As soon as head coach Mark Turgeon stepped into the visiting team’s locker room at Assembly Hall Sunday, he was doused with spraying water bottles and met with shouts of glee.
Maryland men’s basketball had just taken down Indiana, 77-76, after a rollercoaster of a second half — doing so on the road for the first time since joining the Big Ten — and everyone was feeling it.
But after a few moments of joyous cheers, hugs and jumping, the head coach — shirt still soaked with water — had to break some tragic news to his team.