Monday, December 10, 2007

Questions for the Terrapins

In light of last night's home loss to BC:
  1. Is Greivis Vasquez one crazy-ass Venezuelan, or what? I'm not talking Hugo Chavez, "I hate you, but I'll sell you oil anyway, you capitalist pigs" crazy-bad, but crazy-good, for the most part. But the dude (Vasquez) needs to chill out, although if he did that he'd probably be diminished as a basketball player.
  2. Is the backcourt incapable of playing well in the first half of a game?
  3. Why do the Terps only seem to hit three-pointers with any regularity during the last two or three minutes of a game? [0-6 in the first half, 5-7 in the last 2 minutes of the game, 6-19 overall]
  4. Gary, please explain, why is Dupree starting and Osby coming off the bench?
A few positives that I saw - no it wasn't all bad -
  • Landon Milbourne's all-around play, especially that incredible dunk midway through the second half
  • MD forwards actually setting screens for shooters; where's that been for the past few seasons?
  • Cliff Tucker, who looked pretty damn good in the second half after Vasquez fouled out.
  • In an attempt to make the officiating look marginally balanced, the officials actually called 13 fouls on BC! (versus the Terps' 25) Way to go, guys!

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