Any chance that Maryland had at knocking off second-seeded Memphis this afternoon is pretty much dead; at halftime, Maryland is losing by twenty points, 53-33. Memphis has shot an unbelievable 70% from the field, and Maryland is only 1-9 from behind the three point line — the one make coming right at the halftime buzzer. If the Terps can somehow hit a whole bunch more shots from three and Memphis goes ice cold, the boys from College Park might be able to get back into the game — but even then, it will take a Herculean effort to win. Barring such a miracle, the D.C. area is looking at the last twenty minutes of meaningful local men’s college hoops that we’ll see all year. Not that it’s too much of a concern for participants in the DCist Reader-Staff pool — none of the current top ten brackets had Maryland pulling the upset. So much for local pride, eh?