Korie Lucious

To use Grevis' quote from all post-game interviews this season, "words cannot express the feeling" all MD fans had in the six-seconds between his clutch floater to go up by one and the gut wrenching Lucious buzzer beater.

Vasquez had just put MD ahead by one with 35-seconds left on a difficult leaner. He definitely saved his best for last.

Michigan State's shooting stats: 55% FG; 56% 3PFG.
MD's shooting stats: 44% FG; 47% 3PFG.

MD was outrebounded 42 - 24.

Despite those numbers, there was never a moment where you felt that MD wasn't going to come back and win it - even when they were down 72 - 57 with seven minutes left.

I suspect MD will finish #20 to #22 in the final poll. Looking back on it, that is right where expectations were at the beginning of the season. It was a wild ride from the time they lost to William and Mary through today.

Here is my updated top eleven worst loss list.

1. Kordell Stewart to Michael Westbrook, 24SEP94.
2. Korie Lucious buzzer-beater, 21MAR10.
3. Appalachian State 34 Michigan 32, 01SEP07.
4. Jason Williams erases a 10-point MD lead with 53 seconds left, 27JAN01.
5. Raiders 38 Skins 9, Super Bowl XVIII, 22JAN84.
6. Duke erases MD's 39-17 lead in the Final Four, 31MAR01.
7. OSU 42 Michigan 39, 18NOV06.
8. Webber time-out, 05APR93.
9. Staubach to Tony Hill to keep the Skins home for the holidays, 16DEC79.
10. Indiana 99 MD 64 - last game for King and Buck, 14MAR81.
11. Miami 31 Michigan 30 - after leading 30 - 14 with 5:40 remaining - 106K fans walked out in absolute silence, 17SEP88 (thanks Kevin for adding that one).

Odds on Stewart to Westbrook moving out of the top spot in my lifetime: 1,000,000 to 1.

All-Time top five Terps:
1. Bias
2. Dixon
3. Smith
4. Lucas
5. McMillan

Vasquez goes into the sixth slot.

This is the best opening two-rounds of the NCAA tournament in recent memory. Jimmer Fredette is my new favorite player. Omar Samhan is a close second.

Next year's team will be pre-season #3 or #4 in the ACC. Predicted minute distribution:

- Stoglin (25)
- Bowie (30)
- Tucker (25)
- Mosley (25)
- Williams (30)

- Gregory (25)
- Padgett (20)
- Mychal Parker (20)

Hayes ends his career as the best outside shooter not named Juan Dixon in the GW era. Milbourne finished the season strongly.

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13035

All-Time Maryland Basketball Team

FIRST Team:

G: Juan Dixon (All-Time Leading Scorer, 3 Time All ACC First Team)

G: John Lucas (4th All-Time Leading Scorer, 3 Time All ACC First Team)

F: Len Bias (2nd All-Time Leading Scorer, 2 Time All ACC First Team)

F: Joe Smith (Only AP National Player of the Year, 2 Time All ACC First Team)

C: Tom McMillan (7th All-Time Leading Scorer, 2 Time All ACC First Team)

SECOND Team:

G: Steve Blake (1st All-Time in Assists, All ACC First Team)
G: Walt Williams (2 Alley Oop Reverse Dunks against UNC, All ACC First Team)

F: Albert King (3rd All-Time Leading Scorer, All ACC First & Second Team)

F: Buck Williams (4th All-Time Leading Rebounder, 2 Time Second Team All ACC)

C: Len Elmore (1st All-Time Leading Rebounder, All ACC First & 2 Time Second Team)

BENCH:

- Adrian Branch (4th All-Time Leading Scorer, 2 Time Second Team All ACC)

- Lonnie Baxter (2nd All-Time Leading Rebounder, 6th All-Time Leading Scorer, All ACC First & 2 Time Second Team, Gun Shooter)

COACH:

Lefty Driesell (Ousted in his prime for reasons beyond his control, gets slight nod until Gary hangs banner #2)

ALMOST:

- Steve Francis (would have been second team if he stayed for a second season)

ACC Talent Comparison (Since 1990)

Here are a few stats on the 147 players that played in the ACC during the past 19 years and made it to the NBA. 60% of the talent came from four schools. It is surprising to see that Georgia Tech has only had two fewer NBA players than Duke and UNC.

Team Breakdown:

Duke (24)
- Alaa Abdelnaby (256 gp)
- William Avery (142 gp)
- Shane Battier (558 gp)
- Carlos Boozer (395 gp)
- Elton Brand (314 gp)
- Brian Davis (68 gp)
- Luol Deng (284 gp)
- Chris Duhon (300 gp)
- Mike Dunleavy (481 gp)
- Daniel Ewing (127 gp)
- Grant Hill (705 gp)
- Bobby Hurley (269 gp)
- Dahntay Jones (246 gp)
- Christian Laettner (868 gp)
- Antonio Lang (143 gp)
- Trajan Langdon (114 gp)
- Corey Maggette (568 gp)
- Roshown McLeod (113 gp)
- Josh McRoberts (8 gp)
- Cherokee Parks (472 gp)
- Shavlik Randolph (79 gp)
- J.J. Redick (72 gp)
- Jay Williams (75 gp)
- Shelden Williams (145 gp)

UNC (24)
- Vince Carter (697 gp)
- Pete Chilcutt (584 gp)
- Hubert Davis (685 gp)
- Raymond Felton (237 gp)
- Joseph Forte (25 gp)
- Rick Fox (930 gp)
- Brendan Haywood (524 gp)
- Antawn Jamison (717 gp)
- George Lynch (774 gp)
- Sean May (58 gp)
- Rashad McCants (191 gp)
- Jeff McInnis (576 gp)
- Eric Montross (465 gp)
- Makhtar N'diaye (4 gp)
- David Noel (68 gp)
- Derrick Phelps (3 gp)
- Kevin Salvadori (39 gp)
- Jerry Stackhouse (844 gp)
- Rasheed Wallace (943 gp)
- Matt Wenstrom (11 gp)
- Marvin Williams (223 gp)
- Scott Williams (743 gp)
- Shammond Williams (325 gp
- Brandan Wright (38 gp)

Georgia Tech (22)
- Kenny Anderson (858 gp)
- Drew Barry (60 gp)
- Jon Barry (821 gp)
- Travis Best (721 gp)
- Chris Bosh (362 gp)
- Will Bynum (15 gp)
- Jason Collier (151 gp)
- Javaris Crittenton (50 gp)
- Matt Geiger (552 gp)
- Dion Glover (294 gp)
- Matt Harpring (602 gp)
- Jarrett Jack (240 gp)
- Alvin Jones (23 gp)
- Malcolm Mackey (22 gp)
- Stephon Marbury (823 gp)
- Ivano Newbill (134 gp)
- Brian Oliver (118 gp)
- Luke Schenscher (31 gp)
- Dennis Scott (629 gp)
- Fred Vinson (13 gp)
- Mario West (64 gp)
- Thaddeus Young (74 gp)

Maryland (18)

- Mustaf: 4 years, 179 gp, 4 ppg, 3 rpg, 1 apg, $5M in career earnings
- Massenburg: 15 years, 683 gp, 6 ppg, 4 rpg, $11M in career earnings
- Williams: 13 years, 708 gp, 12 ppg, 4 rpg, 2 apg, $35M in career earnings
- Lewis: 1 year, 3 gp, 1 ppg, 1 rpg, $200K in career earnings
- Burns: 1 year, 23 gp, 2 ppg, 1 rpg, $1.6M in career earnings
- Smith: 13+ years, 893 gp, 12 ppg, 7 rpg, 1 apg, $54M in career earnings
- Booth: 2 years, 45 gp, 3 ppg, 2 rpg, 1 apg, $2.1M in career earnings
- Jasikevicious: 2 years, 138 gp, 7 ppg, 2 rpg, 3 apg, $8M in career earnings
- Francis: 9+ years, 576 gp, 18 ppg, 6 rpg, 6 apg, $80M in career earnings
- Profit: 4 years, 135 gp, 3 ppg, 2 rpg, 1 apg, $2.9M in career earnings
- Ekezie: 4 years, 143 gp, 4 ppg, 3 rpg, 0 apg, $3.0M in career earnings
- Morris: 3 years, 139 gp, 3 ppg, 3 rpg, 1 apg, $1.8M in career earnings
- Dixon: 6+ years, 386 gp, 9 ppg, 2 rpg, 2 apg, $11.1M in career earnings
- Baxter: 4 years, 162 gp, 4 ppg, 3 rpg, 0 apg, $3.3M in career earnings
- Wilcox: 6+ years, 386 gp, 10 ppg, 6 rpg, 1 apg, $22M in career earnings
- Blake: 5+ years, 350 gp, 7 ppg, 2 rpg, 4 apg, $7.6M in career earnings
- McCray: 1 year, 5 gp, 0 ppg, 0 rpg, 0 apg, $161K in career earnings
- Strawberry: 1+ year, 33 gp, 2 ppg, 1 rpg, 1 apg, $427K in career earnings

Florida State (12)
- Sam Cassell (993 gp)
- James Collins (23 gp)
- Tony Dawson (6 gp)
- Doug Edwards (85 gp)
- Randell Jackson (28 gp)
- Alexander Johnson (102 gp)
- Tharon Mayes (24 gp)
- Bob Sura (657 gp)
- Irving Thomas (26 gp)
- Al Thornton (79 gp)
- Von Wafer (46 gp)
- Charlie Ward (630 gp)

NC State (10)
- Chris Corchiani (112 gp)
- Todd Fuller (225 gp)
- Anthony Grundy (12 gp)
- Tom Gugliotta (763 gp)
- Julius Hodge (23 gp)
- Brian Howard (95 gp)
- Rodney Monroe (38 gp)
- Josh Powell (138 gp)
- Cedric Simmons (57 gp)
- Kevin Thompson (14 gp)

Wake Forest (9)
- Randolph Childress (51 gp)
- Tim Duncan (824 gp)
- Josh Howard (348 gp)
- Chris King (103 gp)
- Rusty LaRue (98 gp)
- Chris Paul (222 gp)
- Rodney Rogers (866 gp)
- Darius Songaila (333 gp)
- Anthony Tucker (62 gp)

Clemson (9)
- Greg Buckner (507 gp)
- Elden Campbell (1,044 gp)
- Dale Davis (1,094 gp)
- Sharrod Ford (3 gp)
- Devin Gray (27 gp)
- Harold Jamison (37 gp)
- Will Solomon (62 gp)
- Chris Whitney (579 gp)
- Sharone Wright (203 gp)

Virginia (6)
- Cory Alexander (307 gp)
- Junior Burrough (61 gp)
- John Crotty (477 gp)
- Roger Mason (185 gp)
- Jamal Robinson (6 gp)
- Bryant Stith (586 gp)

Boston College (6)
- Troy Bell (6 gp)
- Bill Curley (147 gp)
- Jared Dudley (73 gp)
- Howard Eisley (786 gp)
- Craig Smith (159 gp)
- Sean Williams (73 gp)

Miami (5)
- Guillermo Diaz (6 gp)
- Robert Hite (12 gp)
- Tim James (43 gp)
- James Jones (290 gp)
- John Salmons (441 gp)

Virginia Tech (2)
- Jimmy Carruth (4 gp)
- Bimbo Coles (852 gp)

Note: The NBA statistics and salary information is from basketball-reference.com. It was valid as of April, 2008.

2008 MD Basketball Haikus

Hayes:
Not a good dribbler
Can't get open for a shot
Can play much better

Gist:
Highlight reel slam dunks
Loves the fade away jumper
Headed for Europe

Vasquez:
Maryland's best player
Excels in taking bad threes
Lots of turnovers

Osby:
Good two year career
Extremely raw on offense
Get passport photo

Milbourne:
Nice FSU Dunk
Teammates ignore him often
Next year's most improved

Gary Williams:
Underachievement
Looks like Hopper in Hoosiers
Time to make changes