Terp Talk Thursday Night 8-20-09
Host–Bruce Posner CoHost–Dino Guest Tom Landseadel Coach of Mychal Parker
Subjects–Mychal Parker Commits to Maryland!!, Stan -Bruce Interview of Ralph Friedgen
From Matt Bracken’s blog in the Sun comes a great article on Mychal Parker.
IT”S OFFICIAL. Mychal Parker, 6’6″ #3 from Miller School in Virginia has given his verbal to jointhe 2010 recruiting class. Tune in tonight on Terp Talk to hear from one of his High School Coaches-Tom Landseadel. Also tonight we will discuss the passing away of Bob Novak, a great terrapin bball fan. Listen live on ESPN 1300 or click the listen live button on the site. Email any comments to bposner7@gmail.com.
It’s a great day to be a Terp. Keith Cavanaugh and terrapintimes.com reported tonite at 11:04 PM that Mychal Parker a major target of Maryland’s coaching staff will announce his intention to attend the University of Maryland sometime Thursday and join the 2010 recruiting class. If this is true, this will certainly put the Terrapins’ 2010 class way up on the charts. If the final piece of the puzzle Terrence Jones is landed, this could easily be a top 5 … Read More »
University of Maryland senior Greivis Vasquez was among the student-athletes named Wednesday as a preseason candidate for the 2009-10 John Wooden Award, given to the men’s basketball national player of the year. Vasquez, a second team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection as both a sophomore and junior, was among 50 players selected to the preseason list, including 10 players from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Everyone at Maryland is saddened by the death of Bob Novak. Gary released the following statement today.
“Robert Novak was a true friend of Maryland Basketball. Both Lefty Driesell and myself enjoyed Bob’s loyal support. His friendship never waivered. Once Bob and I became friends, we were friends for life. Bob’s college basketball teams were Maryland and Illinois, his alma mater. His love of our team and passion for the game were always there for our team and myself. Bob … Read More »
I always take pride in all the places I have watched the Terrapin Basketball team play. I have been to Nashville, Miami, Tallahassee, Kansas City, Syracuse, Atlanta,Durham, Chapel Hill, Clemson, Raleigh, Greensboro, Largo, Verizon Center, Civic Center, The Palestra, Anaheim, The Licouras Center at Temple, UVA, Madison Square Garden, Charlotte, and many more. But what always amazed me was the presence at these games of the Conservative Giant of Journalism, Bob Novak. HE WAS ALWAYS THERE!!!!! Yet , he didn’t … Read More »
3. Maryland: The Terps had a very good season, but will be better with some bulk and talent inside. Greivis Vasquez is one of the best guards in the country, but his emotional play seems to get more press than his skills. Vasquez is a complete player whom I believe is underrated. Add James Padgett and Jordan Williams to returnees Dino Gregory and Jerome Burney, and Maryland is not playing shorthanded in the paint this year. And no team … Read More »
ESPN is reporting that ex-Terrapin Joe Smith has signed a 1 year deal with Atlanta. Joe finished last season with the Cavs but was used sparingly in the playoffs.
Ryan Randle played for Saint-Etienne B.C. of the French ProB league. Saint-Etienne finished in 8th place in the regular season and lost in the quarterfinals of the playoffs to Rodney Elliott’s Levallois team. Ryan scored 8.9 points and 3.8 rebounds per game (14 games).
Jamar Smith played for Fastweb Junior Casale Monferrato of Italy’s Lega2. The team finished in 4th place in the regular season and lost in the semifinals of the league tournament. He scored 12.5 points … Read More »
