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 Posted: 12/10/06 2:55 pm ::: Maryland vs Temple |
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| 30-28 Terps at the half
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| Posted: 12/10/06 4:00 pm ::: |
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| Terps win 77-66
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| Posted: 12/10/06 5:23 pm ::: |
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| all I can say is DAMN. that was a good game, from the Owls perspective. From the Terps perspective it was pretty crappy.
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| Posted: 12/10/06 5:34 pm ::: |
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| dwalkfan22 wrote: |
| all I can say is DAMN. that was a good game, from the Owls perspective. From the Terps perspective it was pretty crappy. |
Did you go to the game Dwalkfan?
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| Posted: 12/10/06 6:39 pm ::: |
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Ohh n btw, I hella met some of the Terps and I pretty much LOVE Shay Doron hella more now, she was incredibly chill.
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| Posted: 12/10/06 7:24 pm ::: Tough game for the Terps... |
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The bad news was they had problems with the Owls' pressure.
The good news is that 1) Toliver took over down the stretch, and
2) Wiley-Gatewood will be eligible in the Terrapins' next game, Dec. 21 at Loyola of Baltimore.
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| Posted: 12/10/06 8:02 pm ::: |
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I'm shocked that the game was this close. Yes, it took place in PHILLY. Yes, Dawn is a crafty coach. Yes, Temple has talent. But Temple was missing one of its best interior players (Lady Comfort) because she was suspended.
Is Temple a good team? Yes. Hairston could play for any team in the country. Good enough to hang with a team that has a McDonalds All-American at every starting position? Noooooooooooo!
Temple, despite being a pretty decent defensive team, is horrid on offense. They struggle with teams who can score 70+ points with ease because they try to match you point-for-point and eventually run out of gas. Three of their four losses have come to teams that put at least 70 on them. They did score at least 65 points in those losses.
Once again this season, Maryland is playing down to the level of its competition. However, I don't think it'll work out for them this season. Duke and UNC are killing their opponents, though Duke beats up on "Top 25" teams while UNC still feasts on cupcakes. Still, both teams have a killer instinct. Maryland lacks that. Maryland NEEDS that.
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| Posted: 12/10/06 8:36 pm ::: |
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| Were Noirez and Marrone not at the game, or did Brenda just not play them? The boxscore on the Terps website indicates that they only had 2 subs for the game.
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| Posted: 12/10/06 11:27 pm ::: |
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| Once again this season, Maryland is playing down to the level of its competition. However, I don't think it'll work out for them this season. Duke and UNC are killing their opponents, though Duke beats up on "Top 25" teams while UNC still feasts on cupcakes. Still, both teams have a killer instinct. Maryland lacks that. Maryland NEEDS that. |
This was the team's closest game since the season-opening win. In fact, the team's scoring margin is 30.3 after today's game. I think if you looked through the boxscores this year you would see that only two games weren't decided with 10 minutes left in the game.
Did the team play great today, no, but at the same time I don't think they played poorly. Temple shot 36.4% and only grabbed 24 rebounds. The turnover issue has been a problem all year, but it was an issue last year too. The key factor in Temple's run to the lead was the fact that Eric Brewton was an official and the Owls scored 12 points on free throws in that stretch._________________ "People kept saying why are you looking at Maryland, why are you even talking to them? Well, look at us now!" - Crystal Langhorne, NCAA Champion
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| Posted: 12/11/06 12:02 am ::: |
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| Were Noirez and Marrone not at the game, or did Brenda just not play them? The boxscore on the Terps website indicates that they only had 2 subs for the game. |
Yep they were both there, Coach Frese just didn't play them.
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| Posted: 12/11/06 1:32 am ::: |
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| Joey Nations wrote: |
This was the team's closest game since the season-opening win. In fact, the team's scoring margin is 30.3 after today's game. I think if you looked through the boxscores this year you would see that only two games weren't decided with 10 minutes left in the game.
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And a virtual murder's row of competition too.
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| Posted: 12/11/06 9:23 am ::: |
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| [Did the team play great today, no, but at the same time I don't think they played poorly....The turnover issue has been a problem all year, but it was an issue last year too. The key factor in Temple's run to the lead was the fact that Eric Brewton was an official and the Owls scored 12 points on free throws in that stretch. |
with all due respect, Joey, I think overall it was not one of the terps best efforts. both in the first and the second halves, we played stretches of pretty good BB only to give back double-digit leads with turnovers, fouls and poor decision-making. As a terps fan, I thought some calls were pretty bogus (but I bet some Owls fans think just the opposite). Regardless, my view is that as the top-ranked team, we have to be ready to take everybody's best shot and have to be ready to overcome poor officiating...it's part of the game. In the last 5 minutes, when we settled down and started playing Md basketball again, the bad calls miraculously disappeared. Top teams don't make excuses, they just don't repeat the same mistakes. I think the tough game Temple gave us yesterday (particularly after the mismatches against Marshall and Northern Iowa) was good for us. It'll make us better.
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| Posted: 12/11/06 9:42 am ::: |
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It did remind me of the MTSU game as the team delivered its two "knockout" punches and couldn't figure out why Temple wouldn't stay down like almost everyone else has. It still amazes me that when the team is on the ropes they some how buckle down and make the plays. I wish this would happen for a full 40 minutes, especially with ACC season approaching.
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| Posted: 12/11/06 10:33 am ::: A Terrapin-related question: |
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| How many first-place votes do you expect Maryland to lose in this week's AP poll (it collected 46 of 50 last week)? I'll say two or three, as word gets around over how close this game was (despite the 11-point margin at the end). I would not be surprised to see Duke get a few first-place votes after relatively easy home wins over Vanderbilt and Texas.
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| Posted: 12/11/06 10:36 am ::: Re: A Terrapin-related question: |
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| How many first-place votes do you expect Maryland to lose in this week's AP poll (it collected 46 of 50 last week)? I'll say two or three, as word gets around over how close this game was (despite the 11-point margin at the end). I would not be surprised to see Duke get a few first-place votes after relatively easy home wins over Vanderbilt and Texas. |
I was actually thinking Duke might pick some up even if Maryland hadn't gotten a hard time from Temple. The Debs had two impressive wins over ranked teams, some voters respond to that kind of thing.
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