Just days removed from the surprising retirement of long-tenured coach Gary Williams, the University of Maryland has hired Mark Turgeon of Texas A&M as the Terrapins new head coach, reports FOX Sports.
In a shocking turn of events, Gary Williams, the head basketball coach of the University of Maryland, has decided to retire effective immediately. Williams, who lead the team to the national championship in 2002, will officially step down tomorrow afternoon after coaching the Terrapins for 22 seasons.
By DCist contributor Hayden Alfano Georgetown is the area’s last hope for this year’s NCAA men’s basketball title. The Hoyas advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 62-55 win on Saturday over Boston College. After a first half in which he scored just two points and was saddled with two fouls, Georgetown center Roy Hibbert dominated the second 20 minutes. Hibbert finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds, and added the assist on this Patrick…
Boo hoo. It turns out Lonny Baxter, the Maryland alum and NBA journeyman who you may remember decided to bust a few caps from his Glock within shouting distance of the White House last week, did so because he was upset that he’d have to spend the next basketball season playing in Italy, far away from friends and family. At least that’s what local blogger The Upsate Life quoted from a WJZ.com report on…
Although the advent of the real-time Gawker Stalker map has freaked out certain celebrities who would prefer that their Us Weekly-devouring public not know that they’re dining at New York’s Tao or taking their fruit-monikered babies out for walks on Fifth Avenue, DCist has no qualms about letting its readers know where local celebs hang out. And there’s no area celeb more freshly minted than George Mason University basketball coach Jim Larranaga, who just yesterday…
This post was written by DCist contributor Hayden Alfano Maryland’s men’s basketball team took a serious hit Monday with the announcement that senior shooting guard Chris McCray has been ruled academically ineligible and will miss the rest of the season, thus ending his career at Maryland. McCray has captained the Terps each of the last two seasons, and with 15.2 points per game, was the team’s leading scorer. He’s also one of the team’s few…
Washington Mystics owner Abe Pollin announced today that he has sold the WNBA franchise to Sheila Johnson, co-founder of BET Television. Johnson, the former wife of Charlotte Bobcats owner Robert Johnson, became the first black female franchise owner in WNBA history. “I would not have sold this team to anybody else,” Pollin told the AP. “We think it’s time for an African-American woman to own a WNBA team. We sought her out, we think she’s…
>> Shhhhh…that sound you’re hearing might be Maryland’s already precarious NCAA Tourney hopes going down the drain after this weekend’s disappointing 86-76 loss at Virginia Tech. The Terps have dropped their last three contests to leave their conference mark at 7-9. Only a strong showing in this week’s ACC tournament can save the Terps from missing the Big Dance for the first time since 1993. Sound familiar Terp fans? Maryland faced a similar situation…
Alrighty then, so much for momentum. After seemingly turning their lost season around with big victories over Duke and Georgia Tech (two Final Four participants from last year), Maryland laid an egg last night by losing on the road to ACC doormat Clemson. The 88-73 win marked the Tigers first victory over Maryland since the last millenium. “We’re still trying to find our identity in terms of being able to play hard every night,” Maryland…
It was quite a night for the local hoops teams, both on the college and professional level. Gary Williams and his terrible Terps traveled to Durham and took out the previously unbeaten and 2nd ranked Blue Devils in a 75-66 contest that was much closer than the final score indicated. Winning on the road is always impressive but even more so for the Terps coming off their blowout loss to NC State last Sunday. Nik…