Comments on: A Maryland-Wake Forest Basketball Recap in Ten Easily Digestible Bullet Points

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:09:04 +0000

I think those initial missed free-throws in OT hurt the Terps’ chances. It’s tough to get down in OT, especially after fighting back so well in regulation.

The yellow and black tie-dye shirts are awful.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:40:33 +0000

This wasn’t a bad loss by any means. Winston-Salem is a tough place to play, and the Terps fought hard the entire game. The leaner by Ish Smith was a back breaker.

I don’t see how you can complain about the way Vasquez played in this game. He missed a couple of really tough shots at the end, but he kept the team in it throughout the second half. Who else stepped up? Hayes hit a big three near the end of regulation, but was otherwise largely absent. Milbourne didn’t seem to take any of the crunch time responsibility.

That game was fun to watch but tough on the heart. I mean, it gave me higher blood pressure for a couple hours. I was at risk.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:52:47 +0000

I lost a year of my life watching that game last night. But the team looks good.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:27:00 +0000

I really thought they had it. The team as a whole is a lot more poised than last year. Last year’s team loses by 8 in regulation.

I thought Vasquez had a pretty good game. His big mistake was with about 1:30 left in OT, and with the team down by 2 (pretty sure), he tried to shoot a floater over Chas McFarland, who is seven feet tall. It went off the side of the backboard. I agree with you in that I suspect that there’s a limit to how far Vasquez can take this team, but I think in this game his positives far outweighed his negatives.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:13:46 +0000

Vasquez’s spaztastic shot selection at the end of OT cost Maryland the game. Those were some mighty fine bricks and airballs Mr. Vasquez. Vasquez’s stinks, his game is so flawed. For every postive thing he does, he equally does something negative. 30 point… 9-27 shooting.. yuck. 7 assists… 6 to’s… horrible. Yup, he sure can fill up that stat line. If stupid decisions was included in the stat box, he’d have top marks for that too! A fine example of typical Vasquez basketball was around the 12 to 13 minute mark in the 2nd half when he made a couple of bonehead plays/to’s in which he helped Wake build an 8 point lead. This team isn’t going anywhere Vasquez “leading” them.

By: Clint

Clint — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:17:47 +0000

Classic Terps heart-attack game. Too bad it turned into the kind that leaves you dead, or at least glad you bought more alcohol than you could possibly need for the night. Was it me or did the Wake crowd clearly think they were the underdogs. Take you tie-dye and go back to…well I really didn’t think that one through. Your student t-shirts suck. So did Steve Martin. Not as many Vasquez mispronounciations as I expected though. On a final note, I heart Jordan Williams. What kind of freshman has the poise to set his feet and draw an offensive in the first 0.00016 of the game. I’m blinded by his future.