It isn't often that you can look back on an entire year in Baltimore sports and focus on a single day that changed everything.
Local fans had been on a pretty good roll since the Orioles and Ravens combined to make 2012 the most uplifting year in recent memory, and last year featured strong performances by the Orioles (American League Championship Series) and Ravens (Divisional playoff round), as well as a surprising Big Ten debut for the Maryland football program.
The early months of 2015 continued to massage our sports self-esteem, as both Terps basketball programs stormed into their new conference — the men's team finishing second in the regular season and the women running the table in both the regular season and the Big Ten tournament.