The Maryland Terrapins will play in the College Basketball subreddit’s (r/CBB) virtual March Madness tournament tonight at 8p. The tournament features game being live simulated in College Hoops 2k8 using edited rosters with this season’s players. The games have seen half of the first round streamed on the subreddit’s YouTube channel to thousands of viewers with major upsets including 15 seed Eastern Washington defeating two seed San Deigo State.

The four seed Terps will face the 13 seed Yale … Read More »

Thanks to Jordan Klatsky for putting this together

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Smith Named CBS Sports All-American

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (March 16, 2020) – Maryland sophomore forward Jalen Smith has been named a Third Team All-American by CBS Sports, announced Monday. Last week Smith was named a Third Team All-American by Sports Illustrated and Sporting News.

Smith is also a top-5 finalist for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award and a top-10 semifinalist for the Citizen Naismith Player of the Year Award, while having already earned First Team … Read More »

Empty stadiums across the land

https://soundcloud.com/terptalk/sports-maven-031420

Jordan is back as we discuss the absence of the bracket and what is next for us.

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/terptalk/episodes/2020-03-15T16_39_20-07_00

Spring sports athletes get a redo

From the NCAA statement –

“Council leadership agreed that eligibility relief is appropriate for all Division I student-athletes who participated in spring sports. Details of eligibility relief will be finalized at a later time. Additional issues with NCAA rules must be addressed, and appropriate governance bodies will work through those in the coming days and weeks.”

It has come to this –

BIG TEN STATEMENT 
 
The Big Ten Conference announced today that in addition to the Men’s Basketball Tournament it will be canceling all conference and non-conference competitions through the end of the academic year, including spring sports that compete beyond the academic year, and participation in all NCAA tournaments and competitions. In addition, the Conference has announced a moratorium on all on- and off-campus recruiting activities for the foreseeable future. 
 
The Big Ten … Read More »

Maryland Wraps Up 1st Big Ten Championship

Zachary Wilson with Wayne Viener

For the regular season finale and senior day, the Terps hoped to clinch their share of the Big Ten title against the Michigan Wolverines. It was an electric atmosphere for the final home game of star guard Anthony Cowan and the probable last game at Xfinity Center for All-American Candidate Jalen Smith.

Changing their ways from the game at Rutgers, Turgeon focused on creating more offensive opportunities … Read More »