Here are the afternoon headlines...
- Terps Win! And on a serious note, Eric Hayes was motivated by a unexpected death of a family friend. Not sure how that affects his play again tonite, but I'm sure he's under some intense strain.
- Bubble Teams Vtech and Minnesota failed to grab big wins today over UNC and Michigan State, respectively. Helps.
- Lunardi has the Terps as the 5th team out in Bracketology right now. Bottomline, we need this game or we're hosting a couple NIT games at the cable box. Really can't see both San Diego State and New Mexico (who lost to the Wyoming Cowboys last night) sneaking in the backdoor though...
- Couple teams we're pulling for before tip-off: Mississippi State (vs. South Carolina), Illinois (vs. Michigan), and Xavier (vs. Temple).
Mid-Afternoon Gut Feeling - Terps are getting 6 points, and that feels pretty reasonable. We had our chances last week against this team, but they are just too fast and too athletic. Once we got up 5 against NCST you felt fine because they don't play well coming from behind. Wake, on the other hand can score in bunches, as I saw first hand. So yea, I don't feel good about having to play this team with our season on the line.
I think we will come to play though since Gary has been getting them fired up. The "Win Two" philosophy he's been pushing is interesting too. Another thing we have going for us is that Wake is still a young team. For half their starters this is only their second ACC Tourney game after an early exit last year.
All of that being said, I don't think it will be enough. My head tells me something in the ballpark of 77-70 Wake. It will be tight most of the game, but the 1-3-1 zone and Wake's depth will wear us down. Prove me wrong kids.
I'll have some more thoughts over the course of the day, and will be back to blog LIVE during the game.
Go Terps!
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