Last week the Wizards signed former GW forward Mike Hall to a 10-day contract, making him the second Colonial from last year’s team to make it to the NBA. The first was Pops Mensah-Bonsu, who scored the first points by a GW player in the NBA since Yinka “the Stinka” Dare in 1998. Neither look to play much this season, but it got us thinking – where are all the other players from local colleges?…

Looks like things aren’t going so well for the Maryland men’s basketball team lately. Yesterday Fox Sports headlined an article “Terps could be in ACC cellar next season” after a series of calamities up the Green Line. Earlier this year starting guard Chris McCray failed out of school, and just recently seniors Nik Caner-Medley, Travis Garrison, and Sterling Ledbetter all withdrew from school without finishing the semester, presumably to pursue pro careers. The Examiner’s…

This entry was written by DCist contributor Hayden Alfano Playing as they do in the poorly-regarded Atlantic 10 conference, George Washington is often overlooked when the conversation turns to D.C. hoops, particularly since they play in the long shadows cast by Georgetown and Maryland, two successful programs in the nation’s “power” conferences. But the Colonials may just be the best the area has to offer. With an 81-62 over Rhode Island on Saturday, GW ran…

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…

>> The Duke Blue Devils men’s basketball team has just five losses in the last 11 months, and after falling to Maryland 99-92 in OT on Saturday night, Maryland can lay claim to three of them. Maryland’s victory marks the first time in a decade that the Terps have taken the season series from the Blue Devils. Emotions were high in College Park throughout the game. JJ Redick got into it with Chris McCray and…

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…