JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mark Turgeon couldn’t hide his emotions as he took the dais for his press conference following Maryland basketball’s season-ending loss to LSU on Saturday afternoon. The Terps’ postseason run had just come to a screeching halt, as LSU star point guard Tremont Waters sank a tiebreaking layup with 1.6 seconds remaining. All Turgeon could think about in the following moments was how much he loved his team.
“The hardest part about today is I love coaching these guys,” he said. “You know, we started at the summer, we went on a trip and we stuck together, and it was a grind.