Terrapins Insider: March 22, 2009 - March 28, 2009

Maryland Women Loosen Up

RALEIGH, N.C.—All is (relatively) quiet inside the RBC Center this afternoon, where approximately 40 fans are watching the Maryland women practice in advance of Saturday's NCAA South Region semifinal against Vanderbilt. But an hour before practice, there were screams and...

By Camille Powell  |  March 27, 2009; 4:45 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (15)
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Postseason Evaluations: Gary Williams

This week, Terrapins Insider has taken a look at each of the Maryland players and how they performed this season. With those evaluations complete, we'll now take a look at the man responsible for leading this squad through an up-and-down...

By Steve Yanda  |  March 27, 2009; 1:00 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (39)
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Postseason Evaluations: Dupree, Burney, Kim, Goins, Pearman

This week, Terrapins Insider is taking a look back at the Maryland season that concluded last weekend. Each day will feature posts on the performances of specific players and Coach Gary Williams. Sophomore center Braxton Dupree: There was a lot...

By Steve Yanda  |  March 27, 2009; 12:55 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (6)
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Postseason Evaluations: Dino Gregory

This week, Terrapins Insider is taking a look back at the Maryland season that concluded last weekend. Each day will feature posts on the performances of specific players and Coach Gary Williams. Sophomore forward Dino Gregory’s season can be summed...

By Steve Yanda  |  March 27, 2009; 12:04 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (4)
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Postseason Evaluations: Cliff Tucker

This week, Terrapins Insider is taking a look back at the Maryland season that concluded last weekend. Each day will feature posts on the performances of specific players and Coach Gary Williams. The “DNP” was the worst. Sophomore swingman Cliff...

By Steve Yanda  |  March 27, 2009; 7:01 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (8)
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Maryland Women Depart for Raleigh

There was little fanfare when the Maryland women departed Comcast Center this afternoon for Raleigh, N.C., where they will play Vanderbilt in a South Region semifinal on Saturday. Four television cameras filmed the players as they wheeled their gear out...

By Camille Powell  |  March 26, 2009; 2:35 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (9)
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Postseason Evaluations: Eric Hayes

This week, Terrapins Insider is taking a look back at the Maryland season that concluded last weekend. Each day will feature posts on the performances of specific players and Coach Gary Williams. The decision to move Sean Mosley into the...

By Steve Yanda  |  March 26, 2009; 12:00 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (9)
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Postseason Evaluations: Sean Mosley

This week, Terrapins Insider is taking a look back at the Maryland season that concluded last weekend. Each day will feature posts on the performances of specific players and Coach Gary Williams. The decision to insert freshman guard Sean Mosley...

By Steve Yanda  |  March 26, 2009; 7:10 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (15)
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Postseason Evaluations: Landon Milbourne

This week, Terrapins Insider is taking a look back at the Maryland season that concluded last weekend. Each day will feature posts on the performances of specific players and Coach Gary Williams. Landon Milbourne is sort of a brooding fellow....

By Steve Yanda  |  March 25, 2009; 12:00 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (32)
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Postseason Evaluations: Dave Neal

This week, Terrapins Insider is taking a look back at the Maryland season that concluded last weekend. Each day will feature posts on the performances of specific players and Coach Gary Williams. The area around his eyes was red and...

By Steve Yanda  |  March 25, 2009; 7:16 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (25)
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Maryland Spring Practice Underway

I have to catch a plane to Phoenix (and then a very long cab ride to Glendale) in a bit, but I stopped in the Gossett Team House for Ralph Friedgen’s press conference to open spring practice. As expected, Friedgen...

By Eric Prisbell  |  March 24, 2009; 3:19 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (3)
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Postseason Evaluations: Adrian Bowie

This week, Terrapins Insider is taking a look back at the Maryland season that concluded last weekend. Each day will feature posts on the performances of specific players and Coach Gary Williams For much of the final three games of...

By Steve Yanda  |  March 24, 2009; 12:09 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (35)
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Can the ACC Women Stop Their Slide?

Over the past three seasons, no conference has had more Sweet 16 representatives than the ACC, which sent 11 teams into the NCAA region semifinals (the Big East and SEC had 10 apiece, and Big 12 had five). But Monday...

By Camille Powell  |  March 24, 2009; 11:21 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (3)
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Postseason Evaluations: Greivis Vasquez

This week, Terrapins Insider is taking a look back at the Maryland season that concluded last weekend. Each day will feature posts on the performances of specific players and Coach Gary Williams Greivis Vasquez scored 10 or more points in...

By Steve Yanda  |  March 24, 2009; 7:12 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (32)
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Camille Powell Previews Women's Second Round

By Matthew Rennie  |  March 23, 2009; 11:01 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (3)
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Steinberg on Coverage of Terps' Women

Do the enormously successful Maryland women deserve more coverage? Dan Steinberg of the D.C. Sports Bog tackles the issue....

By Matt Bonesteel  |  March 23, 2009; 3:13 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (3)
 
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Do Terps Fans Now Cheer For Memphis?

First, a quick note on the blog schedule for the coming week. I'll be traveling throughout the Midwest, making my way slowly but surely to Memphis for the South Region semifinals and final. But while I'm pulled over at various...

By Steve Yanda  |  March 23, 2009; 12:12 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (23)
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Terps Savor Playing at Home

Both Kristi Toliver and Marissa Coleman were asked on Saturday why they enjoy playing at Comcast Center so much, and both pointed to the fan support that the team receives. Said Coleman, "Our fans are the best in the country,...

By Camille Powell  |  March 23, 2009; 11:48 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (3)
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Solid Showing For Maryland-Bound Padgett

Lance Stephenson may have tallied 24 points while leading Abraham Lincoln High School to its fourth straight PSAL title (the first time that's ever been done, by the way) over the weekend, but the Railsplitters received a significant boost from...

By Steve Yanda  |  March 23, 2009; 10:11 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (2)
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Lance Stephenson Chatter

While you all continue to ponder the season that just concluded for Maryland, take a few minutes to look ahead to the possibilities next season might bring. One possibility that remains on the table is that prep phenom Lance Stephenson...

By Steve Yanda  |  March 23, 2009; 7:29 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (12)
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Maryland Women 82, Dartmouth 53

From Camille Powell: The top-seeded Maryland women's 82-53 victory over 16th-seeded Dartmouth capped a day of first-round NCAA tournament blowouts at Comcast Center. The Terrapins will face ninth-seeded Utah—which whipped eighth-seeded Villanova, 60-30—on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in a South...

By Matthew Rennie  |  March 22, 2009; 4:28 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (7)
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Maryland Women Get Set to Face Dartmouth

Much of yesterday's Maryland women's press conference dealt with how the Terrapins were going to avoid overlooking 16th-seeded Dartmouth (0-6 in the NCAA's), out of the Ivy League (1-16 in NCAA's). Coach Brenda Frese pointed out that seniors Kristi Toliver...

By Camille Powell  |  March 22, 2009; 1:20 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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Poll: Initial Grade For Terps' Season

Over the next week, we'll take a more thorough look back at the Maryland season that concluded yesterday afternoon with a loss to Memphis in the second round of the NCAA tournament. But for now, I'd like to get a...

By Steve Yanda  |  March 22, 2009; 8:20 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (23)
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