Tonight, Comcast Center, 8 o'clock, with the Miami Hurricans as the opponent, we'll see what the Maryland Terrapins are made of.
Can they rebound from that horrible 71-44 loss to 22nd-ranked Virginia three days ago, the one where the entire team seemed to collapse and play with zero heart?
What a disaster that was for coach Mark Turgeon and his Terps. In his post-game remarks, Turgeon looked like a man who had just been beaten with sticks for 40 minutes. Looking as discouraged as we've seen him this season, he pointed out, correctly, that not one player had a decent game.
Sophomore guard Terrell Stoglin, the only consistent scorer on the team, looked totally lost against the Cavaliers, forcing passes, jacking up awful shots and turning the ball over. And as Stoglin looked more and more confused, so did the rest of the Terps, playing so listlessly down the stretch that Turgeon threw in the towel and emptied the bench with plenty of time left on the clock.
The Terps (15-11, 5-7 in the ACC) say they can't wait to atone for that horror-show. And maybe they'll be inspired tonight by memories of their great effort against Miami Feb. 1, when they scrapped and clawed before losing 90-86 in overtime on the 'Canes home court.
Down by 16 points with over seven minutes to play, with Turgeon having been ejected for arguing an offensive foul call on Nick Faust, the Terps nearly rode Stoglin's hot hand to an upset win.
Stoglin had missed his first nine shots. But he finished with a career-high 33 points -- although he was only 9-for-25 from the field and 6-for-20 on 3-point attempts -- and the Terps big men played as hard as they had all season.
They need that kind of effort again tonight.
It's definitely gut-check time.