Vasquez: Boy, am I Glad he Stayed!

Vasquez nearly gave me an apoplexy this April, making me wonder whether or not he was going to stay. And when Lance Stevenson wasn't coming to Maryland, I thought for sure Vasquez was out of here. Thank God he stayed! In case you hadn't heard the news, Vasquez was voted First Team All-ACC, was runner-up for Player of the Year (beat out by stupid Dukie Kyle Singler), and has been named as one of 50 college players on the preseason watch list for the 2010 Naismith Award.

Bam! I don't know where we would have been had Vasquez listened to whatever idiot agent was trying to whisper sweet nothings in his ear to get him to leave college and go to the NBA a year early. I hope his Latin passion lights a fire under the team's collective rear-end.

Season Looking Good Already

Okay, so given that I am a firm believer that the Terps should always be number one in the polls, I was pleased to see the Terps at #26 on both the Coach's Poll and AP Poll. Darn, almost missed being in the Top 25 in the preseason! As far as I concerned, that just means the commentators are less likely to give my team crap when they lose to a team that should beat us anyways.

I'm also happy to see that we were picked fifth in the preseason Media Poll, although I think we have a shot (long?) at being third. I think we can eek out Clemson and Georgia Tech to get there. Fingers are crossed, and the hopes are high here in the household.

Boo Duke, go Terps!

Men's Basketball Schedule

Here is a look at this year's schedule. (All times are eastern, and starred games are televised.)

*11/3/09 vs. Indiana Univ. @ 8 pm (College Park)
*11/13/09 vs. Charleston Southern @ 8 pm (College Park)
*11/17/09 vs. Fairfield @ 8 pm (College Park)

EA Sports Maui Invitational
*11/23/09 at Chaminade @ 9:30 pm (Lahaina, Hawaii)
*11/24/09 Cincinnati/Vanderbilt TBA (Lahaina, Hawaii)
*11/25/09 Third Round Game TBA (Lahaina, Hawaii)

Big Ten/ACC Challenge
*12/01/09 @ Indiana @ 7:30 pm (Bloomington, Ind.)

BB&T Challenge
12/06/09 vs. Villanova @ 7:30 pm (Washington, DC)

*12/12/09 vs. Eastern Kentucky @ 4:30 pm (College Park)
*12/22/09 vs. Winston-Salem State @ 8 pm (College Park)
12/27/09 vs. Florida Atlantic @ 2 pm (College Park)
*12/30/09 vs. William and Mary @ 7:30 pm (College Park)
*1/03/10 @ UNC Greensboro @ 1 pm (Greensboro, NC)
*1/10/10 vs. Florida State @ 5:30 pm (College Park)
*1/12/10 @ Wake Forest @ 8 pm (Winston-Salem)
*1/16/10 @ Boston College @ 4 pm (Chesnut Hill, Mass.)
*1/19/10 vs. Longwood @ 8 pm (College Park)
*1/23/10 vs. North Carolina State @ 6 pm (College Park)
*1/26/10 vs. Miami @ 7 pm (College Park)
*1/31/10 @ Clemson @ 5:30 pm (Clemson, SC)
*2/04/10 @ Florida State @ 9 pm (Tallahassee, Fla.)
*2/07/10 vs. North Carolina @ 2 pm (College Park)
*2/10/10 vs. Virginia @ 7 pm (College Park)
*2/13/10 @ Duke @ 1 pm (Durham, NC)
*2/17/10 @ North Carolina State @ 9 pm (Raleigh, NC)
*2/20/10 vs. Georgia Tech @ 2 pm (College Park)
*2/24/10 vs. Clemson @ 9 pm (College Park)
*2/27/10 @ Virginia Tech @ 4 pm (Blacksburg, Va.)
*3/03/10 vs. Duke @ 9 pm (College Park)
*3/06/10 @ Virginia @ 1:30 pm (Charlottesville, Va.)
3/11, 3/12, 3/13, 3/14 ACC Tournament TBA (Greensboro, NC)