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Official Game Thread: MBB vs Maryland in Puerto Rico Tipoff

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GAME #3 vs. Maryland Terrapins (1-1)
Fri., Nov. 18, 4:30 p.m. (MST); Coliseo de Puerto Rico (18,500)
Fifth Annual 5-hour ENERGY® Puerto Rico Tip-off (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Television: ESPN3
760 KKZN:Chris Lewis (p-b-p).

QUICKLY: The Buffaloes have now won four straight season openers, and 15 of their last 16 openers • CU last started the season 2-0 in 2009-10 when they won their first three games (all at home) • Andre Roberson grabbed 15 rebounds against Fort Lewis College, the most since he grabbed 15 against Iowa State (Mar. 9) • Roberson's sixth career double-double, Dufault's second.

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE: CU has won 25-consecutive home games in non-conference play. The Buffs were 12-0 last season, 8-0 in 2009-10, and won their last four in 2008-09. The 25-game streak ranks second all-time in school history. The Buffs won 35 in a row at home from Dec. 4, 1976 thru Dec. 5, 1981.

SEASON OPENER: CU placed four players in double figures en route to an 85-57 home win over Fort Lewis College, Nov. 11 at the Coors Events Center. Senior Austin Dufault (18 pts., 10 rebs.) and sophomore Andre Roberson (13 pts., 15 rebs.) recorded double-doubles, with senior Carlon Brown (13 pts.) and junior-transfer reserve Sabatino Chen (10 pts.) leading the point total. Fort Lewis College plays in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference was led by Matt Billups with 23 points. CU shot 50 percent in the first half (49.2% for the game) and out-rebounded the Skyhawks 48-31 on the boards. The pair of double-doubles in one game matches last year when Roberson and Alec Burks did the feat against Kent State in the NIT quarterfinals.

TOURNAMENT NOTES: Every team in the Fifth Annual 5-hour ENERGY® Puerto Rico Tip-off won at least 20 or more games last season except Maryland (19). CU won a school-record 24 games. This is CU's second trip to San Juan and last made the trip in November 1998. The Buffs lost to Kentucky (64-52) and Xavier (74-61), and defeated American-Puerto Rico (101-56). CU last won a mid-season tourney in 2003 when they won the Pepsi Classic in Charlotte defeating Louisiana-Lafayette (75-56), Charlotte (76-74) and Loyola-Chicago (76-72).

Against the 2011 PUERTO RICO Tip-Off Field:
vs. Wichita State: Shockers leads 6-3 (last played Nov. 17, 2011).
vs. Alabama: 'Tide leads 1-0 (last played Mar. 29, 2011, NIT Semis).
vs. Maryland: never played
vs. Iona: never played
vs. Purdue: Tied 1-1 (last played Dec. 3, 1988)
vs. Temple: Owls lead 3-1 (last played Dec. 22, 1948)
vs. Western Michigan: never played
 
Maryland is a team that we need to beat. I think their best 5 may be as good as our best 5, but we go 10 deep and they have no bench.
 
CVilleBuff said:
Need to play our style and wear the twerps down, with no depth they're going to be fatigued
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Games on back to back days is not good for them. It's a shame that they were blown out, though. I don't think the Terps had to expend much energy the 2nd half.
 
CU has to pack it in and make them shoot from the outside, Maryland has made 2 3pt shots through 2 games. They have no shooters, they shoot EFG% of 38%, they are going to miss a lot, so if CU hits the boards and doesn't give them second opportunities this game should be one in the win column.
 
Daaah said:
I thought that maryland was good at basketball.
What happened to them?
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This is definatly a down year, and the reason that Gary decided last year was going to be his last, they lost Jordan Williams to the draft, and well, they have been really having trouble on the recruiting trail of late. Many people speculate, but I think a lot of it goes to Gary losing his fire and getting lazy, along with his dealings with the AD. It was good time for Gary to leave, and I think Turgeon will do very well there, but he didnt have much of a team given to him.

One thing to keep in mind is at Maryland, basketball rules. This is how the AD pays the way, football is a afterthought for the most part. So they have school support, and money. These are key to building a good program, and Turgeon will do that.
 
Don't mind our guys catching the Terps in the depths. Hopefully the Buffs kick them while they're down. A win tonight after a reasonably good showing last night (for where they are at), would be a good shot of confidence for our guys on this trip. Hopefully the Tide Shocker fest shows some strength in Wichita State making last night that much more acceptable.

I had braced myself for a much bigger drop off from last season, so far the potential seems far better, but then, that's what early season is all about.
 
Daaah said:
I thought that maryland was good at basketball.
What happened to them?
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It's not 2002 anymore. They had been on a downward trajectory under Williams for a while. He had always had an eye for finding talent that had been overlooked, but it just wasn't happening for them as of late. They made the NCAA Second Round as recently as two years ago, but there was no mistaking that Maryland was in decline. Last year they didn't even make the NIT. Turgeon has a pretty sizable rebuilding job ahead of him, the Terps need a couple big recruiting classes to get them back to where their fans expect them to be.
 
maryland is a sleeping giant if they can get their act together. baltimore is crawling with bball talent.
 
CVilleBuff said:
It's not 2002 anymore. They had been on a downward trajectory under Williams for a while. He had always had an eye for finding talent that had been overlooked, but it just wasn't happening for them as of late. They made the NCAA Second Round as recently as two years ago, but there was no mistaking that Maryland was in decline. Last year they didn't even make the NIT. Turgeon has a pretty sizable rebuilding job ahead of him, the Terps need a couple big recruiting classes to get them back to where their fans expect them to be.
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It's fixable, though. Maryland should be able to immediately out-recruit everyone except Duke and North Carolina (and now Syracuse) in the ACC. In 3 years, I expect Turgeon to have Maryland back to be among the better programs and a mainstay in the Sweet 16.
 
Turgeon will take a couple of years to get his system in place, under Williams they always loved to play fast, Turgeon on the other hand loves to grind it to a halt. The players just don't know how to play right now.
 
http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/32171/numbers-to-know-terrapins-cant-score

Maryland scored only 42 points in a 20-point loss to Alabama on Thursday. It marked Maryland’s lowest scoring total since a 42-41 win at West Virginia in December 1985.

The Terrapins haven’t scored fewer points in a game since March, 1982, when they put up just 28 against North Carolina State, the lowest scoring total in school history. Maryland didn’t even have a player in double figures, as their starting backcourt trio combined to go 2-for-23 from the field.

The Terps were particularly woeful before halftime, shooting just 18.5 percent.

"We were a train wreck falling off a cliff in the first half," said head coach Mark Turgeon.

CU MUST MAKE THEM SHOOT OUTSIDE - PACK IT IN, DARE THEM TO SHOOT!!!
 
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