minnesota (8-21)

When: Thursday, March 9 | 9:00 p.m. ET
Where: United Center (Chicago, Ill.)
Television: BTN (Streaming on FoxSports) - Watch Live
Broadcasters: Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play), Robbie Hummel (color), Rick Pizzo (sideline)
Radio: Maryland Sports Radio Network | Listen Online

Line: Terps -13.5
Over/Under: 132.5

Series history: Maryland leads the all-time series 15-2, with the Terps winning the most recent meeting 88-70 on Feb. 22, 2023 in College Park.

Projected Starting Lineups

Minnesota
Ta'Lon Cooper (6-foot-4, Jr., G) - Moorehead St. transfer averaging 9.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and a team-high 6.1 assists per game.
Jaden Henley (6-foot-7, Fr., G) - Averaging 4.9 points, 2.2 rebounds per game.
Jamison Battle (6-foot-7, Jr., F) - Averaging 12.8 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
Joshua Ola-Joseph (6-foot-7, Fr., F) - Averaging 7.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.
Dawson Garcia (6-foot-11, Soph., F/C) - North Carolina transfer averaging a team-high 15.6 points and a team-high 6.6 rebounds per game.

Maryland
Jahmir Young (6-foot-1, Senior, PG) - Averaging a team-high 16.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and a team-high 3.2 assists per game.
Don Carey (6-foot-5, Senior, SG) - Averaging 7.1 points and 1.9 rebounds per game.
Hakim Hart (6-foot-8, Senior, G/F) - Averaging 11.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
Donta Scott (6-foot-8, Senior, F) - Averaging 11.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.
Julian Reese (6-foot-9, Soph., F/C) - Averaging 11.4 points and a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game.

The Terps will be looking for their third win of the season over Minnesota on Thursday night when the two teams take the court in Chicago. The Terps have dominated the Gophers in their two meetings this season, winning by an average margin of 26.5 points.

Minnesota is coming off of a 78-75 win over Nebraska on Wednesday night. The Gophers were led by sophomore forward Dawson Garcia who scored a team-high 18 points, pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds and also added six assists, a block and a steal.

For Maryland, the Terps will be looking to get senior forward Donta Scott back on track after he scored just a single point versus Penn State in the final game of the regular season. In fact, Scott has scored in single figures in 5 of the last 7 games.

“I don't think people give Donta enough credit, first, for what he does on the defensive end," said Maryland head coach Kevin Willard. "I think he's a little worn out and I need to give him a break every once in a while. He plays so darn hard, I think he's worn himself out when he gets to the offensive end. He just doesn't have as much in the tank as he did earlier. I just think I need to do a better job of getting him a little bit of a break every here and then. Again, I don't like not having him on the floor so again, that's a little bit my fault. Because I feel when he's out there he does good things even though he's struggling to score right now.”

Despite having won both meetings with Minnesota, the Terps are taking things one game at a time now that they are in the postseason and it is single-game elimination.

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Hopefully they are NIT bound!

we know who is definitely coming in next year in recruits. For anyone who has an opinion, what who do we need to be a contender to win the dance?

Quick story on the five Terps who earned All-Big Ten honors. Young was named to the 2nd team, while Hart, Scott and Reese were all honorable mention. Emilien was a sportsmanship honoree. More at the link below.

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Watch Kevin Willard, Don Carey and Julian Reese preview the Big Ten Tournament in the video linked below.

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Here's a running list of guys in the portal, including where they are headed if they have committed somewhere. With the addition of Faamatau and including Marcus Fleming, there are currently 17 Terps that have entered the portal.

Marcus Fleming
Austin Fontaine
Tyler Baylor
Ahmad McCullough
Isaiah Hazel
Challen Faamatau
CJ Dippre
Weston Wolff
TJ Butler (committed to Charlotte)
Zion Shockley
Ja'Khi Green
Jayon Venerable
Ryan Duell
Tommy Varhall
Shane Mosley
Kam Blount
Clayton Allen

Recruiting update with McCant on Rivals: