Published 12/26/2008
by Al Hondo Handy
at Bleacher Report - College Basketball
Gary Williams has the Maryland Terps believing in themselves again and the players are starting to play as a team.
Who would have thought that the Terps would be 8-2 at this stage of the game, after losing James Gist and Bambale Osby? The Terps lost two highly recruited prospects who would have possibly replaced the two dominate inside players. What would the Terps do?
The Terps replaced those two players with Dave Neal and Landon Milbourne. Senior Neal has played very little throughout his career at Maryland, and Milbourne is being asked to play out of his position and take on the power forward responsibilities.
2008 has been somewhat of a surprise. By the time the Terps played American University last year their record was 6-6. After their 67-51 victory over American on Monday night, Maryland is 8-2.
The Terps did have those two back-to-back losses to Gonzaga and Georgetown earlier in the season. However, this time last year they had lost ...
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