When Mark Turgeon approached the horde of cameras and line of reporters along his way to the center of Tuesday's media session at Xfinity Center, he stopped, holding back. The Maryland men's basketball coach turned away, huddled with a team spokesman near the edge of the court, then returned about a minute later, at last ready to talk.
At this time of the season, with the Terps in the Sweet 16 and days away from facing the NCAA tournament's No. 1 overall seed, no detail is too small to leave unprepared, no quote too insignificant to fully consider before uttering.