Terp Talk

     The Men’s Lacrosse Terrapins came through on Saturday vs Yale and were rewarded with a #7 seed and 1st Round home game on Saturday.  ACC Coach of the Year , Dave Cottle must be pleased with the growth of his Freshman attack, led last Saturday by Grant Catalino scoring 7 points against Yale.  The women anxiously await their fate on the 7Pm selection show Monday night. I will be at the Terrapin Club Spring Outing Monday evening at the Hilton in Columbia.  Please stop by and say hello.  

   Grant Catalino scored 4 goals along with 3 assists leading the Terps to a 16-10 win over Yale, ending Maryland’s regular season at 9-5.  A 1st round home game should await.  Dana Dobbie scored 4 goals and broke Georgetown’s Coco Stanwyk’s draw control record as the Lady Terps rolled past Loyola 20-4. The first family of Maryland lacrosse-Casey Connor and Courtney Martinez Connor will co host on Terp Talk this Thursday at 7PM and preview this year’s tournament.

    As predicted this morning Big Brown won the Kentucky Derby coming from the 20 post.  He will be coming to Baltimore for the Preakness in 2 weeks. 

Predictions for today—Celtics 100 Atlanta 93         Lakers  115 Utah 99— Lakers to win series in 6 games

    With selection Sunday looming, the Terrapin Men’s lacrosse needs a win over Yale to finish the season 9-5 and probably secure a home game in the 1st round of the NCAAs. It’s Senior day at College park with the face off at 1PM.  The Lady Terps venture into Baltimore to play at Loyola tomorrow at 4PM.

    The Wizards sans Darius Songalia and Gilbert provided a lacklustre effort in going down to the Cavs 4-2 in the 1st round of the NBA playoffs.  LeBron posted a triple double in what might be the last game of the Arenas version of the Wizards.  After 2 injury plaqued years , I doubt if the Wizards will provide Agent Zero with the max contract he is seeking.  Certainly the money must go to Jamison first. Cleveland obviously has the Wizards’ number at this time.  Joe Smith provided excellent minutes in his sub role on the Cavs.

     Despite the #20 post position, I still like the favorite, Big Brown in the Derby.

 University of Maryland Hall of Famer, Christy Winters Scott will be live in the studio tonight night to co-host Terp Talk on ESPN 1300.  One of the most respected basketball analysts and high school coaches in the DC area, Christy starred for the 87-90 Lady Basketball Terps. We will discuss all things basketball including an analysis of Wizards sans Gilbert.  Listen in on the web at www.espn1300.com. Call in at 410-481-1300 or email any questions to bruce@terptalk.com.

    The Wizards behind Caron Butler’s 32 points including a layup with 4 seconds remaining came from behind to defeat the Cavs and move the series back to DC.  This is just a better tean without Agent Zero.  Caron’s game seems to elevate 2 or 3 levels when he becomes the go-to guy. Coach Jordan was asked about this after the game–eddie-on-arenas Game 6 is at Verizon on Friday night.

    University of Maryland Hall of Famer, Christy Winters Scott will be live in the studio tomorrow night to co-host Terp Talk.  One of the most respected basketball analysts and high school coaches in the DC area, Christy starred for the 87-90 Lady Basketball Terps.  Greivis Vasquez will definitely return for his Junior year, ending speculation at an attempt to turn pro in the NBA,or Euro leagues.  Eric Hayes will be spending part of his summer under the tutelage of Steve Blake in Portland.

    The Wizards will try to avoid elimination tonight against the Cavaliers.  A loss could have serious effects on the future of the Arenas led version of the Bullets. The Orioles keep rolling along holding on to a 7-4 victory over Tampa Bay.

   The Cavaliers provided was a tough Sunday for the locals.  The Lady Terps busted out to a commanding 8-3 lead in the ACC Championship Game before UVA stormed from behind to take a 9-8 lead and eventually triumph in overtime. The #3 Terps were led by Dana Dobbie’s 3 goals, but could not convert on the last possession of the game or in Overtime.  Princeton awaits a visit from the Terps on Wednesday night.

    For the 3rd year in a row the Bullets (AKA Wizards) face elimination in the NBA playoffs.  LeBron withstood very physical play from the Wizards and led the Cavs to a 100-97 win to go up 3-1 in the series.  The King found Delonte West in the corner and the St Joe alum nailed a 3pointer to give the Cavs a 3 point lead. A last second 3 pointer by Gilbert was way off and the question now is can this version of the franchise ever make any kind of run toward the title.  The offensive rhythm of the team was way off ==almost like it was 2 teams one with Gilbert and one without. Cleveland out rebounded the Wiz by 20. Comments by Coach Mike Brown.mike-brown-on-game-5 The big question is which team is better? The series is not over yet and moves to game 5 on Weds in Cleveland. Some comments fro Captain Jamison–antawn-game-5

    In a rather lackluster showing, about 10,000 watched as the White Team defeated the Red team 27-3 scoring most of their points against the 2nd team defense.  The 1st team defense was just overwhelming, basically shutting down Steffey and Turner.  Jordan Steffy had the best stuff today but it was mainly against the 2nd tea.  Both Morgan Greene and DaRel Scott ran the ball well.  The Baltimore Ravens apparently attempted to trade up for Matt Ryan but when they were unsuccessful settled on Delaware QB Joe Flacco. Ozzie engineered several trades and added several picks to the Ravens draft.  Rutgers running back, Ray rice was selected in the 2nd roiund by the Ravens.  Lastly, the Lady Terps (lacrosse) play for the ACC  Championship at UVA today at 1PM on Comcast Sportsnet.  Some predictions for tomorrow:

Terps 9           UVA  7  Lady Terps Win ACC

Wizards 97      Cavaliers 95

Detroit 89        76ers      76

Phoenix 115    San Antonio 100

    UVA’s win over the Terps in the ACC tourney proves the old adage “it’s tough to beat a great team twice in the same season”. The Cavaliers dominated wire to wire thus moving the Terps to 8-5, desperate for a win next Saturday vs Yale.  Though not scoring in the 2nd, the lady Terps held on to a 6-4 triumph over UNC thus moving into the finals of the ACC on Sunday against the host Cavaliers.  Today is the long awaited Spring Red White Football scrimmage at College Park.  The Ravens will soon be on the clock for the NFL draft.  For goodness sakes, step up, move up and get Matt Ryan!!!

    To no surprise, Terrapin head lacrosse coach Dave Cottle was named ACC Coach of the Year, prior to the start of the ACC Tournament at UVA.  Joe Cinofsky and Jeff reynolds were named to 1st team All-ACC.  The Terps face UVA tonight at 7:30 on ACC Select TV.  The Wizards seemed to find their rhythm tonight, despite the limited performance of Agent Zero, and crushed Cleveland tonight 108-72, behind the stellar play of Captain Antawn Jamison and his fellow Tar Heel-Brendan Heywood. Gilbert’s knee was bothering him again and he played only 10 minutes.  In a huge shocker the Orioles after trailing 5-0, came from behind and picked up 3 RBI from Adam Jones and a tie breaking Home Run by Brian Roberts carried the way for the now 13-8 Orioles.  

    The Spring Red White Football Game, Hoops, and NFL Draft  discussions highlight tonight’s show of Terp Talk.  Listen in on 1300 ESPN Radio or listen on the web at www.espn1300.com.  Call in at 410-481-1300 or email any questions to bruce@terptalk.com. Dino Berger and Press Box Host Matt Zenitz join me tonight for a discussion of the Ravens draft prospects and where the Maryland kids could wind up.  It’s D-Day for the Wizards tonight , down 2-0 to the Cavs and LeBron. Look for an easy Wizards win tonight as the Big 3–Gilbert, Caron  and Antawn combine for 50 plus points.  This dislike of LeBron stems from his berating of Arenas on the foul line in 2006.  When watching the game, you can tell that it is personal for the Wizards.  The Orioles behind another stellar start of Daniel Cabrera slipped past Seattle 3-2 on Markakis’ 8th inning solo dinger, saving any further discussion of the most inept baserunning I have ever seen from the Orioles earlier in the game.