When the Maryland men’s basketball team made the NCAA tournament earlier this year, it marked the Terps' first appearance since 2010 and their first in Mark Turgeon’s four seasons. Considered among the favorites to win a national championship this season, Maryland will have to get over the hump of not reaching the Sweet 16 since 2003.
So how does a program that seemed to be trending downward as recently as 2013-14 – or have you all forgotten the 17-15 season that ended without any sort of postseason invitation – get included by the Sporting News in its ranking of the top 15 programs since 2000-01?