Maryland coach Mark Turgeon needs to schedule one of these mystery opponents more often, given the amount of “we” time his struggling team was able to get back home in College Park this week.
Uncertain of which team the No. 18 Terps were going to play in the opening round of the Big Ten tournament until Thursday night, third-seeded Maryland was impressive for much of Friday’s quarterfinal against No. 11 seed Nebraska at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Led by senior forward Jake Layman’s incredibly hot start, the Terps seemed to be headed to an easy victory before the Cornhuskers, playing their third game in as many days, cut a 25-point deficit to six before Maryland held on for a 97-86 victory.