Yes I am excited about the Terps. Bracketology

Ok this has nothing to do with the Terps. But Stan Van Gundy realizing his star Vince Carter was slumping, asked his buddy, ex New Jersey Coach Lawrence Frank to come to Orlando and speak with his former player. Carter was glad to see his former coach and all of a sudden Vince scored 48 last night night. I have had the pleasure of meeting Lawrence Frank and he is a super guy.  Just an interesting story.

Yes, Matt missed the 51 yarder but it would have been good from 44. Sign him now and solve 1 problem!!!!!

The University of Maryland plays host to the University of Virginia Wednesday at the Comcast Center. Game time is 7 p.m. and the tilt can be seen on ESPNU, a channel available in at least 85 homes.  The Cavaliers are coached by Tony Bennett.  No, not that Tony Bennett.  The Tony Bennett who is the former Head Coach at Washington State.  UVA is the surprise team in the ACC this year with a 14-7 overall record and 5-3 in conference.  The visitors are first in the ACC in scoring defense allowing 61 pts per game…2^nd in free throw %, 3^rd in 3 pt fg %, last in scoring, last in rebounding and last in blocked shots.  Sylven Landesberg-6’6” soph guard- leads Virginia in scoring averaging 18.1…Mike Scott, a 6’8” junior forward chips in with 13.1 ppg and 7.4 rebounds and 6 ft. soph guard Sammy Zeglinski averages 10 pts a game and shoots 44% from beyond the arc.  No one on the Cavaliers averages at least 3 assists a game.  Virginia handles the ball pretty well with a plus 1.3 assist/turnover ratio.

Preview from Southern reporter Freddy

6-2 in the ACC isn’t good enough to make the top 25. Jeff Sagarin has the Terps power ranked at 23rd.  Project that ACC record out and explain how the Terps are not ranked.  Duke with a 7-2 record is ranked 7th.

Maryland’s Greivis Vasquez has been named ACC Player of the Week.  In earning the Player of the Week Award for the second time this season and for the sixth time in his career, Vasquez averaged 24.5 points, 9.0 assists and 6.0 rebounds as the Terps moved into sole possession of second place in the ACC with a pair of conference wins. (from um terps.com)

At this point of the year, Greivis must be in the running for ACC Player of the Year.

Monica Wright showed why she is one of the best players in the country as she totally took over the game at College Park to lead UVA to victory. Freshmen Tianna Hawkins had a strong effort for Maryland scoring 18 with 10 rebounds. Brenda Frese commented on Wright’s performance after the game: “Like we talked about in the locker room, it was the Monica Wright show in the second half. Obviously she was unstoppable. She just really put her team on her back and it was very difficult obviously. We couldn’t find a way to be able to stop her.”

Had to watch this one on the tube as my attempts top get to College Park fell when I was caught in a 1 hour backup on 95. I got home just in time to watch an incredible effort by the Terps. i should have heeded all warning of the treacherous driving because IT IS TREACHEROUS.

Greivis was superb. 26 points and 11 assists. He had 5 or 6 memorable assists–1 to Dino driving the land and a left hand bounce pass to Eric for a 3. Can we begin to start thinking about Greivis as ACC Player of the Year.

Eric Hayes scored 16 on only 6 shots 4 of them 3 pointers.

Dino Gregory has been showing up big lately and today in 19 minutes he had 8 points , with 3 rebounds and out fought Tar Heels time and time again for loose balls.

Landon Milbourne became the 3rd Terrapin on this year’s team to score 1000 points in his career at Maryland.

When you do well the games just keep getting bigger and bigger. Wednesday night it’s UVA, probably the surprise team of the conference.

Gary’s Post Game Press Conference :Williams Carolina

Roy Williams Post Game Comments on umterps.com

“You have to congratulate Maryland. I thought Gary’s team in the first half, 9-for-16 from the 3-point line really just killed us. We cut it from 16 down to four and turned it over twice in a row. We get back in it in the second half… cut it down to five a couple times. I watched the scoreboard today probably more than I ever watched one in my life. In the first half, we really gave them too many open looks and in the second half, we didn’t get back and stop the break. Two of the first four possessions there the big freshman center, Williams, one time he laid it up on the break and the other time he had it, but just missed that time and I think someone else got it.

On Greivis Vasquez:

“Well I just think he’s such an emotional player, he’s so important to the team. He gives them talent, he gives them enthusiasm, he gives them emotion, he gives them cockiness. You know, 11 assists, he may have four turnovers, but he’s making things happen.”

On Eric Hayes:

“With Eric [Hayes] there, it’s awfully nice to have really experienced guards. We said Eric was great shooter and we tried to make him put the ball on the floor and we gave him 4-for-5 from the three-point line, so we didn’t do a good job with that either. He’s an exceptional player.”