Scouting Miami
Miami is 16-9 and 7-5 in the ACC following a 74-56 home win over Wake Forest on Saturday… The Hurricanes are 4-6 on the road this season, but have won three of the last four, beating Georgia Tech, Boston College and Duke while falling to Florida State. Junior guard Durand Scott is averaging a team-high 12.9 ppg and is one of four Hurricanes averaging double figures… junior forward Kenny Kadji (12.8), senior guard Malcolm Grant (11.6) and junior center … Read More »
– Tianna Hawkins scored 19 points, including the tiebreaking basket with 14 seconds left, and Maryland (No. 7 ESPN/USA Today, No. 8 AP) defeated fifth-ranked Duke 63-61 Sunday to end the Blue Devils’ bid to go unbeaten in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Laurin Mincy had 17 points for the Terrapins (23-4, 10-4). Alyssa Thomas grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked a last-second shot by Haley Peters to secure the victory. The game drew a crowd of 15,150, eighth-largest in school history. It was also the … Read More »
Brett Harman pitched five strong innings and Maryland jumped out to an early lead while controlling throughout in a series-clinching 5-1 victory over No. 14 UCLA Sunday afternoon.
Tim Kiene went 2-for-4 with his second homer in as many days and freshman K.J. Hockadayhad two hits for the second straight game as Maryland (2-1) got its first series win on the road since March 14-15, 2009, at NC State.
The Terps scored a run in each of the first three … Read More »
For many years Maryland and Georgetown refused to end their their stalemate over the location of the next game between Georgetown and Maryland. The story goes like this: on November 26, 1993 Gary Williams played what he believed was a road game at US Air Arena in Landover , Md. (The coming out party for Joe Smith as Maryland won a thriller 84-83 in overtime. 20 years later Maryland has never received the return home game either at Cole or Comcast. … Read More »
Katie Schwarzmann scored a career-high six goals as No. 2 Maryland picked up its first road victory 16-6 at No. 17 Penn State Sunday afternoon. Schwarzmann scored five of her six goals in the first half and also racked up a game-high six groundballs. Karri Ellen Johnson and Brooke Griffin also tallied two goals each as Maryland (3-0) won its third consecutive game by 10 or more goals. Griffin added five groundballs andIliana Sanza had a team-high four draw controls. from umterps.com
Kentucky, Maryland, Villanova, and Baylor remain.
I just have a great feeling about this year’s squad. Trailing 5-1 in the 5th the Terps tied it up on a 3 Run HR by Tim Kiene. The Bruins scored in the bottom of the inning and held on for a 6-5 win. Last night the Terps scored 2 in the 9th and Jimmy Reed struck out the side to preserve a 2-1 victory before a stunned UCLA crowd.
Peter Konz, C, Wisconsin
With Ray Lewis‘ decision to come back for another year, the Ravens might be a little less desperate to find the next great linebacker, and can instead hit another big need. Matt Birk will need a replacement at center, and Konz is the best one in the draft. He’s like a good quarterback, picking up every blitz and stunt, and has the kind of smarts in calling out things that will really help the quarterback. The … Read More »
Observations of a great opening win for the Terps:
Curtis Holmes won the face face off battle 19-1. A team will rarely lose with this margin. Today was no different. Curtis also had a goal and scooped 9 ground balls.
Quint Kessenich did not pick Maryland for his top 10 this year and somewhat indicated that Hartford was on the rise and the Terps were on the fall. That was not what I saw.
It was hard to judge Maryland … Read More »
