Maryland Update – Things Are Not Going Well (Again)

When you stop and think about it, it’s really amazing how thoroughly Maryland has disappeared from public consciousness since leaving the ACC.

We’ve nearly forgotten entirely about Maryland, to the point where we didn’t even know they played Georgetown this past weekend.

That’s probably not uncommon. At least in basketball, Maryland was a big fish in the ACC, not to mention a good geographic fit.

In the Big Ten, though, it’s remote from the Midwest core of the conference, let alone the West Coast schools, and Maryland has not competed well. Their average finish in the Big Ten has been between 5th and 6th place. They ran off coach Mark Turgeon, then alienated Kevin Willard, leading to an…