This time a year ago, the Maryland men’s basketball team was just beginning a nine-game winning streak in the heart of its Big Ten Conference schedule. It featured resounding comebacks, decisive wins and statement victories against some of the best teams in college basketball.
Talk of a championship, at the conference and national level, might not have been uttered much from coach Mark Turgeon and his players. But the Terps’ play during the streak made the discussion hard to avoid.
When Turgeon spoke to reporters Friday ahead of Maryland’s road game at No. 17 Minnesota on Saturday, he spoke of something that, unlike last season, has eluded his team: consistency.