Smo was better. Like a lot better.

This Maryland team going on a 16-4 run against this Zags team is a triumph of the human spirit

There’s one (maybe two) players our roster that would get any minutes for Gonzaga.

Maryland is actually playing mostly fine (especially on defense). Gonzaga is just the literal worst matchup in the sport for them right now.

Watching Gillespie kill it for Tennessee is a much easier pill to swallow with Baba committed and a top 5 recruiting class overall. If W****** had stayed, sure he’s probably still a Terp but there’s no chance the future would look as bright. Also, that loser would still be our coach.

Anything other than Maryland getting their shit rocked by Gonzaga tonight would be a huge success, unironically. I think if they were to pull out the win it would be the biggest upside since they won at top 10 Illinois in January 2024. But Terrence Shannon didn’t play in that one.

He was from a Juco!

Neither were this level of guy coming into school. Not even close.

Holy shit dude.

Solo Washington playing finally maybe?

I think I’ve come down that the Semien/Nimmo deal is good for the Mets. Nimmo was getting worse and can’t play defense. Semien is, at least, an elite defensive 2B who can hit 6th or 7th in a good lineup. The biggest downside is probably sentimental, which shouldn’t matter unless you’re a HOFer.

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I gotta be honest, this kind of stuff is starting to really annoy me in the CFB Discourse. Not to be too Bluesky-coded but it’s the opposite of the type of left-leaning, progressive sports fandom these folks would otherwise be all for.

I’ve been pretty anti-Mullen at Maryland, but if they end up making a hire next year and he’s still at UNLV, they aren’t going to find someone who wins more.

Still a lot of work to do to get Maryland back to national contention, but it’s so validating that those of use who have been saying this program just needed a Serious College Basketball Coach and we’d be fine.

Looks like it’s finally public information that Payne’s injury was not nearly as serious as it looked and he should be back by the Vegas games. Also, apparently Rice and Washington were no longer in boots last night. Could finally have the real team soon.

I love Queen as much as anyone and I’m honestly shocked how quickly he’s become a straight Very Good NBA Player.

I genuinely give this team any enormous amount of credit for pulling out this win. Missing their three best (probably?) players and down late.

Maryland just (reportedly) was able to give a 16 year old $2 million. That’s big boy money.

I didn’t realize this either. FWIW, I don’t think he’ll be the same level Queen was last season. He should be awesome, but Queen was truly special.

Buzz really did it man. Go Terps.

If everything works out, we’ll look back on this night when on one screen we are watching Colin Metcalf start at center, while on the other one of the highest ranked recruits in Maryland history commits, and laugh.

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I could end up eating these words but James at VT and a less killer DMV recruiter at PSU is a good outcome for MD. He’ll will get some local kids, but VT does not come with the sort of prestige backing as PSU. I’d would rather him recruiting there than, say, Auburn or Florida.

In honor of @blankcheck.bsky.social completing their Coen Brothers series, here’s my current ranking of their movies. I rewatched all them in the last few months so I feel as good as possible about this list.

You want my REAL Deep Maryland Conspiracy Take: Why spend the money to buyout Locks that could otherwise go to Baba Oladotun?

The “doing things different than Evan” would be actually providing the extra financial backing, not just saying it. We will see.

There’s no way to sell this. You can’t just come out a say “we don’t want to/can’t commit $13 mil to a buyout, so why not just see what happens if there are four Day 1 NFL picks on the roster next season?” I think it’s a bad idea, but it’s clearly what’s going on.

I think this is probably a mistake, but it also means that Smith thinks it’s more likely that he could raise the money to keep the players and be competitive in the portal vs the money to buy out Locks + pay a new coach + buy a new roster. The math makes sense, but it’s a big risk.

Comparing MD hoops and football is imperfect, obviously, but if you’re Jim Smith today you watched your 1st year HC get the best OOC true road win in probably over a decade without three starters and then your 7th year HC fart away another winnable game to lose his sixths straight.

Okay so hear me out: Pharrel Payne on the 26-27 Maryland basketball team is probably more valuable than him on the 25-26 team.

I was away all day and just watching the Terps hoops condensed game. Inspiring shit. If Payne is done for the season, it’ll be a miracle if they finish over .500.

As a CFB first fan I hate to admit this, but I think I’ve talked myself into Jeff Hafley as the next NYG HC.

This is my wife’s idea but I fully agree: there should be only three cars available to buy - sedan - suv - minivan All exactly the same. Nationalize the industry. If you need a truck, you need to apply for it.

Maryland’s relationship with UA has likely hurt specially the basketball program more than it’s helped. If they can’t get out of it, at the very least UA could use the money they are no longer spending on Curry to buy us better players.

It’s very odd listening to someone with a Wisconsin accent call a Knicks game on MSG, but Steve Novak is very good.

Going from watching Maryland’s offense to the Knicks offense is giving me whiplash.

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Listening to the @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social and just had a vision that Maryland will be firing Locksley and hiring Ryan Silverfield.

[Don’t look at this Jalen, I love you very much] Is there an argument that OG is the best player on the Knicks?

I’m still in shock that Jaxson Dart is actually good. When’s the last time a guy like him, taken in the 20s, turned out good? This would be like if Kenny Pickett was good.

Go Terps.

Couldn’t watch the game today but it’s actually completely over. Fire him tomorrow, get a bit of a runway on the search, and have the next guy doing their presser in College Park the Tuesday after the Sun Belt title game.

Who’s to say. I’ll be really surprised if future Buzz-Maryland teams don’t have enough shooters. This year’s roster was thrown together in like three weeks. I’m not going to make any sweeping declarations on how he’ll operate the program on this group.

I’m loathe to say this, but it’s possible Georgetown just ends up being a great defensive team. There might not be five better they play all season. And doing it in the first game with a brand new roster? Not a great formula.

They’re also not hitting the offensive glass at nearly the level they need to if they can’t hit threes. Long season, but that’ll be the key to if they can win enough to make it an interesting season.

It’s really striking how well Buzz has gotten an entirely new roster to defend so quickly. The talent level is honestly pretty mid but they are tenacious.

It was always going to be. If this team wins, it’s going to largely be disgusting basketball. Learn to love it (for this season, at least).

If Buzz wins this game with the Andalusian Iverson starting, time to start carving the statue.

Pelicans were winless with Zion and undefeated since Queen started cooking. Interesting.