Now that we have entered the month of February, the heart of the ACC schedule is in full swing. While Wednesday's action features a half-dozen teams in conference play, the main attraction is obviously the rivalry rematch between Duke and Maryland in College Park. more ›

My, how things have changed. Thanks to a veteran lineup of three senior starters, as well as the arrival of freshman big man Jordan Williams, Maryland finally reentered both Top 25 polls on Monday and is currently in second place in the conference. While the team failed to meet expectations early in the season by falling to Wisconsin, Cincinnati, and Villanova, Maryland has rebounded down the stretch during conference play, surging to a five-game winning streak, including an impressive double-overtime thriller at Virginia Tech last Saturday night. Heading into last night, #4 Duke (25-5, 12-3 ACC) and #23 Maryland (22-7, 12-3 ACC) had situated themselves atop the conference with room to spare. In fact, Maryland's last loss was against the Blue Devils in a game that was over just minutes after tip-off. more ›

After twenty minutes of standing in line in the snow listening to buzzed twenty-something Duke and Georgetown alums try their best to talk trash without ever actually mentioning the game -- or even the sport -- about to be played, I don't think anyone could have excused the neutral fan from sitting this one out. You'd be hard-pressed to find two fan bases that express more entitlement than these two. After all, one Final Four in 22 years and Hoyas fans are wearing shirts that say, "Respect is back, Fear is next"? How'd they follow that one up anyhow? With an NCAA tourney loss to Davidson and then an NIT bid? Fear, you say? more ›

Wake Forest guard L.D. Williams's vaunted defense couldn't stop Maryland's Greivis Vasquez from picking up 22 points in last night's big upset over Wake Forest -- a win that cleared the Terps for the conference championship and redeemed a close loss against the Demon Deacons earlier in the month. more ›