The Maryland Terrapins men's basketball squad face the challenge of their NCAA tournament lives in just the second round against #2 seed Memphis. Two days after dominating Cal, UMd meets a Memphis Tigers squad that comes in with a 26 game winning streak, having utterly dominated its Conference USA.
Whether or not Memphis would really have posted a losing ACC record as Greivis Vasquez has claimed, the Tigers' size and defensive skill figure to make Saturday's contest an exceedingly difficult fight for UMd. With Vasquez and the other Terps playing well above their claimed skill levels in recent weeks, Memphis may find defeating Maryland though to be just as difficult.
Due to Thursday's losses by American, VCU and other Mid-Atlantic teams, Maryland comes into the weekend as the lone surviving hope for home region fans. Whether more than office pool interest in the tournament will remain for locals now depends on the outcome. Tipoff for Saturday's contest from Kansas City will be 3:20 p.m. EDT on WUSA/CBS/9 & WJFK/106.7.
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