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The pocket ace Maryland held throughout both its struggles last season and its strong finish was a November victory over a top five opponent. When Selection Sunday came, the Terrapins were on the figurative bubble, and although it never will be known how much their win over then-No. 5 Michigan State in a Thanksgiving weekend tournament helped them earn a No. 10 seed, the achievement certainly provided a considerable push.

So far this season, Maryland (5-2) stands without such a signature nonconference victory, and its final opportunity to claim one comes Sunday night, when the Terrapins will take on No. 3 Villanova (7-0) in the BB&T Classic at Verizon Center.

Maryland guard Eric Hayes knows his coach's preferred tactics. The Terrapins, as they have much of the past two decades, remain reliant on man-to-man defense.

At one point during the middle of the first half of Maryland's 80-68 win Tuesday night, Indiana made five straight shots while going on a 14-3 run that turned a four-point Maryland lead into a seven-point Maryland deficit.

You get the sense watching senior guard Greivis Vasquez that he's getting closer to the form in which Maryland needs him to operate in order for the Terrapins to be most successful this season.

The combination finally knocked out Indiana . Vasquez made 13 of 14 free throws and had 23 points, Milbourne added 19 points and seven rebounds despite playing in foul trouble, and the last flurry allowed Maryland to pull away for an 80-68 victory in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge.

For years, an appearance in the Maui Invitational came with a figurative badge of honor for any NCAA men's basketball team.

Lahaina, Hawaii As Terrapin basketball coach Gary Williams walked to the locker room at halftime of yesterday's Maui Invitational opener against Chaminade with a look of perturbed consternation, his eyes kept darting toward the scoreboard in the tiny Lahaina Civic Center.

The Maryland Terrapins fell for the second straight game, this time to Wisconsin.

There will be times Maryland forward Landon Milbourne will be asked to play nearly entire games, remaining on the floor with barely a breather while an outcome is remotely in doubt.

The 25th-ranked Maryland Terrapins will look to continue their fast start to the season, as they take on the Chaminade Silverswords in the first round of the Maui Invitational tonight at Lahaina Civic Center.

Maryland finishes its season-opening homestand on Friday night with an 8 p.m. game against New Hampshire.

The 25th-ranked Maryland Terrapins continued their early-season dominance over weaker teams on Friday night, crushing the New Hampshire Wildcats 82-55. Senior forward Landon Milbourne scored a career high 24 points, and sophomore guard Sean Mosley had his first career double-double, with 13 points and 10 assists.

Landon Milbourne scored 24 points on 9- of-15 shooting, and the 25th-ranked Maryland Terrapins dominated the New Hampshire Wildcats, 82-55, at Comcast Center.

Those were the days when the Terrapins still played at Cole Field House; Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, and Lonny Baxter owned the court.A When National Championships were always a possibility.A From what we've seen so far this season, it looks as if Gary Williams may be bringing his team back into the spotlight.

Maryland didn't experience too many problems in its first two games of the season, although star guard Greivis Vasquez's slow start is a slight concern.

Senior guard Eric Hayes insists that he, too, was capable of losing his cool, that he was not impervious to outward emotion, as others have made him out to be.

Probably not, but Gary Williams and the Maryland Terrapins are going to give small ball a go tonight against Fairfield , and maybe throughout the regular season.

Continuing a season-opening homestand that has the Maryland men's basketball team playing three home games in eight days, the Terrapins host Fairfield in a Tuesday-night matchup at Comcast Center at 8 p.m. Maryland cracked the Associated Press Top 25 late Monday afternoon.

James Padgett wore a perpetual smile as reporters filtered by the round table he shared with Eric Hayes and Jin Soo Choi at the Terrapin men's basketball team's media day last month.

Sean Mosley had 15 points, freshman Jordan Williams contributed 12 points and nine rebounds, and Eric Hayes and James Padgett each scored 10 for the Terrapins , who never trailed.