In his first season at Maryland in 2011-2012, Mark Turgeon was often brutally honest in assessing his team’s performance, especially when the Terps played poorly.
While boosters were taken aback by some of the things Turgeon would say, it seemed refreshing for a college coach to offer such enlightening post-game remarks.
His opening statement after his team’s sloppy 66-45 win over UMBC Friday at Xfinity Center was a reminder of the old Turgeon. Just like the 18-point, 10-turnover first half harkened back to the days of James Padgett.
Or was that James Naismith?
“The first half — I’ve been doing this a long time — it was one of the worst halves one of my teams have ever played,” Turgeon said after his 400th victory in 20 seasons as a Division I coach, his 150th win at Maryland.