Derik Queen talks about seeing LeBron mention him on the Pat McAfee show, the national attention he’s gotten, and also calls out his guards:
“We need them three little midgets on the court with us to go out there and get some rebounds.”
Kevin Willard on Maryland having six days before its next game:
"We have not been good coming off byes, thanks a lot [for reminding me]... I was gonna go have a beer, now I'm gonna switch to whiskey."
Kevin Willard on Derik Queen:
"Maryland fans better get used to watching him, because I don't think he'll be here next year... you're just seeing what a pro looks like at 19 years old."
Julian Reese might be the last of a dying breed in college basketball — when everything around him moved, he didn’t.
“He’s stayed the course and been as true to the University of Maryland as any player probably ever has.”
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Kevin Willard gave Maryland four days off after the Terps beat Syracuse in Brooklyn last Saturday, which he said was the reason for Maryland's sluggishness against UMES today.
"You can't give college kids four days off. I'm an idiot," Willard said.
Michigan State beating Wisconsin this afternoon was huge for Maryland.
If the Terps win their last two games — @ No. 15 Michigan, vs. Northwestern — they are guaranteed a top-four seed and double-bye in the Big Ten tournament.
Maryland men's basketball will be the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten tournament. Its first game (quarterfinal) is at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
The Terps’ seed is eight spots higher than their projection in the preseason poll — the highest jump of any team in the conference.
Kevin Willard said Tafara Gapare missed 12 straight days with the flu and lost 19 pounds.
"Getting Tafara back is huge, because he gives us another level coming off the bench. ... He's now just getting back to where he was, and he was playing really good."
Maryland men's basketball slots in at No. 11 in the AP poll, its highest ranking in five years.
Terps have won 11 of their last 13 — with those two losses each coming by a last-second basket — and haven't lost by more than one score since Jan. 5 (4-point loss @ Oregon).