Maryland's basketball team existed in a weird space this year. The Terps entered the season as a popular national title pick, and they remained so well into February. Even this March, plenty of people thought they had it in them. In the days leading up to the Terps' season-ending loss to Kansas on Thursday, I'd come around to expecting Maryland to beat the NCAA Tournament's top overall seed. The Terps had a tantalizing glow about them, even when they weren't their best.
The Terps wound up winning three times as many games as they lost, finishing 27-9.