If you are a Maryland Terrapins baseball fan, the document below is of real importance to you. The Big Ten released the bracket for the 2015 conference Tournament and Maryland is the number four seed. Interestingly, the first team the Terps will play. the Michigan State Spartans, is one of the conference foes Maryland didn’t meet in the regular season’s unbalanced schedule. The Spartans are the fifth seed.
Last season at this time, the Terrapins were on a roll. Maryland … Read More »
Todd Carton breaks down the news.
Bullis High School quarterback Dwayne Haskins, Jr. capped off one of the great weeks in recent Maryland recruiting Friday afternoon at approximately 3:10 when he announced his commitment to the University of Maryland on a Spreecast streamed live by ESPN. The week started with the commitment of Duke transfer Rasheed Sulaimon that sparked talk of Maryland garnering a number one preseason ranking in the fall.
For several months, people who follow football recruiting closely … Read More »
A little perspective
It’s a bit disconcerting to see the Maryland Terrapins and Northwestern Wildcats women’s lacrosse teams preparing to meet in an NCAA Tournament quarterfinal game. Why? Look back to 1995. Over the past 20 years, the two programs share 16 national championships (nine for the Terps and seven for the Wildcats). True, the teams have only four NCAA Tournament meetings over that span but all four have come either in the championship game or in the semifinals with … Read More »
Periodically throughout the spring, I have received news releases announcing that a pair of athletes from one of the Big Ten member institutions had received something called the Big Ten Medal of Honor. Because I write for blogs covering the University of Maryland, I ignored all the releases about the student athletes from Nebraska, Purdue, Iowa and so on. Yesterday, my inbox dinged with the relevant news. The winners of the Big Ten Medal of Honor for Maryland are Malina … Read More »
When Maryland announced its move to the Big Ten a howl arose from significant segments of the fan base. Some of the loudest caterwauling came from lacrosse fans and understandably so. The Terps planned to leave the strongest lacrosse conference in the NCAA for one that would be in its first season. Terps fans felt some combination of relief (and perhaps a touch of horror) when the B1G announced it had a new affiliate member for lacrosse only none other … Read More »
The Maryland baseball team dropped a 7-6 decision to a quality Liberty Flames team in a game played in College Park. Tuesday afternoon. Normal circumstances might prompt me to write a recap of the game and move on. Losing to the Flames (#42 RPI) even at home is certainly not usually a loss that has the potential to be a season changing loss but here in mid-May 2015 the situation is not quite normal. In fact, the loss leaves the … Read More »
Most Terp fans are beyond excited for the 2015/16 season. One of the prime reasons is the verbal commitment of former Blue Devil guard Rasheed Sulaimon.
Wayne and Todd reviewed the situation in preparation for TerpTalk on Wednesday 6p on 1300 CBS Sports Radio.
Wayne: Well, now that the transfer of Rasheed Sulaimon is official this show is practically writing itself.
Todd: Rasheed Who-Laimon?
Wayne (a bit taken aback): You’re kidding, right?
Todd: Only a little. I guess this is a … Read More »
If you are a sports fan, the Baltimore – Washington metropolitan area is among the best places in the country to be right now. Even if the news isn’t always good, there’s certainly lots of it.
You can follow either or both of the two major league baseball teams. NBA Basketball? The Wizards’ playoff run has that covered. The same goes for the Capitals’ who are in the second round of the NHL playoffs.
If you’re a lacrosse fan, both … Read More »
The Maryland baseball team’s trip to Columbus on May’s second weekend was a bit like a visit you might make to the doctor when something feels amiss but you’re not quite certain of the prognosis or treatment. The three game series came with three options relative to the Terrapins’ NCAA fate:
Maryland sweeps three games: Just what the doctor ordered as close to a clean bill of NCAA health as possible.
Take two wins: And call me after you play Liberty … Read More »
Let me set some parameters:
1) I’m a Maryland fan so I admit to some degree of inherent bias.
2) I’m over 60 years old and don’t have the sharpest eyes.
3) The Baltimore Sun’s website has posted a very slow motion view of the video Mark Millon Tweeted that together with Quint “I hated Maryland when I played for Hopkins and still do” Kessinich have fueled this discussion. You can watch it and judge for yourselves.
With that … Read More »
