Steve Melewski Terps Archive
For the Memphis Tigers it was twenty minutes to remember. For the Maryland Terrapins it was a first half that knocked them out of the NCAA tourney. Memphis shot 70 percent in the first half, which included making a blistering 8 of 11 three-point shots and led by 53-33 at ... Read More
When Maryland faces Memphis on Saturday at 3:20 p.m. in the second-round of the NCAA tourney, the Terps will be facing a program that has put up impressive numbers in recent seasons. Memphis has posted four straight 30-win seasons, becoming the first Division I program to ever do that. The ... Read More
A winner of eight straight NCAA tournament first-round games, Maryland will take the court Thursday afternoon in Kansas City hoping to extend the streak. The Terps, 10th-seed in the West Region, meet 7th-seed California at the Sprint Center in a game that will tipoff at approximately 2:55 p.m. ET. ... Read More
The Maryland Terrapins are headed to the NCAA men's basketball tournament for the 23rd time and for the 13th time in the last 16 seasons. The Terps were tabbed Sunday night as the 10th seed in the West Regional and will meet 7th-seed California on Thursday at the Sprint Center ... Read More
After back-to-back wins over NC State and Wake Forest, the Maryland Terrapins have 20 wins, just enough, they hope, to reach the NCAA tournament. Friday night's 75-64 win over the 8th-ranked Deacons put the Terps into the ACC tournament semi-finals. Now Maryland gets another shot to enhance its NCAA resume ... Read More
Going into the ACC tournament, Terps coach Gary Williams was hopeful his team could get at least two wins in Atlanta to enhance its NCAA tourney chances. The Terps are halfway there. ... Read More
For Maryland, two is the magic number. Terps coach Gary Williams believes if his team can win two games at this week's ACC tournament in Atlanta, that it will gain an at large berth in the NCAA tourney. ... Read More
During the first half, Maryland led by 13 points. In the second half they trailed by nine. With one minute to play the score was tied. But Virginia got a tie-breaking three-pointer with :38 left and went on to a 68-63 win over Maryland. The loss is expected to be ... Read More
What began on November 14th in College Park, will end on Saturday afternoon in Charlottesville, Virginia. It's this season's last regular season game for the Maryland Terrapins. The Terps play at Virginia and the game could not be much more important. The Terps will need a win to keep alive ... Read More
The Terps used another big game from Greivis Vasquez, along with a hot three-point shooting night, to beat NC State Sunday night and get back to the .500 mark in the ACC. Eight days after Vasquez scored a career-high 35 in a triple-double vs. North Carolina, the Terps' guard scored ... Read More
Needing a win to get back to .500 in the ACC and once again pump life into their NCAA tourney hopes, the Terps travel to Raleigh Sunday night to face NC State. Maryland, now 17-10 and 6-7 in the conference, is coming off Wednesday's 78-67 loss to number seven Duke. ... Read More
Searching for their second stunning upset in four days, the Maryland Terps found themselves tied at 60-all with Duke, with 5:40 left in the game Wednesday at Comcast Center. Neither team had built a lead bigger than four points during the game; but suddenly, Duke's Gerald Henderson and Kyle Singler ... Read More
With a win over third-ranked North Carolina that provided confidence and momentum under their belts, the Maryland Terrapins now set their sights on 7th-rated Duke. The teams meet Wednesday night at 9:00 p.m. in College Park. Greivis Vasquez produced the Terps' first triple-double in 22 years in the win over ... Read More
Despite making just one field goal for a stretch of about 29 minutes on the clock at one point, Greivis Vasquez still produced the best game of his career, leading Maryland to a stunning 88-85 overtime upset of third-ranked North Carolina on Saturday. Comcast Center was rocking as Maryland rallied ... Read More
The Maryland Terrapins can get back to .500 in the ACC with a home win on Saturday afternoon. But, standing in the way of Maryland and a 6-6 ACC record, is 3rd-ranked North Carolina. The Tarheels, coming off Wednesday's 89-80 win over NC State, are 24-2 and 10-2 and in ... Read More
The barrage of Clemson baskets came suddenly. Maryland, down by just three points with 18:22 left in the game, found itself down by 28 points just nine minutes later amidst a Tigers' barrage of dunks and three-pointers. Clemson, leading by six at the half, outscored Maryland 59-36 in the second ... Read More
For the Maryland Terps, it's a pretty painful memory. With a chance to improve to 9-6 in the ACC and close in on an NCAA tourney berth, the Terps blew a 20-point, second-half lead vs. Clemson and lost to the Tigers, 73-70 last year. The loss came on Senior Night ... Read More
Out to end a losing skid vs. Virginia Tech and keep their NCAA tourney hopes alive, the Maryland Terps went two for two on Saturday afternoon. Maryland beat Tech 83-73, improving to 16-8 overall and 5-5 in the ACC. The Terps had lost their last three games vs. the Hokies ... Read More
Thanks to a pair of missed shots in the final seconds by Georgia Tech last Sunday night, Maryland is now just one win away from a .500 mark in ACC play. The Terps can get to 5-5 in the conference if they beat nemesis Virginia Tech Saturday afternoon in College ... Read More
You hear coaches say it a lot. "It wasn't pretty, but we won." Gary Williams got to say it Sunday night, as Georgia Tech missed two shots in the final four seconds to allow his Terps to escape Atlanta with a 57-56 win. ... Read More
As the Maryland Terrapins look for a much-needed ACC win, their next game is against a team they've already beaten once this season. Maryland (14-8, 3-5) plays at Georgia Tech Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. The Terps, who are 0-4 in ACC road games, are beginning the second half of ... Read More
On Tuesday night, the Terps couldn't find too much fault with their offense. Maryland scored a season-high 91 points and shot 48 percent, well above its average for the year. But the Terps just could not stop North Carolina from drilling long-range jumpers. North Carolina hit 16 of 25 three-pointers ... Read More
Before you think that Maryland has little chance to win its next game against third-rated North Carolina on Tuesday night, consider this--the Terps have won the last two games between these teams. In February of 2007, Maryland posted an 89-87 home win. Last season, on January 19th, Maryland, then 11-7 ... Read More
At every Maryland Terps home game, minutes after his team takes the court for the opening tip, coach Gary Williams enters by himself. He turns toward the student section, and, to a rousing ovation, fires a fist pump with his right hand. When he entered the arena on Saturday night, ... Read More
If the Maryland Terrapins are to reverse a trend that has seen them lose four of their past five games and five of the last seven, they'll have to do it vs. an opponent they often struggle against. Maryland (13-7, 2-4) hosts Miami Saturday night at 8:00 p.m. In mid ... Read More
If we didn't realize it after Saturday's loss at Duke, the point was hammered home Tuesday night when the Maryland Terrapins lost another big lead and another ACC game. The Terps are struggling badly. Their chances to get back in the NCAA tournament lessen with each defeat. ... Read More
Perhaps the biggest question surrounding the Maryland Terrapins after their 41-point loss to Duke on Saturday is this - how will the team regroup after its worst loss since 1944? We'll begin to find out Tuesday night when Maryland (13-6, 2-3) hosts Boston College at 7:30 p.m. ... Read More
It was easily Maryland's worst loss of this year. It was the Terps worst loss of the Gary Williams era and the most points they've ever lost by in an ACC game. For a Maryland fan, it felt every bit like all of the above. ... Read More
After picking up a hard-earned win over Virginia, the Maryland Terps will take some confidence into their next ACC showdown. That's a matchup with second-ranked Duke Saturday at Noon at historic Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Terps are now 13-5 overall and 2-2 in the conference after Tuesday's 84-78 win over ... Read More
Dave Neal and Landon Milbourne showed their toughness; other Terps showed they could shoot better than they have recently; and it all added up to an 84-78 win over Virginia on Tuesday night. The Terps are now 13-5 and 2-2 in the ACC. Maryland is 11-1 at home. Virginia, in ... Read More
Trying to put those two losses in Florida behind them, the Maryland Terps return home Tuesday night to host Virginia. The Terps are 12-5 overall and 1-2 in the ACC. They are 10-1 at home this season. Maryland lost to Miami and Florida State by a combined 5 points after ... Read More
This time the Terps were the team coming from behind in the second half. It still didn't add up to a win. Maryland finished its Florida swing with an 0-2 record after losing 76-73 in overtime at Florida State. The Terps lost two games in the Sunshine State by a ... Read More
After losing two of their last three games by a combined total of three points, the Maryland Terps look to get back into the ACC win column Saturday at Noon at Florida State. The Terps suffered close losses in those games, but blew big second-half leads in losing both and ... Read More
It happened to the Terps again. This time in ACC play. One week after blowing a 14-point second-half lead vs. Morgan State, the Terps blew a 17-point second-half lead at Miami and lost to the Hurricanes, 62-60. Baltimorean Jack McLinton from Calvert Hall hit a three-pointer to put Miami up ... Read More
With a 1-0 start in ACC play on their resume, the Maryland Terps travel to Miami for a Wednesday night 9:00 p.m. game vs. a team that they have struggled against in recent years. The Terps lost 78-63 at Miami last year, bringing them to three straight at Miami. The ... Read More
Many were wondering how the Terps would bounce back from losing Wednesday night's game vs. Morgan State. When Maryland made just 2 of its first 13 shots vs. Georgia Tech Saturday, the answer was not too good. But by game's end the Terps somehow had pulled out a come-from-behind win ... Read More
With just two practice days to regroup since Wednesday's loss to Morgan State, the Maryland Terps begin ACC play on Saturday at Noon, hosting Georgia Tech. The Terps were gunning for an 8th win in a row Wednesday, but 35.6 percent shooting, a 1-14 stat from three-point land and 21 ... Read More
Not only did Morgan State upset Maryland in College Park on Wednesday night, but the Bears did it by coming from 14 points behind with 12:35 to play. Morgan outscored Maryland 26-11 the rest of the way to post the 66-65 upset. Morgan, last year's MEAC regular-season champion, improves to ... Read More
For the Terps, it seems like its been a long wait for ACC play to get here. The wait is almost over. Wednesday night Maryland hosts Morgan State in its final non-conference game of this season. Beginning with Saturday's contest vs. Georgia Tech, the Terps will play 16 straight conference ... Read More
For the Terps on Saturday afternoon, the big scoring run came in the second-half and it was enough to lift Maryland, which trailed by three at the half, to a win over Charlotte, 85-75. The game was tied at 49-all with 14:32 left when Greivis Vasquez hit a three-pointer. It ... Read More
When the Terps hit the court vs. Charlotte's 49ers on Saturday, they will be a week away from the start of ACC play. So now it's time to fine tune that rotation, smooth out the offense and tighten up the defense, as things get serious in a few days. ... Read More
It was a night where the Terps play was lackluster at times. But at other times the Terps flashed brilliance and it led to a pair of big scoring runs, one in each half, as Maryland beat Elon, 76-50, Tuesday night. The Terps started slow and trailed 12-8 with 12:45 ... Read More
Maryland is looking to extend its winning streak to six games when the Terps host the Elon Phoenix of the Southern Conference at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday night. Maryland, now 9-2 and 7-0 at home, is coming off Saturday's 72-51 win over Bryant where Greivis Vasquez led three doublt-digit scorers with ... Read More
After the Terps bolted out to a 24-7 lead just over eight minutes into the game vs. Bryant on Saturday afternoon, Maryland's play was mixed after that, but they still had enough to beat the Bulldogs, 72-51. It looked pretty easy for Maryland in those opening minutes and the intensity ... Read More
On paper, this one looks like a bit of a mismatch. Maryland, which is 8-2 with four wins in a row, hosts the Bryant Bulldogs on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at College Park. The Bulldogs, in the first year of a four-year transition to Division I, are 1-9 with seven ... Read More
Maryland 67, American 51 When they were upset by American last year on December 22nd, the Maryland Terps scored just 15 points in the entire first half. Playing the Eagles exactly 365 days later, Maryland took an 11-0 lead just six minutes into the game that would become a 16-point ... Read More
Maryland 76 George Washington 53 - Game Eight Analysis Some nights the long-range shots fall in. On those nights most teams can look good. Maryland did on Sunday night, hitting nine three-pointers on its way to a 23-point romp over George Washington. The Terps led by 45-26 at the half ... Read More
After recent wins over Michigan and Michigan State, the Terps now focus on an opponent closer to home. Sunday at 7:30 p.m. the Terps (5-2) face George Washington (3-1) in the BB&T Classic at Verizon Center. MASN will televise both BB&T Classic games live with Virginia Tech playing Navy at ... Read More
Maryland 75 Michigan 70 - Game Seven Analysis The Terps are glad there are two halves to a college basketball game because they played much better in the second half on Wednesday to beat Michigan by five in an ACC-Big Ten challenge contest. After trailing by six at the half, ... Read More
After a recent win over Michigan State, tonight the Terps take on their state rival at Comcast Center. Maryland (4-2) hosts Michigan (5-1) Wednesday night at 7:30 as part of the ACC-Big Ten challenge. The Terps are trying to regroup after losing their last two games of the Old Spice ... Read More
Georgetown 75 Maryland 48 - Game Six Analysis The much-anticipated Maryland-Georgetown game turned out to be a one-sided contest that couldn't hold your interest for 40 minutes. Well, maybe it could if you were a Hoya fan. ... Read More
Two men's basketball programs that rarely play each other despite being separated by only 12 miles, will finally meet today in Orlando, Florida - nearly 900 miles from home. It's Maryland (4-1) vs. Georgetown (3-1) in the third-place game of the Old Spice Classic. They began this tournament on opposite ... Read More
Gonzaga 81 Maryland 59 - Game Five Analysis Too much size and too much talent. Number 9 Gonzaga seemed to have it all going vs. the Terps Friday in the Old Spice Classic semi-finals in Orlando. The Bulldogs shot 51.8 percent and enjoyed an 11-rebound edge to win easily by ... Read More
Maryland 80 Michigan State 62 - Game Four Analysis The Terps pulled off a stunning upset of 5th-rated Michigan State Thursday in the first-round of the Old Spice Classic in Orlando, Florida. In a semi-final contest in that tourney, Friday at 5:30 p.m., the Terps take on 9th-ranked Gonzaga. Maryland's ... Read More
After playing three games in eight days to start the new season, the pace will really heat up starting Thanksgiving night for the Maryland men's basketball team. The 3-0 Terps will play three games in four days beginning with Thursday night's 7:00 p.m. showdown versus 5th-ranked Michigan State. After wins ... Read More
Maryland 89 Vermont 74.....in overtime - Game Three Analysis Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. The Terps did it Friday night at Comcast Center beating Vermont in overtime to improve to 3-0. Maryland trailed Vermont (picked to finish second in America East this year) by 8 points with 10:30 ... Read More
In what figures to be their toughest test so far, the Maryland men's basketball team hosts Vermont Friday at 8 p.m. A win would give Maryland a 3-0 start while Vermont is looking for its second victory. The game features a matchup of the Terps' strong defense and Vermont's solid ... Read More
Maryland 73 Youngstown State 49 - Game Two Analysis In case anyone needed to be reminded, Greivis Vasquez is still the best player on the Maryland men's basketball team. The all-ACC second team guard from last season tied his career high with 28 points as the Terps routed Youngstown State, ... Read More
The players on this year's Maryland men's basketball team say they remember being upset at home last year by Ohio University and American. They hope those memories help them avoid an upset now. Tuesday the Terps host Youngstown State, a team that seems an unlikely candidate to pull off a ... Read More
Maryland 81 Bucknell 52 - Game One Analysis The Terps may have to win a lot this year with "small ball." No they won't be bunting and hitting and running a lot. Instead they will use a lineup of three, sometimes four guards. With the smaller lineup, they'll press and ... Read More
Coming off a stretch where they have missed making the NCAA tourney for three of the last four years, the Maryland men's basketball team begins a new season tonight--one they hope once again finds them as key players when March madness arrives. Maryland, which was 19-15 last year and 8-8 ... Read More
Maybe the most exciting aspect of Maryland's 104-60 win over Northwood in a November 8th exhibition at Comcast Center was that the Terps won big without two of their key players. Greivis Vasquez missed the contest serving a one-game suspension for a violation of team rules. Freshman Sean Mosley from ... Read More
He's the on court leader of the Maryland men's basketball team. But this year, junior guard Greivis Vasquez is adapting to a new role and spending time on the court without the ball in his hands. The Terps are looking to use Eric Hayes a lot at point guard this ... Read More
