A year ago, the Maryland men's basketball team had a lot of momentum going into its first Big Ten Conference tournament in Chicago. The No. 8 Terps were riding a seven-game winning streak as they headed to the United Center and had their first top-10 ranking in more than a decade.
Guards Dez Wells and Melo Trimble had been named first-team all-Big Ten. Mark Turgeon shared Coach of the year honors with Wisconsin's Bo Ryan after leading the Terps to a surprising second-place finish behind the Badgers and a school-record 26 regular-season wins.