My God, was that ugly. I waited all night to watch the game uninterrupted on TiVo, and I see that abomination of a 15-point loss at home to Carolina.
What can this team do well? Well, Caner-Medley gives a whole lot of effort, especially on the offensive end. Strawberry reminds me of Dixon, a little bit.
But overall, this team is not a team. No defensive team play. Too many gaps in the lane and allowing too many drives by UNC. Offensively, it's the same old Williams-coached team - too careless with the ball. I'm not impressed with UNC at all - contain Tyler in the middle and then you just let Noel have his points, so this was a very winnable game that was lost in the 2nd half.
Can you say that the Terps belong in the top 30 in the nation right now? I can't. Top 40? Close - which makes them a pure bubble team.
Eric's picture on the tournament right now:
Definite "in"s at the moment:
Am East (1)
ACC (3: Duke, BC, NC St)
A-10 (1) GW
Atl Sun (1)
Big East (5: UConn, WV, Vill, PItt, G'town)
Big 10 (7; all 7 are locks at this point. Mich, Mich St, Ohio St, Ill, Iowa, Wisc, Ind)
Big 12 (3; Tex, Col, Ok)
Big West (1) UC-I
Big South (1)
Big Sky (1) Montana could pull an upset as a #13
Colonial (1) Watch this conference. We could have 2 here.
C-USA (1) Memphis
Horizon (1) UW-M could be an at-large, but tonight's loss hurts.
Ivy (1)
MAC (1) I love the MAC, but only one is definite right now.
MAAC (1)
MEAC (1)
MVC (all 4 are locks now; UNI, Wichita, Crieghton, and S Ill)
MWC (1) SD St
Mid-Con (1)
NEC (1)
OVC (1)
Patriot (1) Bucknell is almost a lock for an at-large if they lose in the Pat tournament.
Pac-10 (3: UCLA, Az, Washington)
SEC (4: Fla, Ky, Tenn, LSU)
Southern (1)
SWAC (1)
Southland (1) Northwestern St is another team to watch - another upset in the making as a 12/13.
Sun Belt (1)
WAC (1- La Tech; Nevada has really slipped)
WCC (1; Gonzaga).
That's a total of 53 teams. So - 12 more spots for teams like:
Md, NC, Mia-FL, Clem, Xavier, St Joseph's, Temple, Marquette, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Louisville, Cincy, Kansas, Ks St, Iowa St, Neb, 2nd Colonial (GMason/UNCW loser), UAB, 2nd MAC (Miami-OH? Akron? Kent?) , Missouri St, Bradley, Air Force, California, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Nevada
That's a pool of 26 teams for 12 spots. Is Maryland in the top half of that group? We will watch this over the next few weeks.
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Lamest UMD Player Ever???
Right now, I give it to McCray. Bar brawl early in summer causing the new Gary Rule of no bars for any players during season.
Then he is deemed a witness to Garrison's sex offense and assault at a bar???? (after the Gary Rule was in place).
Then he gets academically ineligible in his senior season. Good Captain.
At least Caner-Medley tries.
I love the terps, but this is just hard to watch. No go to offense threat. Gist could be a monster in the paint if our other players knew how to make an entry pass. For every good game Mike Jones has, he usually has 2 duds. DJ Strawberry is a better small forward than PG, but he is a better slasher then anything else we got. Ledbetter and Garrison are useless. Parrish Brown is too short for ACC competition. Ebekwe gets pushed around like a twig and Bowers, although seems a bit comfortable around the hoop right now, still is too timid to make any impact on offense.
Unfortunately, I also have noticed that nobody on our teams has earned the respect of any referees. I am not complaining about calls, but we just don't get them. We get at least 2-3 travel calls inside on our big men a game on moves that look exactly the same as moves that are being performed against us. Garrison, truly has no respect from the refs. He received a foul in less than 1 second of play against NC State.
This team has been dreadful this year, and I hope that I don't have to wait until next year to see Gary Williams' 349th win.
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