Slow starts have doomed Maryland all season, and the No. 4-seed Terps couldn’t dig themselves out of a 26-point deficit Friday evening at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. Maryland’s stellar fourth quarter, in which it cut Stanford’s lead to just six points, made things interesting but the comeback ultimately fell short in a 72-66 loss to No. 1-seed Stanford in the Sweet 16.
The Terps traveled to Spokane, Washington, for its first NCAA Tournament game outside of its home confines of Xfinity Center after flying past No. 13 seed Delaware and No. 12 seed by a total score of 191–136 in the opening two rounds.