In case you missed the show last night, Jordan Williams passed the NCAA clearing House and thus officially becomes a Scholarship player for Gary’s Terrapins. This kid will be something special and I would not be surprised to see him starting by midseason. It’s a great day to be a TERP.
From Day 4 of practice comes the following quotes from Coach Friedgen on the continued development of Chris Turner from umterps.com.
“Chris (Turner) is playing very well right now,” said Friedgen. “His decision-making is real good. In the past if a guy came free and he had to throw hot off it, the guy would jump up in his face and Chris would invariably get the ball knocked down. He would get frustrated. Today that happened and he dropped down … Read More »
Great things happen to great guys. Dave Neal, recent Terrapin graduate, has been asked to play in Ireland’s SuperLeague. He will also attend the University of Ulster in Belfast to study for his MBA. Read the whole article by Patrick Stevens of the Washington Times. “It’s going to be an awesome experience going to school and playing basketball in another country,” said Neal, who graduated from Maryland in May. “Getting a job right now isn’t the easiest thing, … Read More »
Center Len Elmore, great rebounder, shot blocker, could score. Played before the shot clock so he would have had many more rebounds if he had played in that era. 2nd team. Charles “Buck” Williams. Really an insult to put Buck, who was a power forward playing center, on the 2nd team. Who was tougher than Buck? No one. Who played with more passion than Buck? No one. He ate up Ralph Sampson, a 3 time All-American, every time the two played against each other. Buck! And please don’t say Joe Smith should be … Read More »
Terp Talk Thursday Night 8-06-09
Host–Bruce Posner CoHost–Derrick Lewis, Pat McKindless
Subjects–Derrick Lewis accepts head Coaching position at Archbishop Spalding, Basketball recruiting. Derrick’s Career
A couple a days ago there was a New York Post report by Lenn Robbins as well as Jeff Barker’s mention on the Baltimore Sun blog “Tracking the Terps” that the Big East might be interested in getting Boston College and Maryland. The New York Post said of Maryland that “always has played Big East schools, and the balance of power in the ACC is in the south,” but also that the proposal … Read More »
The irony of ironies. Should Maryland defeat Chaminade in the first round and Cincy defeat Vanderbilt, on Tuesday night Nov 24 at 7PM the Terrapins will take on Lance Stephenson and the Bearcats. Perhaps Sean Mosley and Landon will alternate guarding Born Ready. Enough said!!!!
Chris McCray played for Italy’s Lega2 (2nd division) Basket Rimini Crabs, which finished in a 5-way tie for 6th place in the regular season, but lost in the quarterfinals of the league tournament (they lost to Jamar Smith’s team). He scored 13.5 points, 4.6 rebounds per game (32 games).
Terence Morris and CSKA Moscow had a great season, reaching the championship game of the Euroleague tournament (losing to Jasikevicius and Nicholas’s PAO team). Morris scored 6.6 points and … Read More »
Very interesting interview of Gary on sporting news.com.
James Gist played his first pro season for Angelica Biella of Italy. He scored 13.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game (34 games). Angelica finished in 7th place in Italy’s SerieA regular season but lost in the semifinals of the league tournament.
Ekene Ibekwe played for Mutlu Aku Selcuk Universitesi Konya of Turkey this season. Selcuk finished in 15th place (next to last) in the Turkey’s TBL (1st division). He scored 18.6 points and 8.3 rebounds … Read More »
