12-2 on terp plays/leans this season.
I am shorter than normal on time tonight so I am not going to spend a ton of time on what HAS been in the last few Terp games. Plus it would sound like a broken record.....playing well, sharing the ball, balanced scoring....a solid team that is red hot blowing people out.
Tomorrow we head to Clemson to play a Tiger team that is not playing well of late. It appears Clemson will be without guard Stitt and he has been noticeably missing in their last few poor performances. He's not a sniper type shooter or world beater but he gives them another option outside of Booker. I read tonight that he is "highly doubtful." This will hurt them as they don't have very good shooting outside of about three feet from the rim! Really they don't shoot FTs well, aren't terribly good on the boards like most Clemson teams have been the last 5+ years and they are not a terribly deep team. Booker is very good inside but with that little skinhead nazi Oglesby gone to the Ukraine to play pro ball, they are very limited outside.
The Terps will win the backcourt battle (again), they should have plenty of answers inside and keep the boards even, if not have a slight edge. Clemson will try to slow things down, the Terps will work to trun them over for easy baskets and an uptempo pace. Provided the hot Terp shooting continues, they win this one on the road. They are sharing the ball so well of late that the open shots are plentiful on most trips down the court. The Terps need at least a split on this two game trip to Clemson and FSU so winning Sunday makes FSU less pressure filled. I don't have much more to say except that Maryland is the better team here. I expect them to win this game as they are a more focused team than the last few years. Have to ride with my boys again at Clemson. If they can get out early, this Clemson team is very prone to fold up considering the way they have played of late and missing Stitt. Plus Booker is supposedly recovering from the flu. Either way, his supporting cast will be as shallow as a genetic pool in backwoods West Virginia.
I will stay away from the over as the Terps have dominated the last three games so much that the other team is not contributing what we need out of them. In fact, this could stay under pretty easily.
Play the Terps +5 and a little on the ML!
on it, good stuff as always man
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