Inside the Maryland huddle, his team down to its last 3.7 seconds to save its season, head coach Kevin Willard got right to the point. He wanted to know who felt comfortable taking the last shot with the Terrapins trailing Colorado State by a single point.
It was then that freshman Derik Queen stepped forward and said five words that will forever be part of Maryland basketball lore.
“Give me the MF ball,” the projected lottery pick told his coach.
“Once he said that it was a pretty simple decision,” Willard said. “I could see everyone’s body language perk up a little bit because he was so confident.