Maryland Terrapins NCAA Basketball News

Head coach Gary Williams has his hands full with perhaps one of his youngest squads heading into the 2008-09 season, his 20th with his alma mater.

After a disappointing finish to the 2007-2008 basketball season that began with so much promise, the Maryland Terrapins look to rebound with a new look team.

As a gathering of media members waited outside the Maryland locker room after a season opener that ended much better than it began for the Terrapins last night, Joe Harrington, the team's director of student-athlete services, stuck his head out of the halfway-open door and asked a reporter about a game that took place several states away. 'Did Kentucky lose tonight?' Harrington asked.

When informed that the Wildcats had in fact lost at home to Virginia Military Institute, Harrington smiled. 'Oh, goodness,' he said before ducking back inside the locker room. 'Well, we didn't lose. We didn't lose.'

Landon Milbourne scored 16 points, Cliff Tucker added career-high 14 and Maryland spoiled the debut of Bucknell coach Dave Paulsen with an 81-52 victory Friday night.

While failing to qualify for the NCAA tournament in three of the last four seasons, the Maryland basketball team often failed to fulfill high expectations was guilty of taking lesser opponents too lightly.

Watching the Terrapin basketball team and Northwood warm up before today's exhibition game at Comcast Center, Seahawk center Jermaine Middleton stands out.

Some observations compiled during the first half Terrapin men's basketball team's exhibitionA game against Northwood.

Entering his 20th season as head coach of his alma mater, Gary Williams is the third-winningest coach in Atlantic Coast Conference history with 397 wins in 19 seasons at College Park.

Freshman Jin Soo Kim scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half, Landon Milbourne also finished with 20, and Maryland cruised past Northwood, 104-60, Saturday in the Terrapins ' only tuneup before the ...

The Terrapin mena s basketball team held its second open scrimmage of the season this afternoon in front of roughly 75 loyal fans.

The University of Maryland was picked to finish seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball standings in preseason balloting Sunday at the annual Operation Basketball media gathering.

Eric Hayes led all scorers with 28 points on 12-for-18 shooting from the floor. Hayes, playing the point-guard position for both the Red and Black teams, had seven assists, three steals and only three turnovers ...

The first public look at the 2008-09 Terrapin basketball team came Saturday in a Red-Black scrimmage at Comcast Center that saw Eric Hayes and Cliff Tucker lead the Red Team to a decisive 78-65 victory.

Cliff Tucker scored 26 points to lead both squads as the Red team beat the Black squad 80-66 in the first preseason scrimmage for the University of Maryland men's basketball team Saturday at Comcast Center.

One of Bobby Cremins' favorite players -- and one of mine -- is being inducted into the University of Maryland athletic department Hall of Fame tonight.

Terps sophomore center Braxton Dupree enters through the crowd during introductions at Maryland Madness in College Park.

Head coach Gary Williams said several of his guards have the ability to bring the ball up the court this season.

Gary Williams, at 63 years old entering his 20th season coaching Maryland, is opening practices.

Terps sophomore center Braxton Dupree enters through the crowd during introductions at Maryland Madness in College Park.

In his first few years coaching basketball at the University of Maryland, Gary Williams often talked about the importance of recruiting players out of Baltimore.