Last night’s game was ugly for the Terps.  While I was watching the game I started thinking about the team’s history in Maui.  It seemed to me like they never do well there.

After doing some research, guesswork, and arithmetic, I found that the Maui Invitational has not historically treated Maryland well.  This is the Terps fourth trip there.  In the previous three tournaments the team was 5-4 with their best finish being a loss in the 1994 final.  I don’t have the annual records in front of me but I’m going to make some educated guesses based on the data available.   Counting this year’s win against Chaminade and loss to Cincinnati, the Terps have gone 3-4 in the three tournaments since then 1994.  Considering that their first round game is generally against a cupcake team and assuming Maryland has won all those first round games, this means the Terps are 0-4 in the second round or later in their last three trips to Maui.  If that doesn’t already suck enough, there is only one team that is a perfect 12-0 in tournament history and their name rhymes with Fuke.

Even though this tournament is like a free vacation for the coaching staff and their family, they may want to consider skipping it in the future.  Short of skipping the tournament, maybe the team could get there a couple days earlier to shake off the jet lag.  I don’t know what the answer is here, but something has to change if they’re going back to Maui.

If recent history is any indication of future performance, don’t expect Maryland to turn it around tonight against Wisconsin.  Mahalo.