James Padgett News

Maryland leads Winston-Salem State 41-29 at halftime. Here is what's right: *The Terps are 9-for-14 on threes.

Heading into the Terrapin men's basketball team's game Saturday against Eastern Kentucky - the Terps only game in a two-week stretch thanks to final exams - the pregame build-up surrounded the season debut of forward Dino Gregory after an eight-game suspension for an unspecified team rules violation.

In a season when the Maryland basketball team has discovered a scorer in sophomore guard Sean Mosley and a rebounder in freshman center Jordan Williams, the Terrapins are still looking for the player who led them in both categories - as well as assists - last season.

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.

The Maryland basketball team found out much about its current state on a trip to the Maui Invitational last week.

It was around this time last season that Maryland stunned Michigan State -- an important early-season victory that was to later aid the Terps' case for advancing to the NCAA tournament.

Whenever Maryland is in dire need of a victory, it always can count on one thing: a date with anyone in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

Greivis Vasquez scored 23 points and Landon Milbourne had 19 points, leading Maryland to an 80-68 victory over Indiana Tuesday night.

Four days removed from a performance in Hawaii that bruised the record and ego of the Maryland men's basketball team, the Terrapins called a team meeting to discuss all that went wrong and all that must change moving forward.

Senior forward Landon Milbourne said the players met Sunday to discuss the team's attitude, as well as the intensity with which the Terrapins operated on both ends of the court en route to a 1-2 showing in the Maui Invitational.

The verdict: Both components need to dramatically improve, sooner rather than later.

LAHAINA, HAWAII In May, Lance Stephenson's father, Lance Sr., told USA Today that his son had narrowed his list of college suitors to two: Arizona and the Terrapin men's basketball team.

The circumstances surrounding Landon Milbourne's childhood dictated he learn how to cut hair. He grew up on the Eastern Shore where, as he said, 'there wasn't much around as far as a big city and a lot of people,' and his mother owned a hair salon. It took Milbourne time to realize he could perform the craft, but these days he serves as the resident barber of the Maryland men's basketball team.

In fact, nearly every member of the front court Milbourne leads gets his hair cut by the senior forward who always has found sustenance in his ability to adapt to his surroundings. When Maryland squares off against Chaminade on Monday in the first round of the Maui Invitational, Milbourne will jump for the tip and spend most of the game executing a role that would have seemed unimaginable to him three years earlier.

Jason Bohannon and the University of Wisconsin went outside the arc to take down Maryland.

The Terps struggled offensively Tuesday night in Maui, losing to the University of Cincinnati Bearcats 69-57. Greivis Vasquez led the Terps' effort, with a season-high 19 points.

Yancy Gates scored 17 points and pulled down 13 rebounds as Cincinnati beat 21st-ranked Maryland, 69-57, in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational.

As it happens, the Maui Invitational field isn't as strong this season as it has been in recent years.

By the time he was 12, Ashton Pankey had a pretty good idea that he would play college basketball.

Charleston Southern - Maryland Basketball vs. Charleston Southern Live 30 minutes before the game here in the Comcast Center.

Maryland men's basketball coach Gary Williams announced Thursday that junior Dino Gregory will return to the team Dec.

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.

Fairfield Stags at Maryland Terrapins Last Game: FAIR: Beat Fordham 63-55. MD: Beat Char.