Should Maryland knock off Duke tonite, they would position themselves to share the ACC regular season title. How on God's green earth is this possible?? Maryland played a rather robust non-conference slate of games - and lost them all.
Wisconsin - LOSS
Cincinnati - LOSS
Villanova - LOSS
Bill & Mary - LOSS
Indiana - WIN (Oh, Indiana stinks? Nevermind. Tom Who?)
KenPom likes them, 11th overall, 7th AdjO, 33rd AdjD. RPI is 25 and SOS is 31. Is there more than meets the evil eyes of General Greivis?
Maryland can fill the bucket (11th) and does so at a good clip, 25th in Offensive FG %. Maryland also protects the ball and shares it, ranking in the upper quarter in both categories. Maryland doesn't make many 3-pointers (202nd) but they also don't miss a lot (24th).
Defensively, Maryland is pretty sturdy. They rank 11th in FG % defense, 37th in blocked shots and 60th in steals - not great but solid enough. Rebounding is a concern as they're neutral in that area, barely above break even.
A guy worth watching tonite and through the ACC tournament is Freshmen F Jordan Williams. He's only an 8/8 guy but that's not to shabby for a Frosh to understand his role and maybe expand it as the Terps go further.
How will Maryland fare this March? I have my doubts but they might be better than I thought. Let's see what they do tonight and next week at the ACC tourney.
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