Maryland (10-3)
	vs
	NC State (11-4)
	Sunday, January 8th, 6:00pm TV: ESPNU ESPNU is the new Sunday Night Basketball series Announcers: Jon Sciambi and Hubert Davis

Maryland schedule to date:
vs UNCW W 71-62
vs #15 Alabama L 62-42
vs Colorado W 78-71
vs Iona L 89-63
Florida Gulf Coast W 73-67
Illinois L 71-62
Notre Dame W 78-71
Mount St. Mary's W 77-74
Florida International W 65-61
Radford W 65-60
Albany W 83-72
Samford W 75-63
Cornell W 70-62

1/5/2012 7:47:03 PM

BIG W!

State 77
Terps 71

1/5/2012 7:52:55 PM

If we want even a slim chance at making the tourney this is already a must win.

1/5/2012 7:54:47 PM

The old pack fan in me has me thinking "heartbreaking loss" for every game that should be a W.

1/5/2012 7:56:47 PM

iop1

plz2win

Go Pack!

1/5/2012 7:57:55 PM

i'm very worried about this game

1/5/2012 7:58:20 PM

iop1

plz2win

Go Pack!

1/5/2012 7:59:02 PM

The road to the NIT starts Sunday!!!

go pack!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1/5/2012 8:06:02 PM

Quote :

"i'm very worried about this game"

To me MD looks decent, can't figure out why everyone says they are awful

1/5/2012 8:09:35 PM

Quote :

"can't figure out why everyone says they are awful"

Quote :

"Maryland schedule to date: vs UNCW W 71-62 vs #15 Alabama L 62-42 vs Colorado W 78-71 vs Iona L 89-63 Florida Gulf Coast W 73-67 Illinois L 71-62 Notre Dame W 78-71 Mount St. Mary's W 77-74 Florida International W 65-61 Radford W 65-60 Albany W 83-72 Samford W 75-63 Cornell W 70-62"

1/5/2012 8:24:31 PM

Well in terms of RPI Iona and Illinois are top 35. And they have a lethal scoring threat in stoglin that can light it up from behind the arc, plus a productive big man that just became eligible. Not saying that we are in for the L, but just that this is not the easy W that people are claiming in the press.

[Edited on January 5, 2012 at 8:40 PM. Reason : df]

1/5/2012 8:38:04 PM

Plz2win for Debbie

1/5/2012 8:39:34 PM

Points per game (National Rank)
NC State - 77.3 (34)
Maryland - 69.4 (157)

FG% (National Rank)
NC State - 48.1% (32)
Maryland - 44.4% (145)

FT% (National Rank)
NC State - 75.2% (22) [Best in ACC]
Maryland - 64.9% (268)

Turnovers per game
NC State - 13.4
Maryland - 13.2

Steals per game
NC State - 6.4
Maryland - 3.8 [Worst in ACC]

Offensive rebounds per game
NC State - 12.8
Maryland - 13.2

Defensive rebounds per game
NC State - 25.8
Maryland - 23.8

Assists per game (National Rank)
NC State - 17.8 (7) [Second-best in ACC]
Maryland - 11.2 (284) [Worst in ACC]

Stoglin accounts for about 30% of Maryland's scoring, while most of our points are spread fairly evenly through our starting 5

1/5/2012 8:57:49 PM

Quote :

"Well in terms of RPI Iona and Illinois are top 35"

RPI is dumb

1/5/2012 9:02:08 PM

RPI only matters when it favors us anyway

1/5/2012 9:05:22 PM

Illinois and Iona are both on our level. Those aren't bad losses.

It's their plethora of close wins vs horrible teams that is more concerning.

We have a history of letting one man teams destroy us though. That's one thing we've been very consistent at for over a decade whether it's Eddie House, Reggie Jackson, etc.


However, this isn't exactly a one man team. This Len kid has played well, Padgett is a beast, and Mosley is steady.

They are a flat out horrible defensive team so I expect us to have our way with them. We're hard enough to stop from scoring efficiently as it is, I can't imagine we don't hang ~80 on them and they don't score like that.


We seem to have hit our stride since the St. Bonaventure miracle with 3 of our last 4 games being big wins. We have a chance to make the tournament still but these next four games are all virtually must wins.

1/5/2012 11:06:37 PM

I agree with face

1/5/2012 11:42:16 PM

1/5/2012 11:47:09 PM

I would feel much better about this if our fans didn't suck so much

1/5/2012 11:55:48 PM

those maryland stats remind me a lot of sidney lowe teams. they dont flat out blow but they do nothing well. and the concept of forcing turnovers on defense is foreign to them

1/6/2012 12:03:42 AM

^^#trollhard

[Edited on January 6, 2012 at 2:30 AM. Reason : ]

1/6/2012 2:30:53 AM

Quote :

"Illinois and Iona are both on our level. Those aren't bad losses. "

I know you're just comparing Pomeroy ratings, but any time you lose by 26, it's a bad loss.

1/6/2012 7:39:46 AM

Quote :

"They are a flat out horrible defensive team so I expect us to have our way with them. We're hard enough to stop from scoring efficiently as it is, I can't imagine we don't hang ~80 on them and they don't score like that."

Let's be real here. Our big men have problems against any defense with some height. Unless something has changed in the past few games, we might not put up as many as you think.

Then again, Brown is more and more willing to drive, and that helps the bigs quite a bit.

please2w

1/6/2012 7:50:43 AM

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"That's one thing we've been very consistent at for over a decade whether it's Eddie House, Reggie Jackson, etc."

Pretty sure we beat the Eddie House-led Sun Devils both times that year...even with him going off.

1/6/2012 8:07:46 AM

^^^ agreed. 26 points is

FWIW, it was a neutral site game in Puerto Rico, and they played without both Pe'Shon Howard and Alex Len, who are now starting. They are getting a late start on figuring out who their team is and what they can do.

In their last game against a bad Cornell team at home, Maryland jumped out to a 30-8 lead in the first 10 mins. Then in the 2nd half, it wasn't until the 8:30 mark that they scored a field goal. They let Cornell climb all the way back, and it was a 2-point game with 2:00 left.

1/6/2012 8:27:43 AM

to me looks like a dancing W to me

1/6/2012 10:21:09 AM

Supposedly Gottfried has told the team they have to win 11 games to make the tournament. At least he doesn't sugar coat anything.

1/6/2012 10:30:05 AM

Not only does MD have a new coach and a young squad, but they started with a soft schedule and have played ZERO road games. We will take them to downtown pound town. At least a 10+ pt victory.

1/6/2012 10:54:02 AM

Is downtown pound town more hardcore than just pound town?

1/6/2012 11:06:10 AM

1/6/2012 11:07:36 AM

Waltzing L

1/6/2012 11:10:22 AM

Quote :

"Is downtown pound town more hardcore than just pound town?"

it's certainly much more hardcore than uptown pound town

1/6/2012 11:20:23 AM

I hope that there is no football going on in texas so that I can find a bar around here to watch the game. Because when any football is on, and it doesn't matter if people are actively watching it or not, they often times ignore your request to put on college bball.

1/6/2012 11:35:28 AM

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" it's certainly much more hardcore than uptown pound town"

Unless you're in charlotte, then they are the same thing.

1/6/2012 11:38:29 AM

^^ steelers/broncos will be going on at the same time. maybe it'll be a blowout by 6:00 though, so there's some hope

1/6/2012 11:45:39 AM

c'mon boys...1-0 in the ACC

also, from PP, Calvin Leslie:

Quote :

""It's like this. The open guy gets the ball, the open guy takes the shot. If you see a guy open, just give him the ball. It doesn't matter who scores." "

The fact that Leslie of all people is talking like this means so much...he's buying into the team...i love it

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/1146166.html

[Edited on January 6, 2012 at 2:23 PM. Reason : asf]

1/6/2012 2:20:50 PM

it also means that in his mind if he has an open look, he's taking it, which is an attitude that he's more than demonstrated.

i'd like to see less three pointers out of his chest-shot jumper thing.

1/6/2012 2:36:14 PM

^good point...but the whole interview is much better than the past CJ

1/6/2012 2:37:40 PM

^^you do know that he hasn't taken more than 1 3 pointer in any game this season don't you? He has also hit 2 of them. I don't mind him taking one a game. For one, hes shown he CAN hit it, and for two, that puts thoughts into his defenders head that he can take that shot, making him extend his defense, opening up other options.

1/6/2012 3:24:51 PM

I'm pretty sure he airballed (another) one against Deleware St.

1/6/2012 3:36:17 PM

Agreed Ernie, the 26 point loss to Iona is a bad loss. Just thought you were saying the RPI is dumb because it had Illinois and Iona rated highly even though that is accurate.

This early there are definitely some severely overrated/underrated teams based off the RPI for sure.

At 11-5 we'd be a lock for the NCAA tourney, at 10-6 with 1 ACC tournament win we'd be a near lock. At 9-7 with 1 ACCT win we're probably around 50-50, with 2 ACCT wins we'd be 80%+

No doubt that this is the worst ACC in decades, but people put way too much stock into how strong your conference is. If we have the credentials, we'll get in. This isn't the MAC or something...

Losing all three vs Stanford, Indiana, and Vandy is a killer right now though, we'd wouldn't be on the outside looking in by so much if we'd won one of those games. The Stanford game in particular is a killer since they're favorites to finish at the top of the Pac 12 and we had that game.



[Edited on January 6, 2012 at 3:57 PM. Reason : a]

1/6/2012 3:52:37 PM

Need a win here...go Pack!

1/6/2012 5:37:28 PM

Need a stream please, no espn3

1/6/2012 6:04:39 PM

It is ESPNU, go to a bar

[Edited on January 6, 2012 at 6:06 PM. Reason : df]

1/6/2012 6:05:29 PM

oh nevermind

[Edited on January 6, 2012 at 6:22 PM. Reason : .]

1/6/2012 6:08:05 PM

Oh yeah and Howell, please keep pulling in those double doubles and proving face right.

1/7/2012 3:50:48 PM

Quote :

"http://www.justin.tv/turgeontime Password: doubledouble"

Guy on UMD board says he is putting up this stream

1/7/2012 4:52:31 PM

Well obviously somebody should call the cops on him, since he's a maryland fan.

1/7/2012 5:05:18 PM

Why again is ESPN U not streamed on ESPN 3?

1/7/2012 8:37:15 PM

^I think it's still partially to push the cable ops to put it on a higher subscription tier, but I'm not really sure. Sometimes events on ESPNU are on ESPN3, I haven't really figured out the pattern yet

[Edited on January 7, 2012 at 8:54 PM. Reason : if you have TWC you can watch it at WatchESPN.com though.]

1/7/2012 8:54:24 PM