Maryland beats Wisconsin and...

[OldasdirtDevil]

they storm the court...smh. Maryland is 14th ranked, and yet the fans must storm the court when they beat the 5th ranked team. Unreal. Still, it was a big win for them.

OFC



This post was edited on 2/24 8:58 PM by OldasdirtDevil

 

[HeLooks2MuchLikeDave]

Amateur hour.

 

[DiehardDukeFan4Life]

It's Maryland, their fans have always been a joke. On a side note, am I the only person that finds it strange that they got good enough to be ranked their first season after leaving the ACC when they were regularly one of the bottom teams in the ACC for awhile?

 

[K-oach Q]

I have a weird feeling we will be seeing Maryland in the tournament.

 

[Laettner]

MD will be in our region, no doubt.

 

[tlef316]

Not even a little bit surprised. Any excuse for those clowns to court storm.

 

[K-oach Q]

Originally posted by Laettner:
MD will be in our region, no doubt.

I'm not sure I would be excited about that.

 

[WI#1Dukie22]

I've had that exact feeling...... You can count on them being in our region!! Dez wells is just a damn load

 

[dbav]

Worst...fans...ever...

 

[jnastasi]

Outside of UK, worst fans in college basketball

 

[dbav]

It makes me even more impressed by Dude. He has risen above the chaos around him. I definitely appreciate him.

 

[FearTheBeard_rivals208808]

Originally posted by jnastasi:
Outside of UK, worst fans in college basketball

You kind of have to qualify that. Maryland fans are the scummiest fans. Dirt bags for the most part. They're more than likely terrible people even when sports aren't involved.

KY fans are the most ignorant sports fans on the face of the planet and they really really really like to show it off.

 

[bleediteveryday30]

Originally posted by WI#1Dukie22:
I've had that exact feeling...... You can count on them being in our region!! Dez wells is just a damn load

So do I fellas. And I hope we don't see them until the elite eight, for some reason I feel like that will happen. I don't know why I feel that way, but I do. And I cannot stand Wells, or the twerps for that matter. They are a really good team. This may be their best team since the '00-'03 years. I could see them making a deep run in March.

 

[DukeDenver]

Originally posted by FearTheBeard:

Originally posted by jnastasi:
Outside of UK, worst fans in college basketball

You kind of have to qualify that. Maryland fans are the scummiest fans. Dirt bags for the most part. They're more than likely terrible people even when sports aren't involved.

KY fans are the most ignorant sports fans on the face of the planet and they really really really like to show it off.

I agree on both counts. College Park is a cesspool and Kentucky is just backwards. Trashiest girls at UMD.

 

[WI#1Dukie22]

Although I don't want to see them, I'm not so sure they are a Elite 8 team. That said I'd compare them to a NCState or Arkansas..... There style of play could get them beat game one or they could get hot and make atleast a sweet 16 run

 

[The Dude#]

a different perspective from a great player and class act:


Even in defeat, the Badgers appreciated the enthusiasm of the sellout crowd.
"Man,
this place is great," Dekker said. "I can't say enough about how great
their fans were. They were into it right away. It was a pleasure playing
here."

 

[Crank_it_loud]

I guess they didn't throw batteries or talk about raping Dekkars sister....that's a step in the right direction.

 

[The Dude#]

^Apparently not, as gross generalizations go.

 

[HuffyJB]

Did they chant "F*** You Dekker" very loudly on national television? Did they throw full bottles of water at his parents? Did they make unbelievably lewd comments about his underage sister?

If no, it seems the Terps are getting soft now that they have left the ACC.

 

[Crank_it_loud]

Dude let it go. UMD fans have a long way to go.....things like this don't change overnight.

(And I've been to multiple games at both Cole and Comcast - don't act like what I said was only one season or one game).

 

[The Dude#]

^I have let it go years ago; I have no desire to relive an argument I have had too many times (on this forum and elsewhere). To be clear, I am not defending the conduct you reference, but I am also not casting the whole lot out. Whatever the case, Dekker had a pleasurable experience even in defeat, a fact that says as much about his character as it does about Maryland's atmosphere last night. Perhaps the B1G is a better fit, after all.

 

[Crank_it_loud]

Give it time. It's the first year - no reason to strongly dislike an opposing team in-conference.

This post was edited on 2/25 1:06 PM by Crank_it_loud

 

[The Dude#]

^without question; terps enjoying a honeymoon season in B1G. Animosity grows over time, and hardly ever subsides.

 

[aah555]

My view on Maryland being in our region depends entirely on the seed they get.

I think they're really dangerous as a 4 or 5 seed, and would not want them in our draw as a #1 b/c Trimble / Wells (Wells in particular) create difficult matchup issues and would be a tougher opponents that most teams we'd see in that slot. However, if we were a #1 in a region where they were a #3, for example, that wouldn't really concern me -- b/c Maryland as an elite 8 opponents is not particularly formidable compared to the other teams we could face. I do think, if push came to shove, Matt Jones or Winslow could do enough to slow down Wells and I don't think they'd be able to control Okafor. They really don't have anyone with the size / strength to defend him in the post. Really, excluding UVA (which gave him trouble with the doubles), the only teams that have really slowed Okafor down all have trotted out 270+ pound guys who could prevent him from establishing deep lowpost position. Kaminsky is far more of a finesse, outside-inside player, but even he was getting a lot of great looks right near the rim.

This post was edited on 2/25 1:31 PM by aah555

 

[HuffyJB]

Which Big Ten team will eventually fill that void? There doesn't seem to be a natural candidate who fits or could fit the criteria (consistently good so a win is meaningful, relative geography, intense past games as reference points, etc.). It will probably take awhile to get an opponent to that level so receive the full "Maryland treatment."

 

[The Dude#]

Originally posted by HuffyJB:
Which Big Ten team will eventually fill that void? There doesn't seem to be a natural candidate who fits or could fit the criteria (consistently good so a win is meaningful, relative geography, intense past games as reference points, etc.). It will probably take awhile to get an opponent to that level so receive the full "Maryland treatment."

Penn State without question, but they aren't good enough at basketball for it to take off.

 

[barkingpumpkin]

Originally posted by Crank_it_loud:
Give it time. It's the first year - no reason to strongly dislike an opposing team in-conference.

This post was edited on 2/25 1:06 PM by Crank_it_loud

For the most part. Penn State and Maryland have a pretty acrimonious relationship, at least in football.

 

[The Right Blue]

Originally posted by The Dude#:
a different perspective from a great player and class act:


Even in defeat, the Badgers appreciated the enthusiasm of the sellout crowd.
"Man,
this place is great," Dekker said. "I can't say enough about how great
their fans were. They were into it right away. It was a pleasure playing
here."

They never create this type of atmosphere more than once during the year. In this ACC, it was for Duke. In the Big Ten, its for Wisconsin (or whomever will be rated highest). In other games, the fans aren't all that into it. They are fair-weather fans.

 

[The Dude#]

You haven't been watching. Say what you will about the fans, but they have been there all year, and in years past. It is a great atmosphere every conference game. Obviously last night was special - 1 v. 2 and an opportunity to gain momentum/confidence turning to March.

I think you are incorrect in your assessment.

 

[aah555]

Originally posted by The Dude#:

Originally posted by HuffyJB:
Which Big Ten team will eventually fill that void? There doesn't seem to be a natural candidate who fits or could fit the criteria (consistently good so a win is meaningful, relative geography, intense past games as reference points, etc.). It will probably take awhile to get an opponent to that level so receive the full "Maryland treatment."

Penn State without question, but they aren't good enough at basketball for it to take off.

It's certainly not going to happen in Basketball b/c PSU has a historically aweful basketball program -- aside from one fluky Sweet 16 run in 2000, basically no real NCAA tournament success since the 50s.

Conversely, though, once PSU football works its way through the after-effects of NCAA sanctions, I'm not sure there will be a much of a football rivalry there either -- as I just don't think Maryland football will ever get to the point where it can recruit enough talent to consistently compete with a PSU-like program (there's a reason why Maryland is like 4-37 or something crazy like that against PSU all-time).

If you were to ask me, Maryland's best chance for a basketball rival is Ohio State IMO -- a good program that is geographically pretty close. The problem, though, is that like in the ACC, Maryland's in a situation where it can, at best, only be OSU's second biggest rival -- and, in this case, it will be in a sport that OSU doesn't care nearly as much about.

I'm pretty familiar with the PSU football program. And, even after about 20 years, they still really don't have a true rival in the conference. OSU is the closest thing to a rival -- as they've played a lot of tough games over the past couple decades -- but that obviously can never compete with OSU-Michigan. The big 10 tried to create a rivalry between PSU-MSU, but that never took off b/c, for most of the time, MSU wasn't good enough to make PSU care about that game. I think Maryland will find itself in the same position --- i.e., in a world where they don't have an real rivals.


On balance -- it may be a good thing -- but I don't think there will ever be another program that inspires the type of vitriol and animosity at Maryland that Duke generated for a couple decades.
This post was edited on 2/25 2:01 PM by aah555

 

[HuffyJB]

^ Interesting. I think the knowledge that they viewed Duke as their primary rival and that for Duke they were a secondary rival was one of the things that helped to fuel their vitriol toward Duke. Maybe having that same sort of dynamic with OSU will help feed that potential budding rivalry.