Maryland Board

[UConnDad]

Only thing I like in Maryland is OC golf courses Lighthouse Sound and Rum Pointe and Seacrets a great bar. The Green Turtle chain 🐢 of bars is terrapin heaven.

Roadkill time!

Seacrets is the best bar there. Green Turtle is for you golfers. I’ll be in OC Saturday repping the good guys in hostile territory.

 

[Greathusky]

Seacrets is the best bar there. Green Turtle is for you golfers. I’ll be in OC Saturday repping the good guys in hostile territory.

I was impressed with Bear Trap Dunes too.

 

[TheChamps990411]

One of the best performances ever by a UConn player and one of my favorite games except the ending.

That was my proudest moment in a loss ever in my 30 years of being a fan. I remember having no issues losing to Maryland after the game. Great effort and the team we lost to wasnt douchie.

 

[FatHank]

I visited Maryland a couple of years ago on my Operation 351 journey. Their on campus arena is huge and seemed so out of place. The building was the size of MSG.

The Hall of Fame exhibit is set up in the main hall way and is very impressive.

Northwestern (57) vs. Maryland (73) 02/10/2018 – journey to 351

I've seen it. Kinda tucked away too atop a hill and in tje back part of campus if I am not mistaken. Big place. Never made it inside although I always asked around for tickets. Apparently folks don't let go of many of them. Not a Terps fan much as it is. Had a friend in College Park.

 

[mauconnfan]

I was impressed with Bear Trap Dunes too.

Love Bear Trap Dunes all 27 holes. But it’s in Bethany Beach Delaware actually.

 

[Greathusky]

Love Bear Trap Dunes all 27 holes. But it’s in Bethany Beach Delaware actually.

We played there on a trip to Ocean City Maryland. The states were all a blur at that point.

 

[mauconnfan]

We played there on a trip to Ocean City Maryland. The states were all a blur at that point.

Yeah it took me several golf trips with the boys to start realizing which state we were playing in. Between Seacrets closings and The Green Turtle it was a coin flip as to who was driving to the course at 7am too. Can’t do that anymore. Or at least shouldn’t lol

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I don't complain about the refs often, but the 2002 Final 8 game between Maryland and UConn had some of the most horsescalito officiating of any game UConn has ever played in. Lonnie Baxter took 18 free throws, and was getting calls like he was Karl Malone. Okafor only played 23 minutes as a result because he was in foul trouble the whole game. When Okafor was on the court, he basically wasn't allowed to play defense on Baxter.

 

[Waquoit]

That game was proof that the automatic sit with 2 fouls is poor strategy. We would have won if Butler didn't sit so much.

 

[buddy]

Went to the Maryland / UConn game at MSG in 2015 (Jimmy V classic) and was really impressed by their fan showing in an arena we typically own. The officiating that game atrocious for us. Their fans seemed passionate and I had no bad experience with them.

I think it was at Barclay in Brooklyn. They had 80% of the crowd as it was a Maryland "home" game. Never forget Tyler Olander hit a three near to end of the game to give the win to the Huskies!

 

[UChusky916]

I think it was at Barclay in Brooklyn. They had 80% of the crowd as it was a Maryland "home" game. Never forget Tyler Olander hit a three near to end of the game to give the win to the Huskies!

Nope I think you're thinking of a different game in 2012 maybe?
Here's the one I'm referencing:

Maryland 76-66 UConn (Dec 8, 2015) Final Score - ESPN

Game summary of the Maryland Terrapins vs. UConn Huskies NCAAM game, final score 76-66, from December 8, 2015 on ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[auror]

I think it was at Barclay in Brooklyn. They had 80% of the crowd as it was a Maryland "home" game. Never forget Tyler Olander hit a three near to end of the game to give the win to the Huskies!

Nope I think you're thinking of a different game in 2012 maybe?
Here's the one I'm referencing:

Maryland 76-66 UConn (Dec 8, 2015) Final Score - ESPN

Game summary of the Maryland Terrapins vs. UConn Huskies NCAAM game, final score 76-66, from December 8, 2015 on ESPN.

www.espn.com

That Olander game was the 13/14 game to start the season.

 

[cwh]

I don't complain about the refs often, but the 2002 Final 8 game between Maryland and UConn had some of the most horsescalito officiating of any game UConn has ever played in. Lonnie Baxter took 18 free throws, and was getting calls like he was Karl Malone. Okafor only played 23 minutes as a result because he was in foul trouble the whole game. When Okafor was on the court, he basically wasn't allowed to play defense on Baxter.

Yup. I was there. The refs didn't allow freshmen Okafor to guard senior Baxter. Heck, not even guard. Oke was getting called for just trying to hold his ground as Baxter kept driving into him. Those were key posssessions late in the game. I can't help thinking if Okafor was a junior or senior the whistle would have been put away on those plays. And then damn Steve Blake hitting that late three. The salt in the wound was that he was not a good three point shooter. At least that was just basketball. And then of course Maryland goes on to win it all. Auggh. I still loved being there as Caron was sensational and it was an exciting game.

 

[buddy]

That Olander game was the 13/14 game to start the season.

You are correct. I apologize.

 

[Marat]

Reading their fan comments from the article on previewing UConn, is amusing. Many of them think that they will win because their conference is better without any other reasons. Saturday can't get here fast enough.

From their comments ..... "

Terps should win​

CT is not very good, BE was terrible this year!
Game may be hard to watch, CT offense is pretty RVWinkleish
Go Terps, time to take out the trash!
Posted by hickok2hawley on Mar 18, 2021 | 9:33 AM"

Come on guys & gals​

UCONN got beat by Creighton which GT destroyed by damn near 30 and we act like UCONN is good. LOL. They have a decent team but the Terps play in the best conference in American no cup cakes in the Big Ten. If you can beat a 1 seed : Illini, and was playing Mich tough you can beat anyone. I understand we can lose also but please don’t act like UCONN is that good. Terps 74 UCONN 64.
Posted by Steve Stanfield on Mar 17, 2021 | 11:24 PM
"

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Maryland fans get some measure of goodwill because they're so mean to Duke but they are unquestionably trash. Among the worst fanbases.

And that is pretty sweet logic with the Georgetown reference. Did we play Georgetown?

 

[gsmooth]

I think the two hardest losses I can remember as a young UConn basketball fan are the 1995 and 2002 Elite 8 losses. I was so upset when we lost those games because I really thought we were going to the Final Four. Saturday night we get a shot at revenge.

George Mason trumps both of those to me. In 1995 and 2002, UConn played well and lost to better teams, IMO. The George Mason loss bothers me a ton, but much less after UConn making the FF in 2009, 2011, and 2014.

 

[bendm]

They hated the ACC because they felt it catered to the NC schools...which, of course, it did.

hilarious if maryland thought the big10 would cater less to midwest schools than the acc did to north carolina schools. theyre even more of a forgotten step child now than before, all the way down there with rutgers.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

George Mason trumps both of those to me. In 1995 and 2002, UConn played well and lost to better teams, IMO. The George Mason loss bothers me a ton, but much less after UConn making the FF in 2009, 2011, and 2014.

I think I'm an outlier on this board but the George Mason loss bothers me a lot less than Mississippi State or Florida or the Maryland and Texas regional final losses. That '06 team was just fatally flawed - every game that tournament was a struggle. And everyone forgets that Mason had already beaten Michigan State and North Carolina.

 

[RoderickSpode]

I think I'm an outlier on this board but the George Mason loss bothers me a lot less than Mississippi State or Florida or the Maryland and Texas regional final losses. That '06 team was just fatally flawed - every game that tournament was a struggle. And everyone forgets that Mason had already beaten Michigan State and North Carolina.

At the time it hurt but I agree. Florida may have been a tough matchup the next round, though I think ‘06 UConn was a team that tended to play to the level of its competition. Could beat or lose to anyone.

 

[gsmooth]

I think I'm an outlier on this board but the George Mason loss bothers me a lot less than Mississippi State or Florida or the Maryland and Texas regional final losses. That '06 team was just fatally flawed - every game that tournament was a struggle. And everyone forgets that Mason had already beaten Michigan State and North Carolina.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I never got too hyped with that 2006 team like most Huskie fans-they were fatally flawed like you said. More importantly, Calhoun later said, he never got a comfort level with that team like he did with 99, 04, 09, and 11. I always think about the what ifs too. What if Andrew Bynum decided to play one year? UConn would’ve been better, but Hilton Armstrong would’ve lost out and not been drafted in the NBA. What if AJ Price didn’t get suspended for the year? I think he would’ve been the difference maker.

I remember during that Albany game, I actually thought they were going to lose. That team peaked when they beat Villanova in Gampel.

 

[Tex-Lager93]

Frustrated by the ‘06 tourney the most. That roster had two starting fives on it - which could have been part of the problem. It felt like several of the players, who should have been the leaders, had one foot out the door to the NBA...rather than focusing on the present.

 

[Ts5034]

I think I'm an outlier on this board but the George Mason loss bothers me a lot less than Mississippi State or Florida or the Maryland and Texas regional final losses. That '06 team was just fatally flawed - every game that tournament was a struggle. And everyone forgets that Mason had already beaten Michigan State and North Carolina.

George Mason trumps both of those to me. In 1995 and 2002, UConn played well and lost to better teams, IMO. The George Mason loss bothers me a ton, but much less after UConn making the FF in 2009, 2011, and 2014.

The George Mason loss also bothered me less as time went on. Reaching 3 Final Four’s and winning 2 National Championships in the 8 years that followed that loss definitely helped. Something else that took away a little of the embarrassment with the the George Mason loss is the fact that other blue blood programs also suffered some bad upsets relatively soon after, so in time that loss was not uncommon. Duke lost to both Lehigh and Mercer. Kansas lost to Northern Iowa. Michigan St lost to Middle Tennessee, and the list goes on.

 

[alexd]

Yeah, I know what you mean. I never got too hyped with that 2006 team like most Huskie fans-they were fatally flawed like you said. More importantly, Calhoun later said, he never got a comfort level with that team like he did with 99, 04, 09, and 11. I always think about the what ifs too. What if Andrew Bynum decided to play one year? UConn would’ve been better, but Hilton Armstrong would’ve lost out and not been drafted in the NBA. What if AJ Price didn’t get suspended for the year? I think he would’ve been the difference maker.

I remember during that Albany game, I actually thought they were going to lose. That team peaked when they beat Villanova in Gampel.

I watched the Albany game at Slider's in Plainville with a bunch of work friends. One co-worker was just anti-UConn for some reason. She was having a lot of fun as Albany's lead grew to double digits in the 2nd half. I left the bar at that point and refused to turn the game on in the car and cranked a CD instead. I got home to find out we were up five and pulling away. But yes, that '06 team, with all it's individual talent, never put it all together in the tourney.