Congratulations to Gary Williams in posting his 600th career coaching victory--more than just a milestone, this win gives the Maryland a 5-3 ACC record halfway through the league's regular season. A night of redemption for Greivis Vasquez--after fouling out with 10 minutes to play in the Terps' loss to BC last month, the sophomore led the way with 25 points and 8 assists.
It's hard to imagine this was once a 6-6 team coming off a home loss to American.
While the Terps proved that December defeat was a fluke, the Eagles are showing that victory may have been an omen. AU's 62-46 win over Holy Cross moves Jeff Jones's team one win behind Patriot League-leading Lafayette. Potential separation games loom over the next week against Lehigh and Bucknell--while both games are at home, American lost back to back at Bender in January to sub-500 in the league schools Navy and Holy Cross.
George Washington's year turned upside-down continued with an 80-58 loss to LaSalle-- up next for the 5-17 Colonials: a visit from Dayton (ranked earlier in the season).
College Football trumpeted its National Letter of Intent day: Maryland's yield included 5 All-Americans in its 18 recruit class-- including wide receivers Kenny Tate, Kevin Dorsey and Kerry Boykins...the Terps also added significant depth by bringing in four defensive lineman (favorite out of the gate--Masengo Kobongo who speaks four languages)...
Breaking down the class--9 players hail from Maryland or Washington DC, 2 are from Virginia while 2 more come from North Carolina. Coach Ralph Friedgen and Recruiting Coordinator Dave Sollazzo are looking to make more inroads in Pennsylvania and New Jersey--setting up a "five hour driving radius" where they will focus their efforts--meaning the state of Florida (with the emergence of South Florida, Central Florida, Florida International and Florida Atlantic) will see less attention.
Rivals.com ranked Maryland's class 4th in the ACC--by comparison Virginia Tech's recruits rated 4th while Virginia's incoming players was deemed 11th in the conference. But to paraphrase Maryland Radio sideline reporter Tim Strachan "It's not the rank of the players on their way into the program, but the ranking of the team when the players depart the program"...
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