COLLEGE PARK -- Last season, Maryland dealt Illinois its first nonconference home loss in 51 games. It's the sort of smackdown a team tends to remember.

What better way to avenge such a loss than to defeat Maryland at Comcast Center, where the Terps had enjoyed nonconference success of their own - 42 wins in their past 43 games?

Maryland vs. VCU Sunday, 7:30 p.m., Verizon Center, Washington, MASN, 1300 AM