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After moving from school to school and dealing with hypothyroidism, former Towson Catholic star leads Rams into Atlantic 10 tournament

The Maryland men's basketball team begins a critical four-game stretch to end the regular season tonight at Georgia Tech. The Terps are sixth in the Atlantic Coast Conference and have a 19-8 record overall, but they must make a statement the next two weeks to prevent their NCAA tournament bubble from bursting.

Maryland's Katie Schwarzmann, the 2012 winner, headlines 2013 women's lacrosse Tewaaraton Award watch list

Maryland, which gave three freshmen their first career starts, bolted to a big lead and overwhelmed winless Maryland Eastern Shore with its size and passing, 100-68. It was the seventh straight win for the Terps (7-1).

Coming off its most impressive win of the season ¿ and by far its best half ¿ in Tuesday¿s road win at Northwestern in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, Maryland¿s expectations (or at least the expectations surrounding the Terps) were certainly raised going into this game.

Nick Faust caught the ball in the corner, his hands in a shooter's position and his eyes focused on the rim as if the Maryland guard was ready to launch one of his rainbow jumpers.

Maryland basketball coach Mark Turgeon had to reschedule this team's practice Monday in preparation for Tuesday's game against Lafayette in order to attend the campus news conference to announce the school's move to the Big Ten from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Finally, this is what Dez Wells looks like. The player who seemed to grow in stature as his case with the NCAA lagged on this fall arrived Friday night at Comcast Center.

Freshman guard Seth Allen led Maryland (2-1) with 19 points, 16 in the second half as the Terps turned a relatively close game into their second straight blowout win. Sophomore center Alex Len continued his early-season assertiveness, finishing with 18 points.

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

The assumption for Maryland going into the 2012-13 basketball season was that one of the team's freshmen power forwards was going to take away many of James Padgett's minutes, and perhaps his starting job.

Maryland basketball coach Mark Turgeon said we haven't seen anything close to what he believes freshman forward Charles Mitchell has to offer.

Maryland missed 12 of its first 17 shots against Morehead State on Monday night ¿ a beginning that seemed to foreshadow another uneven effort.

Sean Woods hit a shot that was nearly one of the biggest in Kentucky basketball history, a high-arching bank off the backboard on a drive down the lane in the waning seconds to put the Wildcats ahead against defending national champion Duke in the 1992 East Regional final.

The box score for Maryland's opening-game loss to Kentucky contained one gaudy, improbable number — 28.

Led by a career-best game from sophomore center Alex Len (23 points), Maryland eliminated a 15-point deficit before falling, 72-69, in the team¿s most memorable season opener in years.

In some ways, Prince George's is to Washington, D.C., as Brooklyn is to Manhattan when it comes to basketball. While the District has produced hoop legends such as Elgin Baylor and Dave Bing, Prince George's has several of its own, such as Kevin Durant and Ty Lawson, currently in the NBA. Laurel, which also includes parts of Anne Arundel and Howard County, also has its own share of basketball standouts.

Will Darley, a Dulaney grad and Fishburne Military Academy forward, has committed to UMBC.

The University of the District of Columbia, a Division II school in the East Coast Conference, announced Tuesday that it will add men's and women's lacrosse for the spring of 2014.

The ACC has released the remaining game times and TV assignments for the 2012-13 men's basketball schedule. Here's a look at Maryland's schedule.

Maryland has announced its Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball schedule for the upcoming season, which includes a home-and-home series against both Duke and North Carolina.

Erna Segal, a writer and former public affairs specialist at Maryland Shock Trauma Center, died Tuesday from complications of dementia at Largo Medical Center in Largo, Fla. She was 83.

Patti McDermott, cake decorator at Kake Korner in North Laurel, recently won five first-place awards and overall grand champion at the annual ICES competition in Westminster.

Jeff Barker, Don Markus and Matt Bracken discuss the biggest topics in the past week of Maryland Terps basketball and football.

Maryland nonconference basketball schedule includes Kentucky, Northwestern

Former Duquesne commitment and Southern grad Bryan Harris has committed to Wofford.

Tiffany Padgett, the 6-foot-1 senior forward for Pallotti Prep, has given her oral commitment to accept a women's basketball scholarship at Loyola University in Baltimore.

2011 NCAA lacrosse: Danowski has Duke in right frame of mind for NCAA semifinals. Blue Devils coach's laidback approach has worked well with 2011 team