Shed a tear for Maryland...not!

[huskyjawz]

Borges is pretty much spot on there.

Reporters don't usually rip coaches like that.

 

[slepers]

Reporters don't usually rip coaches like that.

Maybe he didn’t like when williard whined when UConn came back to the big east.….and then ran away

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I agree with Borges 100%. Willard is not worth a massive contract. Villanova may dodge a bullet if Maryland steps up to keep him.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Reporters don't usually rip coaches like that.

That’s their job

 

[ec33]

Poorly kept secret breaks in middle of the night?

 

[CTBasketball]

Maryland is definitely a top notch CBB destination. Great recruiting grounds, beautiful campus, huge undergrad population and as the state flagship a fairly big brand. But like many schools from this region, it elected to chase the almighty dollar over athletic success and become the Big Ten's useful idiot.

No it’s not. They don’t care about basketball and only want to care about football.

 

[mauconnfan]

Poorly kept secret breaks in middle of the night?

Maybe he’ll bring Queen with him to the Big East. We can then watch this young man travel all year. I know he traveled on the winning shot prior to their loss and it wasn’t called. But in his next game in which I watched more of that the refs missed at least 4-5 more from him this kid uses the three step non euro more than anyone!

 

[EROCK CONN]

Man did Maryland really screw up here. And excellent job by Nova — nova must be very very committed to winning.

 

[Zonepress]

Get over it. It's been 14 years. Maybe you should try reading one of the Dalai Lama's books. One cannot gain true happiness by reveling in the sorrow of others.

Excellent!!!

 

[CL82]

I really haven't followed this. Why would he leave a Big Ten job for a Nova?

 

[navery12]

I really haven't followed this. Why would he leave a Big Ten job for a Nova?

I wouldn't go quite as far as best job, but the premise of this tweet is accurate

 

[MJ1]

Maybe he’ll bring Queen with him to the Big East. We can then watch this young man travel all year. I know he traveled on the winning shot prior to their loss and it wasn’t called. But in his next game in which I watched more of that the refs missed at least 4-5 more from him this kid uses the three step non euro more than anyone!

Queen is going to the NBA as a lottery pick.

Maybe he’ll bring Queen with him to the Big East. We can then watch this young man travel all year. I know he traveled on the winning shot prior to their loss and it wasn’t called. But in his next game in which I watched more of that the refs missed at least 4-5 more from him this kid uses the three step non euro more than anyone!

Queen is a projected Lottery pick in the NBA, he will enter the NBA draft.

 

[JB75]

2002 Maryland games will stick in my head forever. Caron had a second half for the ages and then when the game was pretty much over he had that crazy one-handed rim rocking dunk to end his career. We scame up short to steve freaking Blake —-unbelievable

 

[superjohn]

No it’s not. They don’t care about basketball and only want to care about football.

Villanova got their plan A.

 

[scotty0330]

Interesting that Maryland will now likely make a BB hire without a perm AD in place. Little unusual to leave it to the interim and president to try and get it right.

 

[DblCrossbar]

No it’s not. They don’t care about basketball and only want to care about football.

Football is by far the first consideration but they will be opening a new state of the art basketball specific practice facility next year akin to the Werth Champions center.

Hey look, the promo page still has a prominent quote from Willard

Barry P. Gossett Basketball Performance Center | umterps.com

So at the very least Basketball will now be equal to Lacrosse at College Park.

 

[John]

2002 Maryland games will stick in my head forever. Caron had a second half for the ages and then when the game was pretty much over he had that crazy one-handed rim rocking dunk to end his career. We scame up short to steve freaking Blake —-unbelievable

That was a very good team though, certainly more than just Blake. Off the top of my head, Juan Dixon and Lonny Baxter were very good. No shame in that loss.

 

[gsmooth]

That was a very good team though, certainly more than just Blake. Off the top of my head, Juan Dixon and Lonny Baxter were very good. No shame in that loss.

Every UConn loss in the NCAAT feels lousy and they feel worse the closer they get to the Final Four since that was the major hurdle in the 90s before 1999. But that loss did not sting nearly as much. UConn didn't play poorly or scared, they played well. Maryland played better. I remember thinking on that day, if UConn made 100 good plays, however you want to define "good plays" (made baskets, drawing fouls, creating TOs, deflections, good picks, etc), Maryland made 102 that game. UConn lost to the better team that day.

 

[ec33]

Queen is going to the NBA as a lottery pick.

Queen is a projected Lottery pick in the NBA, he will enter the NBA draft.

And his traveling problem will disappear.

 

[Waquoit]

2002 Maryland games will stick in my head forever. Caron had a second half for the ages and then when the game was pretty much over he had that crazy one-handed rim rocking dunk to end his career. We scame up short to steve freaking Blake —-unbelievable

That was game was a prime example of the automatic sit-with-two-fouls-for-the-rest-of-the-half rule coming back to bite them. Not to hijack a thread or anything.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Man did Maryland really screw up here. And excellent job by Nova — nova must be very very committed to winning.

The jury is out on which school screwed up. Willard won’t suck, but this was a back up the truck contract for a middle of the pack coach.

 

[JB75]

True it was a good team. They had Chris Wilcox too. Forget who their other starter was after Blake Dixon and Baxter tho.