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:

Who knew?

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The Rivals Big Ten publishers/writers did our own All-Big Ten team this year. I put it up on the homepage and I'll link to it below. I'll also show my selections below, as well. Honestly, I was a bit surprised Young ended up 2nd team, but there is always recency bias and he had maybe his worst game of the season in the loss at Ohio State. I personally had Willard as COY, but I did my selections on Saturday and honestly after Sunday, I probably should have picked Chris Collins.

See the Rivals team HERE.

My selections below:

1st Team
Zach Edey
Trace Jackson-Davis
Jalen Pickett
Kris Murray
Jahmir Young

2nd Team
Hunter Dickinson
Terrence Shannon
Boo Buie
Cliff Omoruyi
Brice Sensabaugh

3rd Team
AJ Hoggard
Tyson Walker
Jalen Hood-Schifino
Joey Hauser
Kobe Bufkin

POY
Zach Edey

FOY
Brice Sensabaugh

COY
Kevin Willard

DPOY
Chase Audige

6th Man
Payton Sandfort

It should help Maryland even more in recruiting:

There is no I in TEAM, so all you players worrying about touches. "Happy Birthday to Shaquille O' Neal, who turned 51 on Monday! “The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning.” - Shaq

Terps beat PSU at their own game in the 1st half but collapsed in the 2nd, Philly duo disappears in home state and loss costs them a double-bye.

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As of this morning. Not sure the rationale. But would be interesting if that holds. Seems like we would have slipped. But Seattle? Long way to go for a game.

Seems to me like they just lifted the script Terps logo and trademarked it. Why wouldn't I be surprised if we didn't own the trademark to our own damn nickname.

Don't shoot the messenger...

Wrestling team is in a humiliating last place at B1G tourney.

#2 Women's lacrosse has now lost 3 games already.

#1 Men's lacrosse has now already lost more than last 2 years combined.

#13, the highest-ranked Terps baseball preseason ranking ever (i think) has now been decimated and already lost 7, the most recent today after getting spanked by Hawaii...(HAWAII? WTF) and getting swept in the Minnesota tournament in embarrassing fashion....bye-bye any ranking and we only play chumps for next 3 weeks+ so no redemption opportunities anytime soon.

And now basketball....as predicted here, a loser at State Penn that destroys our double-bye dreams in a Turgeon-esque end-of-the-year meltdown.

WHAT THE HELL HAS HAPPENED IN CP?

Things looked so promising in so many sports coming into February.

Now? We hang onto softball where we have not yet crumbled, at 14-4, though we were swept in our only B1G games so far by Minny and we just dropped out of Top 25.

And, of course, Terp women bball gonna get a great seed, but we had such a great opportunity to a #1 seed...argh

Both have Maryland in the top 20 for the season. Hang in there.

With both of their names now being leaked by national writers, I expect a formal announcement to likely come very soon.

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