I'm starting to do a 180 real quickly with these Terrapins. No I still do not believe that Gary Williams has one of his more talented and better teams but with the way Jordan Williams has been dominating the paint and with the improvement that Maryland has been showing I'm starting to fear that turtle ever so slightly.
Georgia Tech has played far better of late as well and especially so at home where they have actually been a good team in recent weeks. But Paul Hewitt is still a coach who has not been able to get his points across and the Yellow Jackets are one of the youngest teams in the country, literally. I think out of the 350 or so schools Tech is collectively more experienced than only 12 or 13 others. Could the improvements be happening as the players start to mature? Eh, maybe a little, but frankly playing games at home should provide victories over Wake, North Carolina and Virginia Tech, young or not.
There is some talent on this Jacket team with Iman Shumpert, Brian Oliver, Daniel Miller and Glen Rice among others and I even backed them in the easy win and cover over the Tar Heels. But the 13-7 Terps have a monster in the middle in Williams who is a double-double machine and overall are the better team on the court tonight.
This game should be a battle throughout and far from a blowout but in the end Tech's good fortune of late should come to an end as Hewitt has been a dud and should continue to be a dud coaching his still very young Jackets.
Top expert pick on this game: Maryland
For more information: Yesterday was a 2-2 blah day but all in all things have been just fine and will be more than fine today. By the way Northwestern almost getting that outright was awesome!
A pair of winners today including a major 400,000* release from MSG involving Duke and St. John's. Can the somewhat feast or famine Red Storm hang in this thing or are they about to get outclassed by the one-loss and top five Dookies? Bonus 300,000* from the Association between the dreadful Cavaliers and Magic. 2-0 sweep? You bet your bottom dollar! Get the sweep
