BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - A year ago, the Maryland men’s basketball team had a lot of momentum going into its first Big Ten tournament in Chicago. The No. 8 Terps were riding a seven-game winning streak as they headed to the United Center.
The Terps, who had started the year unranked and picked to finish 10th in their new league, won a school-record 26 regular season games, wound up second behind Wisconsin in the standings and had their first top 10 ranking in more than a decade.
Not this season.
After Sunday’s demoralizing 80-62 defeat here to No.