7BLACK E7 DAILY 03-15-07 MD RE E7 BLACK The Washington Post x R Thursday, March 15, 2007 E7 NCAA Tournament MIDWEST REGION TERRAPINS ROSTER WILDCATS ROSTER No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. [4] MARYLAND vs. No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. 1 Landon Milbourne F Fr. 1.0 0.8 0.3 2 Jason Richards G Jr. 13.6 4.1 7.3 2 D.J. Strawberry G Sr. 15.2 4.3 3.4 [13] DAVIDSON 5 Boris Meno F Jr. 11.0 8.1 0.7 5 Eric Hayes G Fr. 5.0 1.9 4.0 12 Can Civi G So. 0.2 0.2 0.3 10 Jason McAlpin G-F Jr. 0.8 0.4 0.0 14 Max Paulhus Gosselin G So. 4.9 3.2 1.8 WHEN: 12:20 p.m. WHERE: HSBC Arena, Buffalo (18,690). TV: WUSA (Channel 9), WJZ (Channel 13). 15 James Gist F Jr. 12.7 7.2 1.3 RADIO: WHFS (105.7 FM), WMAL (630 AM), WFMD (930 AM), WJFK (1300 AM). 15 Thomas Sander F Jr. 13.5 6.3 1.1 21 Greivis Vasquez G Fr. 9.9 3.3 4.7 RECORDS: Terrapins (ACC, at-large), 24-8; Wildcats (Southern Conference, champion), 29-4. 20 Lamar Hull G Sr. 0.0 0.1 0.0 23 Mike Jones G Sr. 13.4 3.1 1.4 WINNER FACES: Butler-Old Dominion winner on Saturday in Buffalo. 22 William Archambault F Fr. 7.8 2.7 0.9 24 Parrish Brown G Sr. 3.2 1.4 1.0 23 Stephen Rossiter F So. 1.6 2.1 0.4 25 Ekene Ibekwe F Sr. 10.5 7.6 0.8 24 Bryant Barr G Fr. 3.5 0.9 0.6 Back court: Maryland plays well when it passes well. At his 31 Will Bowers C Sr. 2.3 1.7 0.3 best, freshman point guard Greivis Vasquez can perfectly 25 John Falconi G Sr. 0.5 0.4 0.1 33 Gini Chukura F Sr. 0.7 0.6 0.1 place passes for teammates to score. Davidson has its own 30 Stephen Curry G Fr. 21.2 4.6 2.8 35 Dave Neal F So. 1.7 1.2 0.0 playmaker in Jason Richards, who ranks second in the 35 Dan Nelms F Fr. 0.8 0.9 0.1 50 Bambale Osby F Jr. 5.8 3.8 0.4 nation in assists. The Wildcats make 9.6 three-pointers per Maryland plays well 41 Andrew Lovedale F So. 5.0 6.0 0.7 when it passes well, STARTERS ARE SHADED game. The onus could be on D.J. Strawberry to slow STARTERS ARE SHADED Stephen Curry, the nation’s second-leading freshman making guard Greivis scorer. Curry, who makes 41.1 percent of his three-point Vasquez’s role crucial. RESULTS RESULTS shots, has struggled against good competition, committing 10 turnovers against Missouri and scoring five points NOVEMBER NOVEMBER against Duke. vs. E. Michigan W, 81-77 at Missouri L, 81-75 Hampton W, 102-75 vs. Michigan State W, 62-60 Front court: Maryland’s James Gist and at Michigan L, 78-68 Colby W, 99-69 Vermont W, 81-63 Winthrop W, 71-60 Ekene Ibekwe are two of the nation’s better vs. Cen. Conn. St. W, 91-64 at Duke L, 75-47 Florida A&M W, 93-54 High Point W, 81-63 shot blockers. Davidson doesn’t have noted Illinois-Chicago W, 100-89 vs. St. John’s W, 92-60 at Illinois W, 72-66 shot blockers, but the Wildcats rank eighth DECEMBER DECEMBER nationally in rebounding margin. They box out well and have been outrebounded in Elon W, 86-61 at Chattanooga W, 92-80 vs. Notre Dame L, 81-74 American W, 66-54 just six games. Miami dominated at UNC GreensboroW, 66-63 vs. Ohio W, 83-74 Fordham W, 79-59 Mount St. Mary’s W, 91-50 Maryland in the rebounding battle and Charlotte W, 79-51 at Arizona St. W, 75-70 at Boston College L, 73-62 Siena W, 94-75 Mt. St. Mary’s W, 116-55 Western Michigan W, 71-64 Missouri-KC W, 101-50 in second-chance points. Davidson will be challenged to match the athleticism JANUARY JANUARY of Maryland’s starting front court. Charleston W, 81-73 Appalachian St. L, 81-74 Iona W, 88-57 at Virginia Tech L, 67-64 Bench: Maryland is a deep team, at Furman W, 71-63 at Ga. Southern W, 101-92 Miami L, 63-58 Georgia Tech W, 80-65 while Davidson is not. A concern at Wofford W, 83-78 Western Carolina W, 79-59 Clemson W, 92-87 at Florida State L, 96-79 for the Wildcats is that forwards The Citadel W, 79-54 at Elon W, 88-58 at Virginia L, 103-91 Boris Meno and Thomas Sander both have fouled out of four games FEBRUARY FEBRUARY this season. The Terrapins go UNC Greensboro W, 75-65 Wofford W, 80-73 at Wake Forest W, 79-72 at Clemson W, 82-66 four-deep in the front court, which Chattanooga W, 87-57 Furman W, 75-57 Virginia L, 69-65 Florida State W, 73-55 could prove a decided advantage if at Charleston W, 73-63 at The Citadel W, 87-80 Duke W, 72-60 North Carolina W, 89-87 the game is laden with fouls. Davidson’s at W. Carolina W, 92-59 at North Carolina St. W, 85-70 at Duke W, 85-77 Andrew Lovedale, however, averages six MARCH MARCH rebounds in 18 minutes per game as a reserve. Maryland’s Eric Hayes has been a catalyst in vs. Chattanooga* W, 78-68 Charleston* W, 72-65 North Carolina St. W, 79-59 vs. Miami* L, 67-62 stabilizing the offense as soon as he enters the game. vs. Furman* W, 91-68 *ACC TOURNAMENT Coaches: Davidson’s Bob McKillop is among the game’s *SOUTHERN CONFERERNCE TOURNAMENT more respected veteran coaches. This was supposed to be DIFFERENCE MAKER a rebuilding year for the Wildcats, who lost 75 percent of DIFFERENCE MAKER their offense. But McKillop reached his fourth NCAA This is the ideal stage for tournament at the school and set a school record for Stephen Curry has an outside D.J. Strawberry, Maryland’s victories, breaking the mark set by Lefty Driesell in shot similar to that of his father, vocal leader who is making his 1968-69. The biggest accomplishment for Maryland’s Gary Dell, the longtime NBA first NCAA appearance since Williams this season was not losing his team when it was sharpshooter. But Curry also has 2004. He will be playing in an 3-6 in the ACC. The Terrapins closed the regular season a full arsenal of shots, including a up-tempo game and likely with seven straight victories to become one of the nation’s mid-range game. If Curry guarding a capable scorer in hottest teams. struggles for a half, he doesn’t Stephen Curry. — Eric Prisbell get down on himself. MICHAEL WILBON Maryland Will Try Locals Light Up the Tournament Bracket WILBON, From E1 To Get the Jump And Virginia Commonwealth, the team that won 27 games, took out George Mason and has On Rebounding standing-room only on its bandwagon, will play Duke in the TERRAPINS, From E1 ulation drills. 7:10 p.m. main event. What’s more, each player re- Old Dominion will play Butler a our own team,” said Sander, ceives a rebounding grade after half-hour after Maryland and whose 13th-seeded Wildcats each game. On every possession, Davidson conclude. (29-4) rank eighth nationally in a player is given a score of 100 or You’ll have to wait until rebounding margin. “Athletes zero. If a player doesn’t achieve tomorrow to see Virginia, Virginia can’t really jump if you put a body an average of at least 80 over 10 Tech and Durant, who might just on them. If you don’t put a body possessions, he has to perform be the best freshman from our on them, they can jump right sets of defensive shuffles after region . well, ever. over you.” practice. Okay, let’s take stock. Danny Rebounding success has paral- “It kind of stinks,” Sander Ferry was good as a freshman, but leled the turnaround of Mary- said. it would be a stretch to call him land’s season over the past five More than 40 percent of Da- great. David Robinson became an weeks. The Terrapins (24-8) vidson’s shots are three-point at- all-time great, but he was a 6-foot-6 were outrebounded only once tempts, which means misses of- gymnast as freshman. Reggie during their seven-game winning ten carom farther from the bas- Williams was critical to streak to close the regular sea- ket, placing an onus on guards to Georgetown winning an NCAA son. retrieve them. Maryland fresh- championship his freshman year, But in their ACC loss to Mi- man point guard Greivis Vasquez but he wasn’t consistently prolific, ami, the last-place Hurricanes said he has a responsibility as is Durant. Grant Hill was great dominated Maryland in rebound- against Davidson to track down and prolific as a freshman at Duke, ing, 42-34. And Maryland was loose rebounds and start fast and he also won a national outrebounded in every one of its breaks.