One cause for concern about the Maryland game is that Maryland beat Purdue and WVU lost to Purdue. I know comparative scores earlier in the season aren’t worth much, still . . .
Purdue also lost to Rutgers, which finished 9th in the Big 10 and didn’t even get into March Madness, Indiana (TWICE!) and Northwestern.
Maryland finished 5th in the Big 10 which NET shows is half as tough as the Big 12.
Maryland LOST IN A ROW to Wisconsin, Tennessee, UCLA, which doesn’t speak well for winning 6 in a row in March Madness. And lost 3 of last 4 games, to Ohio State, Penn State and Indiana.
Mixed bag, I would say.
WVU won 3 in a row – Iowa State, #11 Kansas State and Texas Tech – before losing to #3 (repeat, #3 nationally) Kansas. Iowa State, Kansas State and Kansas are in March Madness, too, along with WVU.
Individual Terps scoring has four double-digit averages, same as WVU, with 16.1 by Jahmir Young the highest, pretty close to Erik’s 15.5. Nothing terrifying there.
I’m not worried.
Purdue also lost to Rutgers, which finished 9th in the Big 10 and didn’t even get into March Madness, Indiana (TWICE!) and Northwestern.
Maryland finished 5th in the Big 10 which NET shows is half as tough as the Big 12.
Maryland LOST IN A ROW to Wisconsin, Tennessee, UCLA, which doesn’t speak well for winning 6 in a row in March Madness. And lost 3 of last 4 games, to Ohio State, Penn State and Indiana.
Mixed bag, I would say.
WVU won 3 in a row – Iowa State, #11 Kansas State and Texas Tech – before losing to #3 (repeat, #3 nationally) Kansas. Iowa State, Kansas State and Kansas are in March Madness, too, along with WVU.
Individual Terps scoring has four double-digit averages, same as WVU, with 16.1 by Jahmir Young the highest, pretty close to Erik’s 15.5. Nothing terrifying there.
I’m not worried.
