Carmelo, Gay, and Durant

Former Maryland high school standout, Kevin Durant had 37 points and 23 rebounds tonight for the University of TEXAS!
Gary Williams has done a tremendous job building a program without getting guys like that.  It truly is amazing.  However,  wouldn’t it be nice if just once, a blue-chipper came to College Park?
I’m not so cynical that [...]

Decidedly Not To Be

We stink. But you know this already.
Before we try and figure out where the program goes from here, let me just say this about tonight’s loss / embarassment. Florida State is 11th in the ACC in Assist/Turnover ratio. UVa has the best guard tandem in the country. Which team did Gary decide to press? UVa [...]

To Be Or Not To Be

That is the question.
Are the Terps going to be a Tournament team or not? Tournament don’t lose must-win games against also-ran opponents.  Even if it is a road game.  The Terps need this one (and Wake too, but let’s focus on tonight). The good news is that we will likely know within five minutes whether [...]

Gist: What Took You So Long?

I decided to write as I watch the game tonight. However, I am sitting in my apartment listening to Mr. Holiday because ACC Select punted yet again. Despite advertising the game on their site, it is “blacked out” in Chicago. Sure. Whatever. All I know is that it is not on TV here, and I [...]

Embracing Defeat

I’m not pissed that Jones did not take the three. I’m not pissed that the Terps fought valiantly and still came up short in OT. I’m not pissed the Gary Williams refused to call time out with the clock running down in regulation (actually I’m pretty damn pissed about that). What I [...]

Bears Highlights vs. A Real Basketball Game

How many times does the local yocal Comcast Chicago studio guys need to review Bears highlights?  The Terps are playing a real game, I don’t need to see Jerry Azumah break down the highlights AGAIN.  The schedule is saying Terps v. Virginia Tech.  Go to the game, already.  It’s halftime!
Don’t get me wrong, I am [...]

Pressed to Lose

Welcome to the grind. The grind is a place where our team leader (Strawberry) does not understand the fundamentals of team basketball. The grind is a place where the head coach insists on pressing regardless of whether or not it is working and regardless of the number of layups it causes on the [...]

Season Saved, For Now

Phew. We needed that. A season saving win against Clemson obviously impressed the pollsters as the Terps actually moved up to No. 22 in the polls despite losing to a team with an RPI of 161 earlier in the week.
Everyone contributed to Saturday’s win and it appeared that Ekene Ibekwe was revived from his month [...]

A New Low.

I’m just about done. It’s been beaten out of me. I can no longer take it. Blow it up. Start from scratch. I don’t care anymore. I just can’t get emotionally involved in this team. They are all tainted with the curse. Someone sold their soul to get that championship in 2002. The price was [...]

ACC Select Sucks and so do the Terps.

Great Job ACC Select. You get free PR with an article in the Wall Street Journal. You spend the entire first two months promoting your service. What happens when the ACC season starts? The server overloads. How could they not address their server capacity? Now I have to [...]