Maryland couldn’t follow up Friday night’s big win against Wake Forest with a similar effort against Duke, falling to the Blue Devils last night 67-61. Maryland hung tough for most of the game, but a 12-2 run midway through the second half proved the dagger for Maryland’s ACC championship chances. It was arguably going to be rough going for the Terps with star Greivis Vazquez only getting 14 points on 6 of 17 shooting, but a honest night’s effort on defense — Duke only shot 36% from the field — kept the score close. Maryland has to be glad that they probably won’t have to play Duke again this year — this was the third game this season which the Terps lost to the boys from Durham, who will play Florida State today for the ACC Championship.

So how are Maryland’s tournament chances looking? 37 of 56 reputable bracketologists have Maryland making the field of 65. It’s hardly an overwhelming majority, but nothing to scoff at. The Terps — and their fans — will just have to sweat it out until 6 p.m. when we’ll all find out.