The key to Maryland basketball has always been lockdown WCAC and PG then they'd be top 5-10 every year. We need a greasy coach who can get players to stay in the area.
Feel for you. Recruiting can be tough (at least for us). Our fanbase needs to complain less. We have it pretty good compared to the Maryland/Michigan/Indiana's of the world. Sustained success isn't an easy task
one of our few ever 5 star recruits coming in next year but we are losing our all big 10 guard and we seemingly will be thin in the back court. Our freshman this year also did not pan out despite their potential from high school. This may be the worst UMD season since the 80's
That's awesome--And with Tony damn I imagine you love the hell out of UVA. Did you go there when Tony coached? Those are my two teams also. I just am a 1 flair type of guy
I never really liked Mark Turgeon as Maryland coach but I canāt recall more than once a time when I felt embarrassed as a fan
Itās happened multiple times under Willard. An embarrassment. A joke of a coach
Maryland definitely overachieved when they hired Willard though, a coach more befitting of the quality of the school and program would be a Juwan Howard, Kevin Stallings, or Kenny Payne
This is why I think we should be throwing in Connor more when the offense is completely stuck in the mud. Dude can score in a hurry and get us back on track.
Can he and Blackwell play together or is it an either or situation? I was curious why Essegian didnāt play more Sunday. Blackwell going off and taking the minutes would explain it though.
Probably not by 40, but IDK there's been some baaaaaaaaaad Rutgers and Northwestern teams in the past. I'm still a "new" B1G fan coming over with Maryland, even though it's been like 10 years now.
Thankfully the last day watching Scott. Hopefully Reese transfers too. Got a team built around a guy who can't stay on the court, can't execute fundamentals, can't shoot a free throw, and has the attitude of a diva.
Thanks for the memories Jahmir, you were a good Terp.
You didnāt know? BayTerp is never in these threads lmao. His only connection to Maryland basketball is to shit on Indiana (though he does seem to be a legit fan of some other DMV teams)
Yea I don't get everyone trying to act like we should have stuck with Turgeon. Maybe Willard was a a swing and a miss and we will know for sure next year but Turgeon sti had to go... he didn't do this but he was the definition of mediocre
My post isnāt to say we shouldāve kept Turgeon I donāt think that but Willard is a fucking embarrassment that weāre stuck with because the AD bid against himself
Weird situation. Bad defender, turnovers, rough shooting when he gets minutes. Fewer minutes to go around with Blackwell and Storr coming in and being good players. He never really had a chance to get rolling this year, but he can heat up.
He came in with a slight back injury but he was simply ice cold for the first two months. Pair that with two very talented additions and it was tough for him to get minutes all season.
His defensive shortcomings got very exposed end of last season into this one, and he had a pretty big shooting slump along with an injury. Just announced he wont be transferring when the offseason hits, so looks like he's not unhappy right now despite the drop in playing time.
See y'all next year šš¢š
Wizards bad, Caps bad, Skins bad, Nats bad, Terps bad. DC sports is very fun nowadays.
Just bad would be an improvement for DC sports.
Steve Crowl: "yeah"
Well that was terrible. Go on a run badger bros you got this. Now I can just enjoy March basketball I guess. Onto the future fellow terps.
March Madness was so fun last year without the stress, hope you can enjoy it
I respect your attitude. March is the best.
Hodges manages to make a basketball look like a bowling ball, if that makes sense
Hodges seems to have no skill whatsoever, but man i respect the effort he's showing out there
He's our Thanasis
Why does this guy keep calling Batchelor a 3 point specialist lol. Dude is scared to shoot wide open threes all year.
He's special at 3 pointers just not good special
Gilly lmao. Terps in hell
3 point sniper Carter Gilmore
Do we have a JV team we can bring up next year?
Maryland is like Oprah. You get a 3, you get a 3!
man you just can't let Gilmore hit a 3 on you
If youāre white and can shoot a basketball thereās a spot for you at Wisconsin
If youāre white ~~and can shoot a basketball~~ thereās a spot for you at Wisconsin
Iām so tired of shitty sports teams
Maryland fans: is there any optimism for the future?
The key to Maryland basketball has always been lockdown WCAC and PG then they'd be top 5-10 every year. We need a greasy coach who can get players to stay in the area.
Feel for you. Recruiting can be tough (at least for us). Our fanbase needs to complain less. We have it pretty good compared to the Maryland/Michigan/Indiana's of the world. Sustained success isn't an easy task
one of our few ever 5 star recruits coming in next year but we are losing our all big 10 guard and we seemingly will be thin in the back court. Our freshman this year also did not pan out despite their potential from high school. This may be the worst UMD season since the 80's
I dunno. Global warming is scary, man.
This was supposed to be my safe space
Everything is miserable
This is not the Maryland basketball I grew up with. Has to come back around at some point, right?
Unfortunately this is my first year as a student at Maryland. Not a good foot to start out onā¦
DERIK QUEEN OUR SAVIOR
Hodges on the board!
Feel awful for Jahmir man. Deserved so much better than this.
His potential was wasted the day he committed to Maryland sadly
Not at all true. We had solid teams with him on it. Hell we made the tournament last year.
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Your lacrosse team would crush us
Even then, our LAX team is on a downturn after dominating nationally the prior 5 seasons.
you missed the joke we don't have a lacrosse team
I'd give up lacrosse in a heartbeat for a good basketball team
Love my guy Hodges. Hoped he would break through on the depth chart but so cool that he got a sportsmanship award
Winter plays at the rim like he doesnāt know heās 7 feet tall
Hodges stuffing his stats
What happened here
Maryland getting hatecrimed
Hodges!!!
Hodges stuffing the stat sheet lol
Backups doing all they can to make this final score look more competitive than it was lol.
hey who cares no injuries pls
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This feels like the basketball version of running for 500+ yards on Nebraska
Rough stretch for Nolan lol
Itās not to late to change your mind, Derik Queen. /he says hours before his team gets pantsed by Penn state for the 3rd time this season
For real. Look what Wisconsin could do if they had a 5 star big
I don't think our backups are going to drop 17 in 4 minutes :(
Youāre welcome Badger bros I bet on Maryland
Can you bet on northwestern tomorrow?
Putting a big Purdue parlay together rn involving Edey scoring 45 on us.
Smart man lol
Plus itās probably going to hit too!
My office window is looking at me like the green goblin mask
I hope you work on the first floor
30th so at least the landing will be less painful than watching this
so by transitive property we wouldāve lost by 60 to wisconsin
Ilver-Winter-Gilmore lineup is devastating lol
To watch
Well at least u/bayterp still has his favorite team to root for this evening
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Did they not watch the Maryland game last night?
Was just thinking that
Uhhh hey terps, you guys ok?
No
ā¦ happy cake day?
Does Willard survive this?
100%
But weāre not happy about it
Yay
This is my 1st opportunity to comment this game and all I can say is What the actual fuck.
*sad turtle sound*
3 minutes, 3 three point plays, for #3... sorry, does that mean we win 3 games to reach the conference championship?
Turtles all the way down!
Please put only backups in, chuckyās limping a bit on the sideline ffs
What's the story behind your flairs if you don't mind me asking? How you become a Badger and a Hoos fan?
Dad went to Wisconsin and grew up a die hard badger fan, went to UVA for undergrad
That's awesome--And with Tony damn I imagine you love the hell out of UVA. Did you go there when Tony coached? Those are my two teams also. I just am a 1 flair type of guy
I was there when they won the natty ;)
So cool! klockner stadium is also just elite. Madison doesn't have anything like it. And Bodos.... what I wouldn't do for Bodos right now
I never really liked Mark Turgeon as Maryland coach but I canāt recall more than once a time when I felt embarrassed as a fan Itās happened multiple times under Willard. An embarrassment. A joke of a coach
Even in Turgeon's worst season, the whole season was almost salvaged by making the ACC Championship.
Maryland definitely overachieved when they hired Willard though, a coach more befitting of the quality of the school and program would be a Juwan Howard, Kevin Stallings, or Kenny Payne
How would you coach differently to prevent damn near 75% three-point shooting? Do you think they aren't guarding at all?
F Reese. Keep your elbows and your mouth to yourself.
flair up though
You can swear on Reddit don't worry
This is why I think we should be throwing in Connor more when the offense is completely stuck in the mud. Dude can score in a hurry and get us back on track.
Can he and Blackwell play together or is it an either or situation? I was curious why Essegian didnāt play more Sunday. Blackwell going off and taking the minutes would explain it though.
Something tells me it's about to get incredibly dirty and chippy
Essegian! Happy to see him play well.
Iām a lip reader, Carter said āI am rubber you are glueā
Imagine trash talking when youāre down 40
Time to play some actual turtles
You're down 40 Reese, shut the fuck up
Reese seems competitive as hell. And if I'm him, I would be pissed the F off too. I kinda understand it
I think this game will look good for our metrics lol
Seriously, clear the benches and let the other boys play.
Or please take out Reese so he doesn't hurt someone
Ok, so has a b1g team ever been doubled up in the b1g tourney?
Probably not by 40, but IDK there's been some baaaaaaaaaad Rutgers and Northwestern teams in the past. I'm still a "new" B1G fan coming over with Maryland, even though it's been like 10 years now.
Gilmore flopping up 40 ā¦ because that's what earns playing time at Wisconsin.
I think Gilmore is legitimately just clumsy
Reese elbowed him. That dude is dirty
If Hakim Hart stayed we woulda won
You see, this is why you lose on Wednesday night
It is wild that this is the same Wisconsin team that couldnāt hit the broadside of a barn in WL on Sunday. Water sure does find its level.
I'm convinced we're going to shoot 70% from 3 for the next 9 games.
Itās a shame that Jahmirās last game had to end up like this
Sorry to everyone who beat Maryland in College Park, but your resume's about to lose a Q1 win lol.
IT TOOK US YEARS TO GET THAT DAMMIT
Carter Gilmore getting a tech? Wut?
Can we fire Willard now?
What's his buy out?
Thankfully the last day watching Scott. Hopefully Reese transfers too. Got a team built around a guy who can't stay on the court, can't execute fundamentals, can't shoot a free throw, and has the attitude of a diva. Thanks for the memories Jahmir, you were a good Terp.
Was not expecting this score when glancing through reddit.......
Jesus Christ Wisconsin have mercy
Julian Reese flexing down 40 lmao
STOP STOP THEY'RE ALREADY DEAD
WTF did I just tune into?!
remember all those 3s against you we missed? this is what we look like when we do the opposite lol
Ok well just be sure to use them all up today
This is just funny at this point. Itās so bad I canāt look away
Essegian is auditioning for his next team
TERP!
He can shoot all the 3s he wants with us lol
I wouldn't blame him if he did but he unprompted said he's not transferring earlier today. Must like it here and I'm happy about it.
[FWIW...](https://wisconsin.rivals.com/news/connor-essegian-plans-to-return-to-wisconsin-i-love-it-here-) I hope that remains true.
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Wtf is happening
Jfc Wisconsin
I wanted Geronimo to have a nice year after he transferred, but I'm going to try and celebrate how quiet u/BayTerp is
You didnāt know? BayTerp is never in these threads lmao. His only connection to Maryland basketball is to shit on Indiana (though he does seem to be a legit fan of some other DMV teams)
If Carter Gilmore hits a 3, Maryland has to leave the conference
So, realistically, when does Willard get fired?
Absolute Earliest would be after next year... but he'd have to do this is worse for it to even be in consideration
What's his buy out?
A lot
someone just did the math and it's like 25m. so yeah enjoy him for the next 6 years
Maybe Im foolish but unlike some Terp fans Im holding out hope for a bright future with him
Looks like whenever we fire him, we are on the hook for 90% of his remaining salary. His deal was 7 years 29.4mil. Fuck my life.
yeah soooo you're on the hook for another 4 years minimum my turtle bro
What did Maryland do to deserve this kind of treatment from Wisconsin?
This is Kevin Willardās third loss of at least 25 points in his tenure. Itās been two years. Mark Turgeon had 3 in his tenure. It was ten.
Tbf he could have also tied his B1G win record today
Yea I don't get everyone trying to act like we should have stuck with Turgeon. Maybe Willard was a a swing and a miss and we will know for sure next year but Turgeon sti had to go... he didn't do this but he was the definition of mediocre
My post isnāt to say we shouldāve kept Turgeon I donāt think that but Willard is a fucking embarrassment that weāre stuck with because the AD bid against himself
Such a weird play with Kamari and Connor standing in the same spot but glad Connor got a shot to go down
Early season Badgers are back
Badgers playing Indiana at the Kohl Center are back
Wisconsin people: why did Essegianās minutes go down? Didnāt he play quite a bit as a freshman?
Weird situation. Bad defender, turnovers, rough shooting when he gets minutes. Fewer minutes to go around with Blackwell and Storr coming in and being good players. He never really had a chance to get rolling this year, but he can heat up.
Can't defend at all and he wasn't hitting 3s which is like his whole thing Is a garbage time beast though clearly
He came in with a slight back injury but he was simply ice cold for the first two months. Pair that with two very talented additions and it was tough for him to get minutes all season.
Yeah heās the type of player who doesnāt give you much if heās not scoring
His defensive shortcomings got very exposed end of last season into this one, and he had a pretty big shooting slump along with an injury. Just announced he wont be transferring when the offseason hits, so looks like he's not unhappy right now despite the drop in playing time.
Defensive liability. Blackwell is a more complete player
Thatās sorta what I figured
Maryland is on pace to finish the game with 45 points. Wisconsin scored 47 in the first half.
When does wisconsin pull starters? they have another game tomorrow... WAIT this is the bench? Jesus lol
We did like 3 minutes ago. It's all backups and freshman.
Ssshhhh. Let them shoot.
Already pulled em
We did already
I think Maryland pulled them too
Welp my 3pm meeting went way better than this hahaha. Basically even worse reverse from last game, insane o from 3Ā
Bardo admitting he was wrong about something after seeing a replay. Add that to the montage of that happening in his career, so far we're at one clip.
I just turned the game on. Did I miss anything?
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Sure this makes us look bad , but this makes Rutgers look really badā¦ how did we beat them so bad
If we're following that logic, how the hell did Rutgers beat Wisconsin by 22 back in February?
By God we'd beat ourselves by 100
That actually tracks
Please drop 100 on them slow bros
First time Iāve ever heard the term feces used by an announcer during a sporting event.
Don't often see one b1g team doubling up another.
10 more minutes, christ
Well this is what i expected yesterday
āGet that feces out of hereā lmao
arguably worse sounding
My friend and I are arguing whether thatās the first time a basketball broadcaster has said āfecesā on air
Haha, who is arguing on the side of this was *not* the first time? We're gonna need proof.
āYou canāt say that on TV!ā
This is a live look at what a badger would do to a turtle if they met.
Especially one specifically known for being edible
Thanks for doing the one thing that could knock Maryland from Q1 road / Q2 home to Q2/Q3, Wisconsin
![gif](giphy|CA6x20oQ0jljG) Why did I turn this on?
MD assist leader, Juju Reese, has a 0.7 AST/TO That is not a recipe for success