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Gary Williams was the coach of the men's basketball team at the University of Maryland from 1989 to 2011. He returned to coach his alma mater after successful head coaching tenures at American University, Boston College and Ohio State. Williams guided the Terps to a 10-win improvement in his first season in 1989, the largest in school history. The former Maryland guard -- he played under coach Bud Millikan 1965-1967 -- led the Terps through an NCAA probationary period he inherited and went on to make the NCAA tournament in 1994, his fifth season at Maryland. What followed was a run of success rivaled only by a select few college coaches and programs. The Terps made the NCAA tournament each y...
Gary Williams was the coach of the men's basketball team at the University of Maryland from 1989 to 2011. He returned to coach his alma mater after successful head coaching tenures at American University, Boston College and Ohio State. Williams guided the Terps to a 10-win improvement in his first season in 1989, the largest in school history. The former Maryland guard -- he played under coach Bud Millikan 1965-1967 -- led the Terps through an NCAA probationary period he inherited and went on to make the NCAA tournament in 1994, his fifth season at Maryland. What followed was a run of success rivaled only by a select few college coaches and programs. The Terps made the NCAA tournament each year from 1994-2004, a streak matched by only five other coaches. Returning Maryland to prominence, Williams and the Terps made Cole Field House and Comcast Center -- their current arena -- among the toughest opposing venues in college basketball during that time. Williams' crowning achievement was the 2002 season that saw Maryland win a school-record 32 games and the Atlantic Coast Conference title during the regular season. One year after losing in a national semifinal game, Williams led the Terps back to the Final Four and ultimately defeated Indiana in the title game to claim the national championship. In doing so, he joined a select group of coaches who have guided their alma maters to a national title. Entering the 2007-08 season, Williams, the Terps' all-time winningest head coach, had compiled a 378-200 record in 18 seasons at Maryland. Entering '07-'08, he had a 585-328 overall record in 29 seasons as a Division I collegiate head coach. Williams was born on March 4, 1945, in Collingswood, N.J.
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Towson Twitter ban comes as legislators move to protect student freedoms
Towson's resurgent football season ended when wide receiver Ryan Spadola had 13 catches — aJohnny Unitas Stadium record —to help Lehigh beat the Tigers in the playoffs in December.
The next week, Spadola didn't even play. He'd been...Tags: Teaching and Learning, McAfee Incorporated, Football, National Collegiate Athletic Association, University of Virginia
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ACC expansion will change Maryland-Duke rivalry
When Maryland visits Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday, there is bound to be at least one chant from the Duke students downplaying the basketball history between the two schools.
"Not our rivals," clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.
"Not our rivals," clap,...Tags: Big East Conference, Comcast Center (arena), Maryland Terrapins, Pittsburgh Panthers, Wake Forest Demon Deacons
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Digest: Terps to raise jerseys of Graham, Rhodes to rafters
Maryland men's basketball Jerseys of Graham, Rhodes to be raised Ernie Graham and Johnny Rhodes, two of the greatest all-around players to don a Maryland basketball uniform, will have their jerseys honored at Comcast Center in separate ceremonies this...Tags: John V Burke, Boston College Eagles, Maryland Terrapins, John Wall, Gary Neal
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Future can wait for Loyola's Shane Walker
The past and future for Shane Walker are back home in England. He left there in 2005 to pursue a basketball career in the United States that included playing for two high schools in three years and a college career that began at the University of Maryland...Tags: Virginia Cavaliers, Maryland Terrapins, Olympic Games, Loyola University Maryland, 2016 Olympic Games
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Loyola alone in first in the MAAC after 87-81 victory over Iona
The Loyola men's basketball team has been thinking about its rematch with Iona since losing to the Gaels in New Rochelle, N.Y., more than three weeks ago. Greyhounds coach Jimmy Patsos has been thinking about a game like Friday night's for a lot longer --...Tags: Loyola Greyhounds, North Carolina Tar Heels, College Basketball, Maryland Terrapins, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Fearless Juan Dixon points way again
The Baltimore SunWhether it was beating Illinois and Duke when he was a sophomore or Connecticut in the East Regional final to keep his college career alive, Juan Dixon always had a flair for the dramatic, and the final three-pointer of his magnificent run at the...Tags: Indiana Hoosiers, Reggie Williams, Substance Abuse, College Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Maryland pulls away late to top dogged Hoosiers, win first national crown
The Baltimore SunThe final buzzer sounded, Juan Dixon and Lonny Baxter tumbled to the Georgia Dome floor locked in a joyous embrace, and the Maryland Terrapins had completed their historic journey by winning the first men's national basketball championship in school...Tags: Indiana Hoosiers, College Basketball, Maryland Terrapins, NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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InsideMDSports: Junior guard Stanford Robinson talks Terps offer
Special to The Baltimore SunEditor's note: Each week, InsideMdSports.com provides this blog with a Maryland recruiting feature that previously appeared as premium content on its site. Growing up in the shadow of College Park, Stanford Robinson followed Maryland basketball attending...Tags: Financial Aid, Awards and Prizes, Virginia Tech, Rutgers University, Maryland Terrapins
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Kevin Van Valkenburg: A fond farewell to The Sun and its readers
In the Spring of 2000, I was winding down my senior year at the University of Montana. And though I couldn't put the feeling into words, each day, I wandered around my hometown of Missoula feeling directionless. I had no plans after graduation. I had been...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Cal Ripken, Newspapers, ESPN (tv network), Cormac McCarthy
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Despite loss to Duke, Terps show again that they're on the right track
The Baltimore SunDuke coach Mike Krzyzewski is certainly not a favorite among Maryland fans -- my older son, now 23, used to call him "The Devil" after the 2001 NCAA semifinal in Minneapolis -- but there's always been a grudging respect paid to a man who has now won...Tags: Mike Krzyzewski , Virginia Tech Hokies, College Basketball, Maryland Terrapins, Comcast Center (arena)
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Emotional Williams watches Maryland name basketball court after him
From the illuminated silhouette showing a familiar figure pumping his fist that adorned the outside of the arena, to the season's first sellout crowd inside, Comcast Center had a different feel to it Wednesday night.
It had a different feel to Gary...Tags: Big Ten Network (tv network), Comcast Center (arena), Maryland Terrapins, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Walt Williams
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Terps coach Mark Turgeon ready for first Maryland-Duke game
The Baltimore SunThough the buzz about Wednesday night's Maryland-Duke game at Comcast Center is noticeably lacking compared to other years, Mark Turgeonpointed to the row of cameras he faced Tuesday as a symbol that the interest in still there. Turgeon said that he...Tags: Comcast Center (arena), Mark Turgeon
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