Contact: Kevin Messenger • [email protected] • 301-314-7066 (phone) • 301-314-9094 (fax) • www.umterps.com MARYLAND (11-3, 2-0 ACC) 1 N20 [6/6] v. Louisville-ESPN ...... W 95-73 1 2000-01 Men’s Notes January 10, 2001 N21 [6/6] v. [8/8] Illinois-ESPN ...... L 80-90 1 N22 [6/6] v. Dayton ...... L 71-77 2 N29 [13/14] v. [23/23] Wisconsin-ESPN .....L ot 75-78 Terrapins Put Win Streaks On The Line Against Heels 3 D2 [13/14] v. Michigan-WDCA ...... W 82-51 COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland puts a 10-game win streak on the line on Wednesday night when the 3 D3 [13/14] v. Geo. Washington-WDCA ... W 71-63 Terrapins host North Carolina in a clash of Atlantic Coast Conference and national powers. The No. 14 Terps and D6 [19/17] Stony Brook ...... W 107-59 No. 9 Tar Heels, as ranked in this week’s Associated Press rankings, tipoff D9 [19/17] at Penn-HTS ...... W 87-81 Game Facts and Coverage at 7 p.m. from , in a game nationally-televised on ESPN. D13 [20/19] Md.-Baltimore County ...... W 93-67 Gm. 15 — North Carolina at Maryland D23 [20/19] Norfolk State-HTS ...... W 123-79 The Terrapins, 11-3 overall and 2-0 in the ACC, hope to continue a string Date: Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001 D27 [18/19] Chicago State ...... W 117-55 Time: 7:00 p.m. of three consecutive home victories against North Carolina. UNC is the first D30 [18/19] Md.-Eastern Shore-HTS ...... W 105-53 Site: Cole Field House (14,500) nationally-ranked opponent to visit Cole Field House this season, where J2 * [17/17] at Clemson-RJ ...... W 104-92 TV: Live national telecast by ESPN. (Mike J6 * [17/17] Georgia Tech-RJ...... W 93-80 Maryland has won 13 straight times dating to last season and hasn’t lost to J10 * [14/16] [9/11] North Carolina-ESPN ... 7 p.m. Patrick, play-by-play; Dick Vitale, color) North Carolina since Feb. 22, 1997. J14 * [14/16] at Florida State-RJ ...... 1:30 p.m. Maryland’s 10-game streak overall is the fifth-longest in the country, J17 * Wake Forest-ESPN ...... 9 p.m. Radio: All Maryland games are carried J21 * at NC State-ABC ...... 3:30 p.m. live on the Maryland/Learfield Radio Net- currently trailing Stanford (13), Georgetown (13), Baylor (12) and Boston J27 * Duke-ESPN ...... 8 p.m. work. Flagship stations are WBAL (1090- College (11). The Terps’ 13-game home streak is tied for the 12th-longest in J31 * at Virginia-ESPN ...... 9 p.m. AM) in Baltimore and WMAL (630-AM) in the nation. F4 * Clemson-RJ ...... 1 p.m. Washington, D.C. Pregame show 30 F6 * at Georgia Tech-HTS ...... 7 p.m. Maryland raised each of its streaks last Saturday while besting Geor- minutes prior to tipoff. (Johnny Holliday, F10 * at North Carolina-CBS ...... 1 p.m. play-by-play; Chris Knoche, color) gia Tech, 93-80, behind 28 points and eight steals from , and a F14 * Florida State-RJ ...... 9 p.m. double-double performance by Terence Morris. Dixon’s steals were a F17 * at Wake Forest-RJ/ESPN2 ...... 1:30 p.m. umterps.com: Maryland sports news career-high and the second-highest figure in Maryland history while Mor- F20 * NC State-RJ ...... 8 p.m. on the World Wide Web, updated daily. F24 Oklahoma-ABC ...... 3:30 p.m. ris logged 19 points and 13 rebounds to help turn back the Yellow Jackets’ F27 * at Duke-RJ ...... 8 p.m. second-half rally. M3 * Virginia-CBS ...... 2 p.m. 4 Morris, who led the ACC last season with 12 double-doubles and now boasts 20 overall, scored seven M8-11 at ACC Tournament-RJ/ESPN .. TBA straight points after Tech had pulled within 55-49, and helped the Terps push their lead back to 15. Maryland led [ ] indicate gametime AP and USA Today/ESPN rankings 53-34 at the intermission, scoring over 50 points in the first half for the eighth straight game. * Atlantic Coast Conference game 1 Maui Invitational at Lahaina, Hawaii 2 ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Milwaukee, Wisc. (Bradley Seeking 11 Straight Center) Maryland’s 10-game win streak is the fifth-longest current winning streak in the nation, and tied for the fifth- 3 BB&T Classic at Washington, D.C. (MCI Center) longest in Maryland history. A win against the Tar Heels will help the Terrapins match the second-longest streak 4 ACC Tournament at Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) in Terp history. Here is a look at the Terps’ longest streaks in history: 2000-01 ACC Standings Streak Began Last Win Ended ACC Overall 14 Washington & Lee (Jan. 15, 1932) St. John’s (Feb. 17, 1932) at North Carolina (Feb. 19) Teams W L Pct. W L Pct. 11 Howard (Nov. 26, 1996) at Hawaii (Dec. 28, 1996) vs. Georgia-OT (Dec. 30) Duke 2 0 1.000 13 1 .929 11 East Carolina (Nov. 29, 1975) at George Washington (Jan. 7, 1976) at Wake Forest (Jan. 10) 11 Duke (Feb. 2, 1973) vs. North Carolina (March 8, 1973) vs. NC State (March 9) No. Carolina 2 0 1.000 11 2 .833 10 vs. Michigan (Dec. 2, 2000) Georgia Tech (Jan. 6, 2001) — MARYLAND 2 0 1.000 11 3 .786 10 Western Carolina (Nov. 14, 1998) vs. DePaul (Dec. 7, 1998) at Kentucky (Dec. 12) Wake Forest 1 1 1.000 12 1 .923 10 at Alaska-Anchorage (Nov. 24, 1984) at Hawaii (Dec. 27, 1984) vs. Georgia Tech (Dec. 28) Virginia 1 1 .500 11 1 .917 10 Ball State (Nov. 30, 1976) Richmond (Jan. 4, 1977) Wake Forest-OT (Jan. 8) NC State 0 1 .000 8 4 .667 10 Brown (Nov. 29, 1972) Virginia (Jan. 9, 1973) NC State (Jan. 14) Florida State 0 1 .000 5 9 .357 Clemson 0 2 .000 9 6 .600 2000-01 Roster Ga. Tech 0 2 .000 8 5 .615 Head Coach: (Maryland ‘68) / 12th year at Maryland (228-131, 91-83 ACC) / 23rd year overall (435-259) Tuesday, January 9 Probable Starters (G-GS) Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG Notes Georgia Tech at Virginia (RJ Split), 8:00 G/F 1 Byron Mouton (14-10) 6-6 215 Jr. Rayne, La. 12.9 3.4 Team is 10-0 since Mouton entered starting lineup Florida State at Wake Forest (RJ Split), 8:00 F 44 Terence Morris (14-14) 6-9 221 Sr. Frederick, Md. 13.5 6.4 19 points and 13 rebounds vs. Georgia Tech C 35 (14-14) 6-8 260 Jr. Silver Spring, Md. 17.1 6.4 37th player in Maryland history to score 1,000 pts Wednesday, January 10 G 3 Juan Dixon (14-14) 6-3 164 Jr. Baltimore, Md. 18.5 4.0 At least 19 points in nine of last 10 games North Carolina at Maryland (ESPN), 7:00 G 25 (14-14) 6-3 160 So. Miami Lakes, Fla. 5.4 3.3 7.7 assists per game is among national leaders Duke at NC State (ESPN), 9:00 Terp Reserves (G-GS) Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG Notes G 12 (14-0) 6-3 160 So. Hempstead, N.Y. 7.4 1.8 Shooting 52.8 percent from 3- range Saturday, January 13 C 33 Mike Mardesich (14-0) 7-0 244 Sr. Boston, Mass. 5.5 3.7 42 points, 23 rebounds in last five games Marquette at North Carolina (ABC), 1:00 F 15 Danny Miller (14-4) 6-8 220 Jr. Mt. Holly, N.J. 5.6 2.9 Averaging 7.8 points in last eight games Virginia at Duke (ABC), 3:30 F 54 (13-0) 6-10 210 Fr. Raleigh, N.C. 3.8 3.2 Physically-gifted freshman averages 9.8 mpg NC State at Clemson (RJ), 4:00 G 11 Calvin McCall (6-0) 6-3 200 So. Miami, Fla. 1.8 0.7 Has seen game action in six games Wake Forest at Georgia Tech (RJ), 8:00 F 21 LaRon Cephas (9-0) 6-7 217 Sr. Wilmington, Del. 1.4 1.3 At least one in five of last six GP F 45 Tahj Holden (7-0) 6-10 247 So. Red Bank, N.J. 3.7 2.7 Out w/fractured bone in left foot Sunday, January 14 C 40 Matt Slaninka (0-0) 7-4 257 Fr. Hyattsville, Md. -- -- Played at DeMatha HS Maryland at Florida State (RJ), 1:30 MARYLAND vs. North Carolina ... 2-2-2 A Terrapin Win — ton), WNUV (WB-54 in Baltimore) and WHAG HEAD COACH — Sends the Terps onto an 11-game win (NBC-25 in Hagerstown). GARY WILLIAMS streak, equaling the second-longest in school his- tory and the longest since the opening of the A three-time National Coach of the Year finalist and Williams’ Weekly Media 1996-97 season. the 10th-winningest coach in Atlantic Coast Confer- Among his many other obligations with his — Would be Maryland’s 12th in its last 13 ence history, Gary Williams (Maryland ‘68) is in his team, the community and the media, Maryland ACC regular season games, and its 14th in the 12th season as head coach of his alma mater. He has coach Gary Williams takes time weekly for vari- last 16. transformed the Maryland program into one of the nation’s ous interview shows on radio, TV and the — Would mark the Terps’ fourth straight vic- most formidable, and has built a following that has Internet. tory over North Carolina at Cole Field House. consistently resulted in sellout crowds at Cole Field WBAL’s Steve Melewski hosts the Gary Wil- — Will mark the first time that Maryland has House. liams Radio Show, which airs Thursday nights begun its ACC schedule with three straight wins A former Terrapins point on stations throughout the Maryland/Learfield Net- since the 1997 season. guard, Williams was a starter work from 7:05 to 8 p.m. — Extends Maryland’s home court win streak under coach Bud Millikan dur- The Gary Williams TV Show, hosted by to 14 games overall. The Terps’ last home loss ing the 1965, 1966 and 1967 Johnny Holliday, airs weekly throughout the ACC was an 80-70 defeat by No. 7 Duke last season seasons. He was the team season at 11:30 a.m. every Saturday on HTS, on Jan. 9. captain as a senior. with replays on Tuesday afternoons at 3 p.m. — Raises Maryland’s Cole Field House record As the Maryland coach, Every Monday, Williams appears for 30 min- to 47-4 over the last four seasons (1997-98 to Williams has produced more utes beginning at noon in a live chat session on present). The Terps are currently 6-0 at home than 20 wins in five of his last ESPN.com. this season, and were 15-1 in 1999-00, 13-1 in six seasons. Williams is the Beginning on Jan. 9, Williams takes part in the 1998-99 and 12-2 in 1997-98. 29th-winningest active coach ACC’s weekly media teleconference on Tues- — Is the 86th victory for Maryland’s senior in America with 435 wins. days at 11:40 a.m. class of Mike Mardesich, Terence Morris Williams, 228-131 at Maryland, boasts a 435-259 and LaRon Cephas. Mardesich has played in overall record which includes four years at American every victory, Morris in 84. (1979-82), four at Boston College (1983-86) and three at Series Profile Ohio State (1987-89). In his 23rd season as a Division I head coach, Williams has coached in 10 NCAA Tour- Records naments and guided six different teams to the NCAA Maryland is 11-3 overall and 2-0 in the ACC. The Terps have won 10 straight games following Sweet 16. He has guided teams to the NCAA Tournament at its 93-80 win over Georgia Tech last Saturday. each of his four coaching stops, and is the only coach North Carolina is 11-2 overall and 2-0 in the North Carolina • Wednesday, Jan., 2001 • 7:00 p.m. • ESPN in America to direct programs in each of the ACC, Big ACC following its 70-69 win over Wake Forest last Saturday. Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Ten and Big East conferences. Home Court: Dean E. Smith Center (21,572) Williams is one of six 400-win coaches who now Head Coach: Matt Doherty (North Carolina ‘84) engineer the programs at their respective alma maters Rankings At school: 11-2 (1st season) Maryland is No. 14 and 16, respectively, in (Jerry Tarkanian, Fresno State; Lou Henson, New Mexico Overall: 33-17 (2nd season) State; Gale Catlett, West Virginia; Larry Hunter, Ohio). the most recent AP and USA Today/ESPN polls. Series Profile (North Carolina leads, 104-49) He notched his 400th win with a season-opening North Carolina is No. 9 and 11, respectively. Last Maryland Win at Maryland: ...... Feb. 26, 2000 (81-73) win over San Francisco on Nov. 17, 1999. He recorded Last Maryland Win at UNC: ...... Jan. 13, 1999 (89-76) his 200th victory at Maryland during a 72-66 win over Injury Report Last Maryland Win in ACC Tournament: March 7, 1986 (85-75) No. 23 Kentucky one month later. Sophomore forward Tahj Holden fractured Last UNC Win at Maryland: ...... Feb. 22, 1997 (93-81) Williams, 91-83 in the ACC, needs nine ACC victo- the fifth metatarsal bone on his left foot during Last UNC Win at UNC: ...... Jan. 27, 2000 (75-63) ries to become the ninth coach overall and the second practice on Dec. 7 and has missed the last three Last UNC Win in ACC Tournament: ...... March 6, 1999 (86-79) from Maryland () ever to reach 100 wins in games. Williams (at Md.) vs. UNC: ...... 10-16 the league. Holden underwent a successful surgery on Terps at Home: ...... 31-41 Saturday, Dec. 9 to place a screw in the foot. He Terps on the Road: ...... 14-49 Terps at Neutral Sites: ...... 4-14 ACC Coaching Victories — All Games is expected to miss approximately four to six Terps Since 1953-54: ...... 30-77 1. Dean Smith, North Carolina ...... 879 weeks of action, with a hopeful return in mid- to Last 10 Games: ...... Tied 5-5 2. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke ...... 510 late-January. Current Streak: ...... Maryland won 1 3. Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech ...... 354 Longest Maryland Win Streak: ...... 5 4. Charles “Lefty” Driesell, Maryland ...... 348 Longest UNC Win Streak ...... 11 5. Terry Holland, Virginia ...... 326 Next Games Largest Margin of Victory: ...... 25 (66-41 on Feb. 3, 1939 6. Norman Sloan, NC State ...... 266 Maryland travels to Florida State on Sunday, Largest Margin in Loss: . 36 (102-66 on March 13, 1993; 64-28 7. Frank McGuire, UNC & USC ...... 264 Jan. 14 (1:30 p.m., RJ), followed by a home date on Jan. 7, 1946) 8. Dave Odom, Wake Forest ...... 233 with Wake Forest on Wednesday, Jan. 17 (9 p.m., Most Maryland Points Scored: ...... 106 (Feb. 16, 1983) 9. Gary Williams, Maryland ...... 228 ESPN). Most UNC Points Scored: ...... 107 (Feb. 1, 1969) 10. Carl Tacy, Wake Forest ...... 222 RJ (Raycom/Jefferson Pilot) games are tele- Notes: In the longest series in Maryland history, the Terps host vised locally on WDCA (UPN-20 in Washing- Carolina for the 154th meeting in school history ... the schools ACC Coaching Victories — ACC Games first played on Feb. 5, 1923, in College Park ... Maryland has 1. Dean Smith, North Carolina ...... 364 Co-Captains won at home over the past three seasons against North Caro- 2. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke ...... 190 Maryland has named co-captains for the lina, and swept the regular season series two years ago ... With 3. Frank McGuire, UNC & USC ...... 142 current season — seniors LaRon Cephas, Mike the Heels’ 86-79 win in the 1999 ACC Tournament semifinals, 4. Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech ...... 134 Mardesich the Terrapins hold a 3-2 advantage in the last five games ... the 5. Charles “Lefty” Driesell, Maryland ...... 122 and Terence Terps’ current six wins in the last 11 games matches Maryland’s 6. Terry Holland, Virginia ...... 111 Morris. best stretch against North Carolina since the 1950s ... a win on 7. Vic Bubas, Duke ...... 106 Wednesday (7th in 12 meetings) would mark UM’s best ever 8. Norman Sloan, NC State ...... 103 against the Heels since the 1930s ... last season’s Terp loss at 9. Bud Millikan, Maryland ...... 98 UNC came after a snow delay for one day, played on Jan. 27 10. Dave Odom, Wake Forest ...... 94 (originally scheduled for Jan. 26) ... the loss was Maryland’s last 11. Gary Williams, Maryland ...... 91 Pronunciation Guide in the ACC before reeling off a school-record nine straight con- 21 LaRon Cephas (F) ...... luh-RON • SEE-fuss ference victories ... last season’s Terrapin win at Cole Field House clinched a least a share of the runner-up spot in the ACC stand- 45 Tahj Holden (F) ... Tahj (rhymes with mirage) ings ... Juan Dixon led Maryland with 22 and 23 points, respec- 33 Mike Mardesich (C) ...... MAHR-duh-sitch tively, in each of last season’s games ... the storied history be- 1 Byron Mouton (G/F) ...... MOO-tahn tween UNC and Maryland dates to the pre-ACC days of the South- 40 Matt Slaninka (C) ...... SLAN-uh-kuh ern Conference, and includes 14 ACC Tournament games. TERPS BY THE MEN’S NUMBERS TERPNOTES BASKETBALL January 10, 2001 / North Carolina 3 Maryland-native all-stars Lonny Baxter (Silver Spring), Juan Dixon (Baltimore) and Terence Morris (Frederick) all are recent first team All-ACC Dickie V’s Promo Nation’s Fifth-Longest Overall selections and national player of the year candidates. Dick Vitale makes his 2001 Cole Field House With losses last week by Michigan State and debut on Wednesday night, so here’s a glance at Wake Forest, Maryland’s 10-game win streak is 3 some of his national preseason picks as they now the fifth-longest in the nation: Only Lefty Driesell-coached teams of ‘74, ‘75 and ‘76 pertain to the Terps and Heels: finished second or better in the ACC standings in Rk Team No. Next Game three straight years. Williams and the Terps can — Dick Vitale’s Top 40 1. Georgetown 13 Jan. 10 vs. Morgan State match that mark in 2000-01. Stanford 13 Jan. 11 vs. Oregon 1-Duke; 3-North Carolina; 6-Maryland; 11-Wake 3. Baylor 12 Jan. 9 at Texas Tech Forest; 22-NC State; 23-Virginia 4. Boston College 11 Jan. 10 at St. John’s 3.3 — Top Point Guards 5. Maryland 10 Jan. 10 vs. No. Carolina Juan Dixon leads the ACC in steals per game. 13-Steve Blake, Maryland — Top Shooting Guards Nation’s 12th-Longest At Home 5 Consecutive years without change on the Terps’ 1-, North Carolina; 2-Juan Dixon, Mary- The Terps’ last home loss was their only home coaching staff. The staff — Williams (12th season), land loss of 1999-00, falling to No. 7 Duke on Jan. 9. A Hahn (12th), Dickerson (5th), Patsos (10th). Also — Top Swing Forwards look at the nation’s longest active home court reflecting its continuity are trainer J.J. Bush (29th 1-Terence Morris, Maryland; 11-Jason Capel, North win streaks: Carolina season), equipment mgr. John Bowie (12th) and dir. of basketball operations Troy Wainwright (5th). — Top Power Forwards Rk Team No. Next Home Game 1-Kris Lang, North Carolina 1. Michigan State 37 Jan. 10 vs. Northwestern — Top Centers 2. Iowa State 29 Jan. 16 vs. Colorado 6.9 2-Brendan Haywood, North Carolina; 4-Lonny 3. Alcorn State 26 Jan. 13 vs. Miss. Valley Maryland’s average blocked shots per game. Baxter, Maryland 4. Detroit 24 Jan. 25 vs. UW-Milwaukee 5. Texas 21 Jan. 10 vs. Kansas State 7.7 6. Indiana State 19 Jan. 14 vs. Wichita State Steve Blake leads the ACC in assists per game. Hot Time In The ACC 7. Lafayette 17 Jan. 10 vs. Lehigh Led by second-ranked Duke, the ACC has 8. Southern Utah 15 Jan. 18 vs. Valparaiso four teams listed among the Top 10 and five teams 9. Sam Houston St. 14 Jan. 20 vs. SE Louisiana 21.6 in the Top 15 in this week’s Associated Press Tennessee 14 Jan. 9 vs. Alabama Juan Dixon’s scoring average over the last 10 men’s basketball ranking. Winthrop 14 Jan. 10 vs. Gardner-Webb games. Dixon has scored at least 19 points in nine Duke (13-1) is ranked second, followed by 12. Maryland 13 Jan. 10 vs. No. Carolina of his last 10 games, including eight straight: 19-13- Wake Forest (12-1) at sixth, North Carolina (11- Brigham Young 13 Jan. 13 vs. San Diego St. 19-23-23-26-24-19-22-28. Florida 13 Jan. 17 vs. Georgia 2) at ninth, Virginia (11-1) at 10th and Maryland Xavier 13 Jan. 9 vs. Massachusetts (11-3) at 14th. The last time the ACC had four 16. Mississippi 12 Jan. 13 vs. Georgia 22.3 teams ranked in the AP Top 10 was on Feb. 10, Average wins in seven straight NCAA Tournament 1997, when Wake Forest was second, Duke was Terps At Cole This Season seasons under Gary Williams. Maryland boasts 20- win seasons in five of the last seven years, and a sixth, Clemson seventh and Maryland 10th. In six home games, Maryland averages 106.3 .500 or better ACC record in seven straight. The most recent time that the ACC had five points with an average victory margin of 40.8. teams in the AP Top 15 was one week later on The Terps have shot 50.4 percent from the Feb. 17, 1997, when Wake Forest was fourth, floor at Cole Field House this season. 23.0 Duke sixth, Clemson eighth, North Carolina 12th Juan Dixon’s scoring average over the last eight games. and Maryland 14th. Century Mark In Succession Maryland’s school-record streak of four con- 27 Starting In The ACC secutive 100-point games came to an end at four Consecutive weeks in the AP Top 25. Should the Terps defeat North Carolina on last Saturday against Georgia Tech. Wednesday, it would mark the first time since the Maryland scored 123, 117, 105 and 104 points 50 1997 season that Maryland would begin its ACC in succession against Norfolk State, Chicago Maryland has scored reached 50 points by halftime schedule 3-0, and the second time in 12 sea- State, Md.-Eastern Shore and Clemson. sons under Gary Williams. in each of its last eight games. In that 1997 season, the Terps fell to Clemson At The Intermission to end the string. 50.0 Maryland has never trailed at halftime this The last time Maryland was 4-0 in the ACC Maryland shot 50 percent or better in five straight season. was when the Terrapins won their first five games prior to Saturday’s win over Georgia Tech. Maryland has also scored at least 50 points league games in 1974-75 en route to a 10-2 fin- The Terps shoot 50.4 percent from the floor, for the by halftime in its last eight games — 53-20 vs. ish and their last outright claim to the ACC regular season. Stony Brook; 52-30 at Penn; 51-33 vs. UMBC; season championship. 48-32 vs. Norfolk State; 62-23 vs. Chicago State; 76 60-25 vs. UMES; 59-56 at Clemson; 53-34 vs. Terps-A-Streakin’ Nation’s-longest non-conference home court win Georgia Tech. streak which lasts more than a decade. Terps’ last Besides winning 11 of its last 12 ACC regular non-league home defeat was Dec. 12, 1989 vs. season games dating to last season, Maryland Coppin State. The streak began on Dec. 30, 1989 carries the following streaks into Wednesday’s Century Mark In ACC against Alcorn State. contest with the Tar Heels: Maryland’s 104-point outburst against Clemson last Tuesday was the 21st time the Terps — 10 straight wins overall; had ever scored over 100 points against ACC 83.6 Terps’ free throw percentage in their last two games — 13 straight wins at Cole Field House; opposition, but just the sixth away from Cole Field (56-for-67). — 14 straight games leading at the intermis- House. sion, and eight straight games with at 50 points Maryland’s 104 against Clemson matched the at halftime. Terps’ record for scoring in an ACC road game 108.4 — 104-80 at Duke on Feb. 8, 1975. The Terps led Terps’ scoring average in their last five games. 59-56 at the intermission. MARYLAND BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK ... 2-2-2 QUOTING Scoreboard Watching Maryland’s 1,000-point trios: Throughout the ACC, scoring averages have Lonny Baxter, Juan Dixon, Terence Morris GARY WILLIAMS soared early this season, including the Terps’ 2000-01: 1995-96: Keith Booth, Exree Hipp, Johnny Rhodes, Duane Following are quotes from Gary Williams following the 104-92 win at Clemson. Simpkins Georgia Tech game. Williams appears weekly on a Mon- One of three ACC teams currently averaging 1994-95: Exree Hipp, Johnny Rhodes, day chat session at noon on ESPN.com. over 90 points per game, the Terps (93.1) trail 1980-81: Ernest Graham, Albert King, Greg Manning, just Duke (93.8) in the scoring column. Virginia is . On the Georgia Tech game: “In the first half we really third, with an average of 92.3. played with great intensity and were really quick in a lot ACC clubs have been hot from the field. The A 1,000-Point Quartet? of situations. We did a great job of getting the ball in current leaders — Duke, 50.8 percent; Wake Maryland is on the verge of becoming the transition to the right people. In the second half I thought Forest, 50.6; Maryland, 50.4. 38th Division I team to boast four 1,000-point scor- Georgia Tech ers active in the same year. Mondays at Noon did a great job Teamwork And Balance A fourth player, junior transfer Byron Mou- of going into From top to bottom, Maryland has utilized nine ton, is currently within 91 points of reaching the locker room regular players who have made steady contri- 1,000, himself. He scored 728 points through his and then com- butions. freshman and sophomore seasons at Tulane. ing out and play- — Against Georgia Tech, all nine players — No other team in the country currently ing hard. I don’t scored at least four points. All nine had gotten boasts four active players with 1,000 career think they into the scoring column just 11 minutes into the points, though two teams (Samford and Akron) changed a lot, I game. ended the 2000 campaign with four 1,000 point- think they just — Eight different players average at least ers. continued to play hard. They’ve got that into their pro- 5.0 points per game, including reserve center — The 2001 Terps would become the sixth gram where they do that. We didn’t respond really well Mike Mardesich who averages 5.5, well above ACC team ever to boast four 1,000-point scor- with a 19-point lead coming out at halftime. I thought we his previous career average of 3.8 and his junior ers active on the same team. had a few guys who might have thought the game was average of 2.7. — Maryland would boast three of those six over. Any time you get into that situation with a team that — The Terps matched a school record with ACC teams (1996 Maryland, 1993 Florida State, can shoot the 3’s, and has a player like Jones on the 37 assists in a win over Chicago State. 1986 Duke, 1982 Wake Forest, 1981 Maryland). inside, you’re going to run into problems. And they made — Maryland’s 22.2 assists per game lead the — If Joe Smith had stayed for his junior sea- a great run at us. We had a couple of easy shots that we ACC. son, the 1996 Maryland team likely would have didn’t make and we turned the ball over when I thought — Six different players average 1.5 assists joined the 1993 FSU squad as the only ACC we were going to score, and they kept scoring. It just or better, with three players at 3.2 or higher. schools ever to field five active 1,000-point scor- snowballed — all of a sudden it was a tough game again. Sophomore point guard Steve Blake leads the ers on the same team. We were able to control it and take it back out and win ACC with 7.7 per contest. the game OK.” Games to Reach 1,000 Career Total Terence Morris 81 1,483 Measuring Sticks Juan Dixon 78 1,139 On key players right now: ”We have some guys really When Maryland lost three straight games in Lonny Baxter 81 1,004 playing well right now. Terence Morris had a spectacular November, criticism was pointed toward its less- Byron Mouton [68+] 909 game today. It was great to see Danny Miller’s aggres- than-dominating inside presence. siveness out there on the court. I thought Mike Mardesich Now 14 games into the season, here are a All-America Marylanders in the first half really got us going. That’s pretty typical of few tendencies which tell the story. Among the Terrapins’ five returning starters our team. Juan Dixon didn’t shoot it like you come to is a trio of All-America candidates who each has expect him to shoot, but he finds ways to score. He is Maryland’s Record When: earned first team All-ACC honors within the past going to find a way to score, and today it was at the foul Outrebounding the opponent ...... 10-0 two years. Each of the three also has been line. It’s nice to see that happen when he doesn’t shoot Rebounds are tied ...... 1-0 tabbed as a preseason candidate for the Naismith the ball as well as he normally does.” Outrebounded by the opponent ...... 0-3 Shooting more free throws ...... 11-0 and Wooden national player of the year awards. Shooting fewer free throws ...... 0-3 The key stat for Maryland fans: all three are On continued improvement: ”I think it is really impor- Maryland natives — Lonny Baxter (Silver tant when you are in our league this year to keep improv- Rebounding On The Boards Spring, Md.), Juan Dixon (Baltimore, Md.) and ing, and that’s where we are. We want to get better. We After an early season rebounding drought, Terence Morris (Frederick, Md.). will look at this game, see some things and work on Maryland has turned the rebounding numbers in them, and get ready for North Carolina. If you ever think the opposite direction, handling its foes on the Points And Steals Specialist you’ve arrived this year, you are in for a rude awakening, glass in nine of its last 10 games. Junior shooting guard Juan Dixon has scored so we have to play with the same intensity no matter Maryland and Clemson each tallied 36 car- at 19 or more points in eight straight games — how we shoot the ball or how we are playing.” oms in last Tuesday’s bout. and nine of 10 — includ- Maryland has held a +10 or better rebound- ing a season-high 28 On the recent play of Terence Morris: “Terence has ing edge In five of its last six games. points last Saturday really picked up his play. I saw in practice about two against Georgia Tech. weeks ago, and beginning in the Clemson game, he has 1,000-Point Trio (The top three scoring become the dominant player that I knew he was. Players Maryland’s trio of Lonny Baxter, Terence games of Dixon’s career sometimes get into slumps, and Terence really struggled Morris and Juan Dixon reached rare distinc- have all come against the at the beginning of the year. But he’s worked hard to tion on Saturday as they became just the fourth Yellow Jackets: 31, 33, regain his form.” Terp trio ever to boast 1,000 points on the same 28). team. The Terps join Central Connecticut and — A slasher and cre- On the play of Chris Wilcox: “Chris has done a great Hofstra as the only current teams in the country ative scorer, Dixon leads job for us. He is in a tough situation because he is the with three active 1,000-point scorers. the Terps in scoring, with only freshman playing on the varsity right now. His play Baxter’s seven points against Georgia Tech 18.5 points. has improved as he has learned the offenses and de- were enough for him to reach the plateau in his — He leads the team with 46 steals, includ- fenses that we use, and he continues to play a very 81st career game, matching the same number of ing a total of 29 in his last five games. He posted important role off the bench for us.” games in which Morris reached 1,000 last sea- a career-high eight steals against Georgia Tech, son. All three current players have reached the just two games after a career-high seven against On the Maryland student section: “Our student body plateau during their junior seasons. Baxter is the UMES. has been rated as one of the top basketball crowds in the 37th player overall, and the 16th sophomore or — In his last five games, Dixon averages country. They do a great job and are one of the reasons junior ever to reach the milestone. 23.8 points and 5.8 steals. why we are one of the tougher home courts for visiting — Dixon needs just eight more steals to be- teams. There is no way I would ever move the students come the 20th player in ACC history to reach 200 from where they sit in Cole Field House.” for his career. MARYLAND BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK ... 3-3-3 — In the 78th game of his career, against — Morris, selected to play on the USA Select UMBC, Dixon became the 36th player in Maryland team of college all-stars that faced the U.S. Olym- TERPS SIGN A PAIR TO history to eclipse the 1,000-point barrier. Dixon’s pic Team on Sept. 2 in Hawaii, was rated in the LETTERS OF INTENT 3-pointer just three minutes into the game made preseason as the nation’s top swing forward by Maryland head basketball coach Gary Williams has him only the 15th Terrapin player to reach the Dick Vitale’s Preview and The Sporting News. announced the signing of a pair of Eastern basketball milestone prior to his senior year. stars to national letters-of-intent. — Maryland’s leading free throw shooter, he Inside Muscle made a career-high 11 FTs against Georgia Tech Lonny Baxter is second on the team in points MICHAEL GRINNON, a senior at St. Dominic and was perfect on 11 attempts. He has made 35 (17.1), rebounds (6.4) and shooting percentage High School in Oyster Bay, N.Y., will attend Maryland of his last 36 free throws. He shot four of five at (60.7). beginning in fall 2001. As will junior college transfer the line vs. Clemson to end a string of 20 con- — Baxter’s career- RYAN RANDLE of Allegany College in Cumberland, secutive free throws. high 32 points came on 12 Md. Randle, who will attend Maryland as a junior next — He was an all-tournament selection at the of 14 shooting against Nor- season, hails from Texas where he attended BB&T Classic, averaging 16 points in two games. folk State. Baxter hit his Duncanville High School. — Dixon was ranked the top shooting guard first seven shots, and in the country by Lindy’s, and the No. 2 shooting scored 17 points in the Grinnon, a 6-6, 195-pound shooting guard guard by Dick Vitale’s Preview and The Sport- first six minutes of the sec- who is considered to be fundamentally sound, ing News. ond half. averaged 16 points, seven rebounds, three assists and — Dixon led the Terps with 18.0 points and — He has scored in four steals last season at St. Dominic, a traditional was second in the ACC in scoring last season. double figures in 19 of the Long Island powerhouse. He led the ACC with 2.7 steals per contest, and last 21 games, dating to last was third in the circuit while shooting better than season. “He’s a great outside shooter,” said 44 percent from 3-point range through 16 league — After leading the ACC with 12 double- Williams. “He really knows how to play the game. He games. doubles in 1999-00, he recorded his first double- has had a great summer and fall going into his senior double of 2000-01 with 17 points and 12 boards year of high school.” Mr. All-Around against UMBC. Terence Morris currently leads the team in — Baxter was ranked as high as the No. 2 Grinnon played for the Lightning at the rebounds (6.4) and blocks (2.3), and is third in (Lindy’s & The Sporting News) center in the coun- annual Charlie Weber Tournament, held Sept. 15-17 at scoring (13.5). try in preseason publications. Maryland’s Cole Field House, and also competed at — Morris recorded his — Baxter led the ACC with 8.8 rebounds and fall tournaments at Rutgers and Connecticut. first double-double of the 2.3 blocks in a sophomore campaign which also season and the 20th of his saw him produce 15.6 points. Touted among the Described by one recruiting publication as career with 19 points and top centers in the nation, his inside muscle has a very “cerebral” type of player, Grinnon is an 13 boards against Geor- continued to pay dividends. outstanding student and a member of the National gia Tech. Honor Society. — He matched his ca- Swat That! reer scoring high at Maryland led the ACC and set a school record “Ryan will be a good player for us,” said Clemson, netting 26 points with 6.7 blocked shots per game in 1999-00. This Williams. “We have followed him at Allegany and since on 8 of 16 shooting against season, the Terps are at it again with an ACC- we’ll lose Terence [Morris], Mike [Mardesich] and the Tigers. He was also leading average of 6.9 through 14 games. LaRon [Cephas] after this season, we needed a good perfect on a season-high seven free throw at- — Including 11 blocks against UMBC, the Terps big man who is also athletic.” tempts, and led the team with eight rebounds. have double-figure blocked shots three times this — Morris averages 22.5 points, 10.5 rebounds season. Randle, 6-9 and 250 pounds, is in his sophomore and 2.0 blocks through two ACC games. He also — Maryland has at least six blocked shots in season at Allegany, the same school from which the has shot above 50 percent in four straight games. nine of 14 games. Terrapins successfully recruited All-American Steve — He has combined for 74 points and 36 — Four different players (Lonny Baxter, Tahj Francis. He will attend Maryland for his final two rebounds in his last four games, nearly averag- Holden, Mike Mardesich, Terence Morris) seasons. ing doublt digits in each category. have had at least three blocks in a game this — Morris’ opening game vs. Louisville was season. At Allegany, he helped lead his team to a 28-2 dominating: 24 points, nine rebounds, three as- — Morris has had multiple blocks in 10 of 14 record as a freshman. He averaged 10.2 points, 5.1 sists, three steals and three blocks. games, and at least one block in every game. rebounds and led the team with 31 blocked shots. — He has had multiple blocks in 10 out of 14 — Lonny Baxter has recorded at least one Coming off the bench, he also added 43 assists and games this season including a season-best four block in 13 of 14 games. 27 steals to display the ball-handling skills that set him vs. Norfolk State. He has had at least one block in — Maryland blocked a Maui Invitational record apart from an ordinary big man. every game. 13 blocked shots in its loss to Dayton. The Terps — He has had multiple blocked shots in 51 of were led by Baxter’s tournament record of six by Said Randle’s coach at Allegany, Bob Kirk, “Even 82 games in the last three seasons, and three or an individual. though he didn’t start for us last year, he was the best more blocks in 35 of those games. player on the team. We’ve never had anyone who is — Against Norfolk State, Morris registered Mr. Opportunity as capable a player except for Steve Francis.” four blocked shots to become just the third Mary- Maryland junior Byron Mouton has made land player and the 16th in ACC history to record the most of his first 10 starting assignments for more than 200 career blocks. He now has 209. the Terrapins, sparking the — He is the 13th player in Maryland history to Terps to 10 straight wins. score at least 1,400 points in his career. — The explosive and — Morris became the 14th player in Maryland crowd-pleasing Mouton history to surpass 1,000 career points in just his had his best day as a Terp sophomore or junior season, eclipsing the pla- against UMES, sparking teau on Jan. 9, 2000 against Duke. Maryland with a season- — Morris completed his junior season with high 28 points on 9 of 11 career averages: 15.8 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.4 shooting while adding four assists, 2.1 blocks and 1.6 steals. His versatility steals, three rebounds and has helped the Terps lead the ACC in blocks and two assists. He also was steals in back-to-back seasons, and he has perfect on eight free throw earned honorable mention All-America honors in attempts. three consecutive seasons. — He posted 17 points and three assists at Clemson. MARYLAND BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK ... 4-4-4 — He has scored in double figures in nine of minutes. All 10 of his points came in the game’s IN THE POLLS 14 games this season. final 3:55. Maryland is one of five ACC teams in the AP Top 15. — For the season, Mouton leads the team — He boasts at least five assists in 14 of 15 This is the first week since Feb. 17, 1997 that five ACC with an impressive 61.3 percent shooting clip. games dating to last season, and at least eight teams have been in the Top 15. Maryland’s preseason Not bad for a guy who’s offensive repertoire assists in six of his last eight outings. No. 5 ranking by the Associated Press is the highest by consists mostly of slashing, off-balance and turn- — Last season, Blake was regarded as one a Gary Williams-coached team. around jumpers in traffic. of the country’s top freshman, and in preseason — In a three-game span from Dec. 3-9, Mou- 2000 he has been tabbed as one of the top 11 AP Rankings ton scored 17, 19 and 20 points, averaging 18.7 point guards overall. He spent the past summer January 8, 2001 (Record) ...... Pts. LW points and 71.4 percent shooting in those three touring with the U.S. Under-20 team and earning 1. Stanford (70) (13-0) ...... 1,750 2 games. a silver medal at the World Championships quali- 2. Duke (13-1) ...... 1,667 3 — He has led the Terps in scoring four times, fying tournament in Brazil. 3. Michigan St. (12-1) ...... 1,597 1 including a 17-point effort against GW in the cham- 4. Tennessee (14-1) ...... 1,444 6 pionship game of the BB&T Classic. He was 5. Kansas (12-1) ...... 1,425 7 Mardesich Closing In On Marks named to the all-tournament team at the BB&T Senior co-captain Mike Mardesich is clos- 6. Wake Forest (12-1) ...... 1,380 4 7. Illinois (12-3) ...... 1,300 9 Classic, alongside junior teammate Juan Dixon. ing in on Maryland records 8. Florida (10-2) ...... 1,187 5 for career games played 9. North Carolina (11-2) ...... 1,164 13 Engineering The Point (115) and consecutive 10. Virginia (11-1) ...... 1,129 8 Sophomore Steve Blake is fast becoming games played (115). 11. Syracuse (13-1) ...... 1,036 14 one of the best veteran point guards in the coun- The 7-foot reserve 12. Georgetown (13-0) ...... 915 19 try. center needs 17 more 13. Connecticut (12-2) ...... 830 10 — Currently leading games this year to surpass 14. Maryland (11-3) ...... 770 17 the ACC with 7.7 assists the existing record of 131 15. Seton Hall (10-3) ...... 686 11 per game, Blake has aver- games, by (1983- 16. Alabama (12-1) ...... 670 18 aged 10.3 assists through 86). He needs to play 12 17. Wisconsin (10-2) ...... 641 12 six home dates in 2000-01. more games in succession 18. Iowa St. (13-1) ...... 500 23 — Blake posted a near in order to eclipse the ex- 19. USC (12-2) ...... 460 20 triple-double against Nor- isting mark of 126 consecutive games played by 20. Mississippi (13-1) ...... 431 22 folk State, pulling down a Keith Booth (1994-97). 21. Arizona (8-5) ...... 340 16 career-high eight re- Right behind Mardesich is fellow co-captain 22. Oklahoma (11-2) ...... 320 15 bounds with nine assists Terence Morris who has played in 114 games 23. Texas (11-2) ...... 263 24 and 10 points. overall. He missed last season’s game at Clemson 24. Boston College (11-0) ...... 192 NR — In just 23 minutes against Stony Brook, to end his consecutive games streak at 83. 25. Notre Dame (9-3) ...... 189 21 Blake dished a career-high 13 assists, recording Others Receiving Votes: Iowa 147, Cincinnati 134, Missouri the most by a Terrapin since Steve Francis re- The New Mike Mardesich 31, Mississippi St. 26, Xavier 25, Baylor 21, Minnesota 20, corded 13 against Virginia in 1999. Mike Mardesich has shown vast improve- Oregon 15, Fresno St. 12, Arkansas 10, Texas-El Paso 10, — Three nights later at Penn, he drilled a timely ment through his senior campaign, capitalizing Indiana 2, South Carolina 2, Utah St. 2, Villanova 2, Coll. of 3-pointer and a pair of driving jumpers to help the on his size and increased mobility. Charleston 1, Marshall 1, SMU 1, South Florida 1, Vanderbilt Terps stave off a furious Quaker rally in the final 1. 2000-01 Rankings Watch — Terps and Opponents In The Polls USA Today/ESPN Rankings Maryland AP High/Low — 5/20 Maryland USA High/Low — 6/19 Maryland Sagarin High/Low — 9/42 January 7, 2001 (Record) ...... Pts. LW Associated Press N N N D D D D J J 1. Stanford (27) (13-0) ...... 769 2 SCHOOL ps 12 20 26 4 11 18 25 1 8 2. Duke (1) (13-1) ...... 733 3 Duke 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 Wake Forest 20 18 17 12 11 6 6 4 4 6 3. Michigan St. (3) (12-1) ...... 730 1 Illinois 8 8 8 9 9 5 5 9 9 7 4. Tennessee (14-1) ...... 653 5 North Carolina 6 7 7 6 14 15 15 14 13 9 5. Kansas (12-1) ...... 610 7 Virginia 24 25 25 21 16 14 14 8 8 10 Maryland 5 6 6 13 19 20 20 18 17 14 6. Wake Forest (12-1) ...... 605 4 Wisconsin 19 19 18 23 17 16 16 13 12 17 7. Florida (10-2) ...... 598 6 Oklahoma 22 21 19 14 20 18 18 17 15 22 Georgia Tech ------rv rv - 8. Illinois (12-3) ...... 578 8 Dayton rv rv rv 24 rv rv rv rv - - 9. Virginia (11-1) ...... 505 9 George Washington - - - - rv rv rv - - - NC State rv rv rv - - rv - - - - 10. Syracuse (13-1) ...... 474 13 Michigan rv ------11. North Carolina (11-2) ...... 463 14 12. Connecticut (12-2) ...... 396 10 USA Today/ESPN N N D D D D D J SCHOOL ps 19 26 3 10 17 25 31 7 13. Georgetown (13-0) ...... 356 20 Duke 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 14. Alabama (12-1) ...... 323 18 Wake Forest 18 16 12 11 7 6 4 4 6 Illinois 9 8 8 7 5 5 6 8 8 15. Seton Hall (10-3) ...... 316 11 Virginia 25 rv 22 19 14 14 9 9 9 16. Maryland (11-3) ...... 302 17 North Carolina 4 7 6 12 15 16 16 14 11 17. Wisconsin (10-2) ...... 271 12 Maryland 7 6 14 17 19 19 19 17 16 Wisconsin 22 20 23 20 17 15 14 12 17 18. USC (12-2) ...... 220 19 Oklahoma 21 19 13 16 16 17 17 16 19 19. Oklahoma (11-2) ...... 174 16 NC State rv - rv rv rv - rv rv rv Dayton rv rv rv rv rv rv rv rv rv 20. Arizona (8-5) ...... 166 15 Georgia Tech - - - - rv - rv rv - 21. Mississippi (13-1) ...... 163 21 Louisville rv rv rv rv rv rv - - - UMBC - - - - rv - - - - 22. Texas (11-2) ...... 156 22 George Washington - - - rv - - - - - 23. Iowa St. (13-1) ...... 131 NR Michigan rv ------24. Iowa (12-2) ...... 88 23 Sagarin Ratings N N D D D D D J J 25. Notre Dame (9-3) ...... 78 25 SCHOOL ps 19 26 3 10 17 23 29 4 7 Others Receiving Votes: Cincinnati 70, Xavier 39, Boston Duke 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 Wake Forest 32 6 13 15 4 1 1 2 1 3 College 21, Utah St. 14, Fresno St. 9, Purdue 8, Arkansas 7, Virginia 53 29 36 11 7 9 4 4 5 5 South Florida 6, BYU 5, Charlotte 5, Mississippi St. 5, Toledo 4, Illinois 20 11 12 10 12 7 9 8 9 8 North Carolina 11 14 10 37 56 72 41 35 12 10 Dayton 3, Richmond 3, St. Bonaventure 3, Marshall 2, Wyo- Wisconsin 19 23 84 26 32 19 15 13 13 14 ming 2, Minnesota 1, NC State 1, Pepperdine 1, St. Joseph’s Maryland 9 10 26 23 42 28 28 27 21 19 (Pa.) 1. Oklahoma 21 22 14 25 33 22 21 20 17 22 Georgia Tech 55 54 61 58 67 51 59 58 Dayton 68 71 22 51 58 40 52 57 66 60 NC State 41 77 71 82 83 70 76 74 66 George Washington 64 48 94 84 87 99 Louisville 31 19 68 88 MARYLAND BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK ... 5-5-5 — At Clemson, Mardesich played 18 minutes — He has scored at least six points in each 30. Duane Simpkins, 1993-96 ...... 1,123 including 12 in the second half down the stretch of his last six games. He scored more than six 31. Gary Ward, 1964-67 ...... 1,094 with Lonny Baxter in foul trouble. He scored just once in his first eight games. 32. Keith Gatlin, 1985-88 ...... 1,087 five points against the Tigers, with six rebounds. 33. Kevin McLinton, 1990-93 ...... 1,064 — In a similar role against Georgia Tech, he FG-A 3FG-A Reb Pts 34. Brad Davis, 1975-77 ...... 1,026 scored six points with seven rebounds in 19 min- First 8 gms 9-28 4-9 17 (2.1) 27 (3.4) 35. Len Elmore, 1972-74 ...... 1,017 utes. Last 6 gms 18-40 5-16 23 (3.8) 51 (8.5) 36. Lawrence Boston, 1972-74 ...... 1,007 — He has totaled 13 rebounds in the last two Totals 27-68 9-25 40 (2.9) 78 (5.6) 37. Lonny Baxter, 1999-present ...... 1,004 games, both ACC contests. He averaged 3.5 career rebounds going into this season, and just 3-Point Goals MARYLAND CAREER REBOUNDS Rebounds 2.9 as a junior. Five different Terrapins scored 30 or more 3- 1. Len Elmore, 1972-74 ...... 1,053 — Mardesich scored 11 points against Nor- point baskets in 1999-00, and added this season 5. Larry Gibson, 1976-79 ...... 895 folk State and added a career-high 15 points is former Tulane scoring sensation Byron Mou- 6. Tom McMillen, 1972-74 ...... 859 against Chicago State to mark the first time in his ton (who made 46 treys at Tulane in 1998-99). 7. Bob Kessler, 1954-56 ...... 849 career that the seven-footer has scored in double Maryland boasts a 178-game streak with at 8. , 1958-60 ...... 795 figures in consecutive games. least one 3-pointer, dating to March 18, 1995. 9. Len Bias, 1983-86 ...... 745 — Mardesich has scored in every game, and 10. Terence Morris, 1998-present ...... 734 has scored five points or more in six straight Noting The Rook 11. Tony Massenburg, 1986/1988-90 ...... 722 games, the longest string of his career. Just one player is new to the Terps’ rotation 12. Albert King, 1978-81 ...... 715 — His current stretch is just the fourth time in in 2000-01. True freshman Chris Wilcox has his career, and the first since his freshman sea- seen game action in 13 of MARYLAND CAREER ASSISTS Assists son, that he has scored five points or more in as 14 games to date at both 1. Keith Gatlin, 1984-86/88 ...... 649 many as three straight games. the power forward and 5. Kevin McLinton, 1990-93 ...... 469 — Mardesich has scored 42 points (8.4) with center positions. 6. Dutch Morley, 1979-82 ...... 460 23 rebounds (4.6) in his last five games. His ca- After a slow beginning 7. Johnny Rhodes, 1993-96 ...... 437 reer average before this season was just 3.8 while the team got itself 8. Brad Davis, 1975-77 ...... 431 points per game; his season average in 1999-00 together, collectively, 9. Walt Williams, 1989-92 ...... 410 was 2.7. Wilcox has shown contin- 10. Jeff Adkins, 1982-85 ...... 360 ued promise by averaging 11. Ernest Graham, 1978-81 ...... 346 Nicholas Fills Dual Role 5.0 points (30) and 4.3 re- 12. Steve Blake, 2000-present ...... 325 Regardless of which role he has been asked bounds (26) over six 13. Albert King, 1978-81 ...... 304 to play, Long Island native Drew Nicholas has games leading into the ACC schedule. He also been outstanding early in saw an average of 14.1 minutes over those six MARYLAND CAREER BLOCKS Blocks his sophomore season. games. 1. Derrick Lewis, 1985-88 ...... 339 Nicholas has assumed — Wilcox was the Terps’ leading rebounder 2. Cedric Lewis, 1988-91 ...... 239 backup point guard chores with eight against Stony Brook. 3. Terence Morris, 1998-present ...... 209 as a sophomore. At the — He has scored at least seven points on 4. Joe Smith, 1994-95 ...... 190 same time, he has become four occasions. 5. Larry Gibson, 1976-79 ...... 182 one of the Terps’ most — The 6-10 native of Raleigh, N.C., has re- 6. Lonny Baxter, 1999-present ...... 130 deadly long-range shoot- corded at least one blocked shot in four of nine 7. Obinna Ekezie, 1996-99 ...... 125 ers. games played. 8. Tony Massenburg, 1986/1988-90 ...... 97 — He is second on the 9. Len Bias, 1983-86 ...... 87 team in 3-pointers (19) and Terps On ACC Career Lists 10. Buck Williams, 1978-81 ...... 86 assists (48/3.4). Terence Morris is third on the Terps’ ca- 11. Walt Williams, 1989-92 ...... 81 — Nicholas has hit 52.8 percent of his 3- reer chart for blocked shots, and 13th on the 12. Ben Coleman, 1982-84 ...... 75 point attempts this season, at one point ranking ACC career chart. 13. Laron Profit, 1996-99 ...... 72 second in the ACC and among the top 10 nation- Juan Dixon is fourth on the Maryland career Keith Booth, 1994-97 ...... 72 ally. chart for steals, and needs just eight more steals 15. Mike Mardesich, 1998-present ...... 71 — Nicholas scorched the nets for 69 percent to become the 20th player in ACC history with shooting overall in three games at Maui and con- 200 or more career steals. MARYLAND CAREER STEALS Steals tinues to shoot 52.9 percent overall. 1. Johnny Rhodes, 1993-96 ...... 344 — In the loss to Dayton, Nicholas hit four of Terrapin Career Charts 2. Laron Profit, 1996-99 ...... 252 five 3-point shots to finish with 12 points, five Terp veterans on Maryland career statistical 3. Keith Booth, 1994-97 ...... 193 assists and a pair of steals. charts. 4. Juan Dixon, 1999-present ...... 192 — He has hit at least one 3-point basket in 12 5. Terrell Stokes, 1996-99 ...... 190 of 14 games this season. He missed on four 3FG MARYLAND CAREER POINTS Points 6. Walt Williams, 1989-92 ...... 175 attempts at Clemson to end a string of 17 straight 1. Len Bias, 1983-86 ...... 2,149 7. Dutch Morley, 1979-82 ...... 170 games with a 3-pointer dating to last season’s 2. Albert King, 1977-81 ...... 2,058 8. Terence Morris, 1998-present ...... 143 ACC Tournament. 3. Adrian Branch, 1982-85 ...... 2,017 4. John Lucas, 1973-76 ...... 2,015 MARYLAND CAREER 3FGs 3FGs New Role, Same Results 5. Tom McMillen, 1972-74 ...... 1,807 1. Johnny Rhodes, 1993-96 ...... 186 Junior Danny Miller has taken to his new role, 10. Laron Profit, 1996-99 ...... 1,566 2. Walt Williams, 1989-92 ...... 154 and has responded in his last six games by aver- 11. Greg Manning, 1978-81 ...... 1,561 3. Sarunas Jasikevicius, 1995-98 ...... 136 aging 8.5 points and 4.6 12. Terence Morris, 1998-present ...... 1,483 4. Teyon McCoy, 1987-88/1990 ...... 132 rebounds — compared to 13. Derrick Lewis, 1985-88 ...... 1,457 5. Duane Simpkins, 1993-96 ...... 130 averages of 3.0 and 2.0 14. Gene Shue, 1952-54 ...... 1,386 6. Juan Dixon, 1999-present ...... 110 through the Terps’ first 15. Exree Hipp, 1993-96 ...... 1,372 7. Laron Profit, 1996-99 ...... 105 eight games. 20. Joe Smith, 1994-95 ...... 1,290 8. Terrell Stokes, 1996-99 ...... 89 Last season, Miller av- 21. Bob Kessler, 1954-56 ...... 1,266 9. Exree Hipp, 1993-96 ...... 84 eraged 8.5 points and 2.9 22. Lee Brawley, 1950-52 ...... 1,244 10. Terence Morris, 1998-present ...... 85 rebounds as a junior. 23. Jim O’Brien, 1971-73 ...... 1,235 11. Mario Lucas, 1993-96 ...... 62 — Miller scored a sea- 24. Steve Sheppard, 1974-76 ...... 1,219 12. Steve Hood, 1986-88 ...... 61 son-high 13 points against 25. Larry Gibson, 1976-79 ...... 1,198 13. John Johnson, 1986-89 ...... 59 Chicago State, and hit 26. Obinna Ekezie, 1996-99 ...... 1,172 14. Keith Gatlin, 1984-86/1988 ...... 56 double figures again with 27. Maurice Howard, 1973-76 ...... 1,161 15. Drew Nicholas, 2000-present ...... 56 10 points in the win over Georgia Tech. 28. Buck Williams, 1979-81 ...... 1,153 Danny Miller, 1999-present ...... 56 29 Juan Dixon, 1999-present ...... 1,139 MARYLAND BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK ... 6-6-6 Depth Factor Nation’s Longest Streak G-A-R-Y-L-A-N-D Maryland is one of America’s deepest and Maryland has not lost a non-conference Cole Field House is the site of the nation’s most athletic teams in 2000-01. The Terrapins home game in over a decade — not since falling longest non-conference home win streak (now return all five starters from their 25-10 team a to Coppin State on Dec. 12, 1989 in Gary Will- 74 games), and Maryland has ranked in the Top year ago, plus their top three reserves. iams’ first season as the Terps’ coach. On Dec. 20 among national attendance leaders for three Added to the mix are Byron Mouton, run- 30, 1989, Maryland defeated Alcorn State to be- straight seasons. ner-up as the 1998 Conference USA Rookie of gin what is now the nation’s longest non-confer- — The Terps ranked 20th (13,377 avg.) the Year, who plays both the “2” and “3” posi- ence home court win streak, 76 games. among national attendance leaders in 1998, 15th tions; and 6-10 freshman Chris Wilcox who logs Last year, the streak included a 72-66 home (school record 14,474 avg.) in 1999, and 17th minutes at the power forward and center posi- win over Kentucky. This season’s home slate (14,148 avg.) in 2000. tions. includes a February non-conference bout with — Last season, the Terps ranked 10th na- — The Terps are at least two, and as many Oklahoma. tionally and played before a school-record as four players deep at every position on the 503,648 fans overall. That figure was up from a floor. One Of Country’s Elite previous record of 473,626 and a No. 12 ranking — Last season, five players averaged over Maryland is one of just ten schools to have in 1999. 27 minutes per game. This season, just one, Juan participated in each of the last seven NCAA Tour- — Maryland played to 99.8 percent capacity Dixon, averages over as many (28.8, compared naments. Only Arizona, Cincinnati, Indiana, Kan- for its entire season at 14,500-seat Cole Field to his team-leading average of 34.0 last year). sas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Purdue, Temple House during the 1998-99 season. and UCLA join the Terps as teams that have com- — Maryland has averaged more than 13,000 Road Warriors peted in each of the last seven NCAA men’s bas- fans for every home game in each of its last six Maryland played its first six games all away ketball tournaments. seasons. The Terps currently average 13,504 at from Cole Field House. Maryland is the only team in the ACC that has home in 2000-01 (six games). — It was Maryland’s longest streak away from advanced to the ACC Tournament semifinals in — During the last seven seasons, the Terps home to begin a season since the Terps began each of the last six seasons, the best streak in have achieved six of the top seven single-sea- playing in Cole Field House in 1955-56. Terrapin history. Last season’s ACC champion- son home attendance averages in school his- — It was the longest streak away from home ship game appearance was the Terps’ first since tory. to begin a season since 1941, overall. 1984. Comcast Center Terps In The Polls Best Eras Maryland basketball teams will play in the Maryland carries a string of 27 consecutive The Terps’ 74 wins between the 1998, 1999 Comcast Center beginning in the 2002-2003 sea- weeks in the AP Poll. The current streak began and 2000 seasons reflect the best three-year son, thanks to a $20 million naming rights gift to on Nov. 22, 1999 last season with the Terps peak- stretch in Terrapin basketball history in terms of the university announced on Jan. 5, 1999. Last ing in the No. 12 position last season on Jan. 3, total wins. Likewise, Maryland’s 34 ACC wins summer, Comcast increased its gift by $5 million 2000, and at No. 5 in the AP’s 2000 preseason those past three seasons reflect the best three- in order to include naming rights on the floor. poll. Maryland finished last season ranked No. year stretch of ACC victories. The Terps’ 1998, The gift is part of a business partnership that 17. 1999 and 2000 seasons also mark the first three- also includes the provision of cable television — Maryland was No. 5 in the AP preseason year period with consecutive double-digit wins services to university residence halls. poll, reflecting the highest preseason ranking by in ACC play. The Comcast gift is the largest single dona- a Gary Williams-coached team, and the sixth time Maryland needs 13 more wins this season to tion ever to the flagship campus, and it matches in Terrapin history that Maryland has begun in the assure the best four-year stretch in the program’s the largest known corporate naming gift in the Top 5. history. The current four-year mark is a stretch United States for a college athletic facility. The — A total of 26 teams nationally have been of 97 wins between 1972 and 1975. $25 million represents a significant portion of the ranked No. 2 at least once, but never have been A 20-win season in 2000-01 would match university's share of the cost of construction on ranked No. 1. Maryland leads the way among the school’s best mark for consecutive 20-win the planned $124 million arena, which is being those teams with 18 No. 2 rankings, while Louis- seasons, five between 1972 and 1976. constructed on the north side of the campus un- ville is second with 15. der the auspices of the Maryland Stadium Au- — Maryland has appeared in 47 of the last 49 53 Wins thority. polls, 51 of 54, 57 of 63 and 70 of the last 78 polls Maryland’s 53 wins over the past two sea- since Dec. 9, 1996. sons are bettered by only six teams nationally: — Of those 78 polls since December 9, 1996, Maryland has been in the Top 10, 24 times. School Two Seasons 1999-00 1998-99 1. Duke 66-7 (.904) 29-5 37-2 2. Michigan State 65-12 (.844) 32-7 33-5 3. Connecticut 59-12 (.831) 25-10 34-2 4. Cincinnati 56-10 (.848) 29-4 27-6 5. Tulsa 55-15 (.786) 32-5 23-10 6. Gonzaga 54-16 (.771) 26-9 28-7 7. Stanford 53-11 (.828) 27-4 26-7 Maryland 53-16 (.768) 25-10 28-6 Auburn 53-14 (.791) 24-10 29-4 St. John’s 53-17 (.757) 25-8 28-9 THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED IN MARYLAND BASKETBALL A Player Had a Triple/Double: Cedric Lewis vs. Md.-Baltimore County (32 SCORING points, 10 rebounds, 10 blocked shots), Feb. 17, 1987. A Player Scored 40 Points: Joe Smith (40) at Duke, March 1, 1995 A Player Scored 35 Points: Exree Hipp (35) vs. Towson State, Dec. 23, ASSISTS 1993; Joe Smith (40) at Duke, March 1, 1995. A Player Scored 30 Points: Lonny Baxter (32) vs. Norfolk State, Dec. 23, A Player Had 10 Assists in a Game: Steve Blake (12) vs. Chicago State, 2000. Dec. 27, 2000. A Player Scored At Least 30 Points in Back-to-Back Games: Joe Smith A Player Had 12 Assists in a Game: Steve Blake (12) vs. Chicago State, vs. Clemson (33), February 28, 1995 and at Duke (40), March 1, 1995. Dec. 27, 2000. Two Players Scored 30 points in the Same Game: Never. A Player Had 13 Assists in a Game: Steve Blake (13) vs. Stony Brook, Two Players Scored 20 points in the Same Game: Terence Morris (26), Dec. 6, 2000 Lonny Baxter (24), Juan Dixon (22) at Clemson, Jan. 2, 2001. A Player Had 14 Assists in a Game: Terrell Stokes (15) vs. Western Three Players Scored 20 Points in the Same Game: Terence Morris (26), Carolina, Nov. 14, 1998 Lonny Baxter (24), Juan Dixon (22) at Clemson, Jan. 2, 2001. A Player Had 15 Assists in a Game: Terrell Stokes (15) vs. Western Five Players Scored in Double Figures in a Game: Byron Mouton (28), Carolina, Nov. 14, 1998 Juan Dixon (19), Terence Morris (15), Lonny Baxter (13), Drew Nicholas (12) vs. UMES, Dec. 30, 2000. Six Players Scored in Double Figures in a Game: Juan Dixon (24), Lonny BLOCKS Baxter (21), Mike Mardesich (15), Terence Morris (14), Danny Miller (13), A Player Had 5 Blocks in a Game: Lonny Baxter (6) vs. Dayton, Nov. 22, Byron Mouton (11) vs. Chicago State, Dec. 27, 2000. 2000 Seven Players Scored in Double Figures in a Game: Joe Smith (25), A Player Had 6 Blocks in a Game: Lonny Baxter (6) vs. Dayton, Nov. 22, Johnny Rhodes (19), Sarunas Jasikevicius (18), Exree Hipp (16), Wayne 2000 Bristol (12), Keith Booth (11), Mario Lucas (10), Duane Simpkins (10) vs. Towson State, Dec. 23, 1995 A Player Had 10 Blocks in a Game: Derrick Lewis (10) vs. Md.-Eastern Shore, Feb. 27, 1987 Eight Players Scored in Double Figures in a Game: Joe Smith (25), Johnny Rhodes (19), Sarunas Jasikevicius (18), Exree Hipp (16), Wayne A Player Had 12 Blocks in a Game: Cedric Lewis (12) vs. South Florida, Bristol (12), Keith Booth (11), Mario Lucas (10), Duane Simpkins (10) vs. Jan. 20, 1991 Towson State, Dec. 23, 1995

STEALS REBOUNDS A Player Had 5 Steals in a Game: Juan Dixon (8) vs. Georgia Tech, Jan. A Player Had 15 Rebounds: Lonny Baxter (16) vs. Duke, Jan. 9, 2000 6, 2001. A Player Had 20 Rebounds: Joe Smith (21) vs. Texas, March, 18, 1995 A Player Had 6 Steals in a Game: Juan Dixon (8) vs. Georgia Tech, Jan. 6, 2001. A Player Had 25 Rebounds: Len Elmore (26) at Wake Forest, Feb. 27, 1974 A Player Had 7 Steals in a Game: Juan Dixon (8) vs. Georgia Tech, Jan. 6, 2001. Two Players Had Double Figure Rebounds in the Same Game: Terence Morris (12 rebounds) and Lonny Baxter (11 rebounds) vs. Iona, March 16, A Player Had 8 Steals in a Game: Juan Dixon (8) vs. Georgia Tech, Jan. 2000. 6, 2001. Three Players Had Double Figure Rebounds in the Same Game: Laron A Player Had 9 Steals in a Game: Johnny Rhodes (9) at North Carolina, Profit (12), Keith Booth (11) and Obinna Ekezie (10) vs. Chicago State, Feb. 7, 1996. Dec. 2, 1996

MISCELLANEOUS DOUBLE-DOUBLES & TRIPLE-DOUBLES A Player Topped the Team in Scoring, Rebounding and Assists for a A Player Had a Double/Double in Points and Rebounds: Terence Morris Game: Keith Booth vs. Wake Forest (22 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists), (19 pts, 13 rebs) vs. Georgia Tech, Jan. 6, 2001. Feb. 1, 1997. A Player Had a Double/Double in Points and Assists: Steve Blake (17 pts, A Player Hit a Last Second Shot to Win a Game: Laron Profit at Wake 10 asts) vs. Florida State, March 1, 2000. Forest, Jan. 19, 1997 (54-51 Maryland Win). Two Players Had Double/Doubles in Points and Rebounds in the Same A Player Hit Last Second Free Throws to Win a Game: Sarunas Game: Terence Morris (22 pts, 12 rebs) vs. Iona, March 16, 2000 and Jasikevicius at Georgia Tech, Jan. 21, 1998 (70-67 Maryland win, three- Lonny Baxter (12 pts, 11 rebs) vs. Iona, March 16, 2000. for-three on a three shot foul) A Player Had Back-to-Back Double/Doubles: Lonny Baxter (12 pts, 11 Player Played Every Minute of a Game: Keith Booth (40 Minutes) vs. rebs) vs. Iona, March 16, 2000 and (22 pts, 10 rebs) vs. UCLA, March 18, Clemson, Feb. 8, 1997 2000. A Player Had Three Double/Doubles in a Row: Terence Morris (14 pts, 11 rebs) vs. Duke, March 12, 2000 and (22 pts, 12 rebs) vs. Iona, March 16, TEAM 2000 and (11 pts, 11 rebs) vs. NC State, March 11, 2000. Last Overtime Game: Nov. 29, 2000 vs. Wisconsin (Bradley Center, A Player Had Four Double/Doubles in a Row: Terence Morris (17 pts, 12 Milwaukee) — Wisconsin 78, Maryland 75 rebs) at Temple, Feb. 13, 2000, (20 pts, 12 rebs) at Duke, Feb. 9, 2000, Dec. 7, 1999 vs. Winthrop — Maryland (16 pts, 10 rebs) vs. NC State, Feb. 6, 2000, (18 pts, 11 rebs) vs. Virginia, Last Overtime Victory at Home: 76, Winthrop 65 Feb. 2, 2000. Last Overtime Victory on the Road: Jan. 24, 1999 at Clemson — A Player Had Five Double/Doubles in a Row: Tony Massenburg vs. Maryland 81, Clemson 79 Clemson (16 pts, 10 rebs), Feb. 7, 1990 vs. Duke (28 pts, 11 rebs), Feb. 10, 1990; at Georgia Tech (20 pts, 20 rebs), Feb. 13, 1990; at North Maryland Scored over 100 Points: Maryland 104, Clemson 92, Jan. 6, Carolina (14 pts, 12 rebs), Feb. 17, 1990; at Southern California (20 pts, 2001. 11 rebs), Feb. 19, 1990. A Player Had Six Double /Doubles in a Row: Joe Smith at Virginia (10 pts, 12 rebs), Feb. 2, 1994; vs. Georgia Tech (13 pts, 12 rebs), Feb. 5, 1994; at North Carolina (22 pts, 12 rebs), Feb. 10, 1994; at Florida State (14 pts, 11 rebs), Feb. 12, 1994; vs. Wake Forest (17 pts, 11 rebs); Feb. 16, 1994; vs. Loyola (24 pts, 12 rebs), Feb. 19, 1994. Terrapin History and Facts Terp Media Services TEAM HISTORY CONTACTS AND INTERVIEWS First Year of Basketball—1904-05 Contact Kevin Messenger, associate media relations director, for weekly interviews or information All-Time Record—78th consecutive season (since regarding Maryland basketball. Practices are closed to the media. Contact the Maryland media rela- 1923-24) — 1,143-803 (.588 / 1,946 games) tions office to arrange for weekly interview schedules or other media needs. Coach Williams and players Cole Field House—46th season (since 1955-56) are accessible for interviews by contacting Kevin Messenger. 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Player biographies, schedules, scores and recaps, season statistics and weekly news releases are all available. NCAA-17 (1958, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, News releases and game notes are available in PDF format. 1985, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000); NIT-4 (1972, 1979, 1982, 1990) MEDIATEAMLINK Releases, statistics and other sports information from all ACC schools as well as other conferences and NCAA ELITE EIGHT institutions around the country are available by accessing www.mediateamlink.com. You can have updated documents in PDF format delivered directly to your email and/or fax machine the moment they 2 (1973, 1975) are updated. You can also view documents on-line. MediaTeamLink is FREE to all accredited media. Log on to www.mediateamlink.com if you do not already have an account, and click the “Sign Up Here” NCAA SWEET 16 button and complete the short form. Documents requested via fax will incur a 15 cents per page fee. This site is for accredited media only. 10 (1958, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999) ACC WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE Beginning the first Tuesday in January and continuing each week through the end of the season, the FINAL RANKINGS (AP; AP/Coaches) Atlantic Coast Conference will hold a weekly telephone press conference featuring all nine league 1954 (20), 1958 (6/6), 1972 (14/11), 1973 (8/10), 1974 coaches beginning at 11 a.m. Each coach will be available to furnish comments and take questions for (4/4), 1975 (5/5), 1976 (11/13), 1980 (8/8), 1981 (18/ 10 minutes. The weekly press conference can be accessed by calling 913-981-5507. The 2000 ACC 11), 1984 (11/10), 1994 (NR/20), 1995 (10/11), 1997 Coaches Teleconference schedule: (22/NR), 1998 (20/22), 1999 (5/5), 2000 (17/25) Dave Odom, Wake Forest (11:00 a.m.), Pete Gillen, Virginia (11:10 a.m.), Herb Sendek, NC State (11:20 a.m.), Matt Doherty, North Carolina (11:30 a.m.), Gary Williams, Maryland (11:40 a.m.), Paul MARYLAND’S AP POLL HISTORY Hewitt, Georgia Tech (11:50 a.m.), Steve Robinson, Florida State (12:00 p.m.), Mike Krzyzewski, Duke Total Polls All-Time—274 (12:10 p.m.), Larry Shyatt, Clemson (12:20 p.m.) Most Consecutive Polls—79 (Feb. 15, 1972 to Jan. 18, 1977) MARYLAND BROADCAST SPORTSLINE Current Consecutive Polls—27 Broadcast quality sound bites from coach Gary Williams are available each week on the Maryland Total Years In The AP Poll—25 Sportsline. Call 410-451-4117 for recaps and postgame comments from each game. Most Consecutive Years—9 (1971-72 to 1980-81) Current Consecutive Years—8 Total Appearances In AP Final Poll—15 GARY WILLIAMS TV SHOW Total Top 10 Rankings In AP Final Poll—7 Following The Terrapins The Gary Williams TV Show, hosted by Johnny Highest Ranking In AP Final Poll—No. 4 (1974) MARYLAND SPORTS ON THE INTERNET Holliday, airs weekly throughout the ACC season Total Polls In AP Top 10—143 All the latest in Terp sports news is at your beginning on Jan. 6. The show airs at 11:30 a.m. Most Consecutive Polls In AP Top 10—68 (PS72 to computer fingertips by accessing every Saturday on HTS, and replays on Tuesday March 2, 1976) www.umterps.com. Basketball game broadcasts can afternoons at 3 p.m. Current Consecutive Polls In AP Top 10—0 be heard over the Internet on Maryland’s official Total Polls In AP Top 5—77 website, or by accessing the Maryland team page TERPS ON TV Most Consecutive Polls In AP Top 5—18 (Feb. 4, at www.espn.com. Virtually every Maryland game is televised live 1975 to Jan. 20, 1976) Prominent news clippings from local and re- to regional and national audiences. At least 12 Current Consecutive Polls In AP Top 5—0 gional newspapers, including player features and Maryland games will be carried on CBS, ABC or Total Top 10 Listings— game recaps, are available by visiting the front ESPN/ESPN2 in 2000-01. #10 #9 #8 #7 #6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1 page link at www.umterps.com. Every ACC game that is not carried nationally 9 12 15 17 15 27 21 11 18 -- will be carried regionally on the Raycom/Jefferson- MARYLAND BASKETBALL RADIO NETWORK Pilot Network. All Raycom/JP games are aired lo- Johnny Holliday, in his 22nd season as Voice cally on WNUV-TV (WB-54 in Baltimore) and FORMER TERPS/TERPS IN THE PROS of the Terps, calls the play-by-play alongside sec- WDCA-TV (UPN-20 in Washington, D.C.). WHAG- Evers Burns, playing professionally in South America ond-year color analyst Chris Knoche. WBAL (1090- TV (NBC-25 in Hagerstown) will carry each of the Keith Booth, playing professionally in France AM in Baltimore) and WMAL (630-AM in Washing- Terps’ Raycom/JP games except for dates on Feb. Obinna Ekezie, NBA ton, D.C.) serve as the network’s flagship stations. 14 (Florida State) and Feb. 20 (NC State) — which Rodney Elliott, IBL Baltimore BayRunners, free agent The pre-game show begins 30 minutes prior to will be aired on WJAL (WB-68 in Gettysburg, Pa.). signing with NBA , playing overseas * every tipoff. Steve Francis, NBA Houston Rockets WBAL’s Steve Melewski hosts the Gary Will- TERRAPIN FANPHONE Exree Hipp, Harlem Globetrotters * iams Radio Show, which airs on Thursday nights Information on Maryland athletics, including Sarunas Jasikevicius, Lithuanian Olympic Team, from 7:05 to 8 p.m., beginning Dec. 7. actualities with head coach Gary Williams, can be playing professionally in Barcelona The Maryland Basketball Network: obtained by calling the Terrapin Fanphone at 301- Derrick Lewis, playing professionally in France Cumberland (WTBO, 1450-AM), Frederick (WFMD, 314-TERP. Tony Massenburg, NBA Vancouver Grizzlies 930-AM), Hagerstown (WARK, 1490-AM), Lexing- Laron Profit, NBA Washington Wizards ton Park (WMDM, 1690-AM), Oakland/Mountain Johnny Rhodes, Harlem Globetrotters, IBL Baltimore Lake Park (WMSG, 1050-AM), Pocomoke City BayRunners, CBA Yakima Sun Kings (WDMV, 540-AM), Salisbury (WTGM, 960-AM). Af- Joe Smith, NBA Detroit Pistons Brian Watkins, playing professionally in Korea filiates are subject to change. Not all affiliates Walt Williams, NBA Houston Rockets carry the Gary Williams Radio Show on Thursday * denotes status during or since Summer 2000, pending nights. contractual changes