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Maryland '87.
UVA losing last year was pretty stunning.
Duke not winning anything the last 4 years.

Back to Maryland 2024... AJ Larkin, playing more on face-offs and looking great. The Vermont 3...Terps aren't getting to the final 4 without them. McNaney made a bunch of saves in the first half that kept the game in reach. Nothing spectacular, but shots that easily could have scored and not been cr...

Beardmore was a great coach, but it's fair to remember that in his day it was an 8-team NCAA tournament. Bingo. What are the stats for teams that had to win 2 games to get to the final 4? Then beyond that, and it's not quantifiable but a real thing, what are the stats in a competitive field that ha...

You just know he killed the groundhog

pcowlax wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 5:23 pm Wow. That was absolutely awful last possession

Absolutely awful last quarter and overtimes

For a program that regularly plays in the Final Four, this squad should be extra proud. It's been a battle all season, and that offense has been aesthetically pleasing for one game. Overcoming that deficit and those turnovers to ultimately beat the fight out of a much more talented team is pretty in...

If anyone deserves praise today for Maryland’s win, it’s Weirman. He really dominated plus scored two crucial goals. #1 Ajax is such a heady player. Incredibly impressive playing from him. #7 of Maryland is essentially useless. Can barely run. #50 defenseman started with O’Neil and kept playing O’N...

UVA lost their previous 4 games to teams who were in the tournament prior to beating Saint Joe’s this weekend. The only Top 10 team they beat all year was Maryland. They’re a very good team, I don’t think there’s anything to suggest they’re playing “much better” than Hopkins right now aside from a ...

Just like ND/JHU/UVA/DU/Cuse hoped Maryland would win today so their chances at the trophy would improve, we have to hope Hopkins somehow beats UVA. Hoos are several levels better than Hopkins right now....but so was Duke vs MD so you never know.

What's funny to me is that this wasn't very hard to see coming. 4 of their 5 losses coming in to the game were really bad. If you spend all of your time listening the ESPN/ACCN guys, maybe you get how people might think that this team was a title contender. This isn't me being a Maryland homer. Whe...

O'Neill was a great player. One of the best of the last 4-5 years, won the Tewaaraton. Tremendous career. I'm not sure he ever lived up to the expectations of him coming in, however those were so sky high it may not have ever been possible I do think you can say that he can never became a *transcen...

Dino was not happy about replay, and he had some comments about how Maryland reacted...including how Tillman reacted. The IL write up of the game has Dino's quote, too. To be fair, he also said a couple of times that Maryland was the better team. Credit to Coach Danowski for his grace; any coach wo...

Perfect reflection of 2024. Ridiculous turnovers. Inept offense. Great defense. Great Luke. McNaney hands to ball to Duke for an easy goal. Too bad because he's played well. There's a reason the offensive upperclassmen got little time on the '22 team. Down 9-6 is a huge win for this horrible offens...

Not to take anything away from Maltz et al but a sober view Sober, really? Your comment suggest I’m in left field. Ok. Man I don’t care if you feed your kids stolen cord blood from the Tillman family in your free time but if you can’t acknowledge what a major advantage in FO and Goal does for a tea...

O’Neill’s legacy on the line. DocBarrister He had 3-4 goals… Real problem is the flow of the offense. Just a dodge and watch offense for most the game. Aggressive dodge that draws a slide and then a throw back to a non-threatening player.. This game was face-off and coaching mismatch No championshi...

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 9:07 pm
Not to take anything away from Maltz et al but a sober view

Sober, really?

Whittier's skip pass to Maltz was just a thing of beauty. It gave me flashbacks to Kyle Long. Having Whittier getting some confidence back is huge. He's a guy who can beat defenders. He played well against Princeton and carried it over today. You also can't underestimate the effect of scoring will ...

Just for the internet record.....Wierman's left-handed goal....amazing right (left)? I mean that was shocking and amazing. He only had 2 goals prior to this game this year. He almost always pulled it back or passed to the wing this year; I'm not sure he ever scored lefty for Maryland in his HOF care...

The game changed at the Spanos ride back on the clear at 9-7. Brennan’s goal at the end to get it back to two was *huge*. When you’re within 2 with Wierman, you always got a shot. But that Spanos ride back was massive. They just couldn’t get it to within one, had so many possessions, and then a bad...

Sowers, O'Neill, Nakei Montgomery, Giles-Harris, Brower, Dyson Williams, Naso, Danenza, McAdorey, Carpenter, Zawada, Leadmon etc. That's a lot of top level college talent the last 4 years