Maryland basketball escapes South Dakota State in NCAA tournament

The Maryland men's basketball team struggled against Michigan State when the team traveled to East Lansing in January, and the Terps ultimately couldn't keep up in a nine-point loss. They'll face the Spartans again on Saturday, this time in a Big Ten 

SPOKANE, Wash. — The Maryland locker room was joyful shortly after Friday's 79-74 win over South Dakota State in the first round of the NCAA tournament, with players sitting in their socks and rummaging through text messages after surviving the most 

He is listed at a lanky 6'7 and 185 pounds, and he'll surely be a physical developmental project for Maryland basketball performance director Kyle Tarp. Maryland had ranked 33rd nationally in next season's recruiting class before Thomas' commitment.

Maryland, which opened the season No. 3 behind North Carolina and Kentucky, dropped two spots from 15th to 17th in the coaches' poll. USA Today will release a final poll the day after the NCAA tournament ends. Monday's poll by the AP was its last of

When they got married and returned to Daum's hometown of Kimball, Neb., Michele got a job teaching and coaching girls basketball at the local high school. A few years after they had their first child, a son named Mike, she would take him to the gym and