You know that saying about how good teams look as they get off the bus? Maryland is the definition of one of those teams. At any point, head coach Mark Turgeon can throw two near-7-footers on the floor who have the size, strength, speed, skill and basketball IQ to — when combined with the stellar backcourt of Melo Trimble and Rasheed Sulaimon — enter the national championship picture. But Turgeon usually likes to go "small," putting 6-foot-9 forwards Robert Carter and Jake Layman in the game alongside an imposing center.
"They're so big," Northwestern guard Tre Demps said Tuesday after Northwestern's 62-56 overtime loss in College Park.