Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon had a conversation with one of his mentors last month as the hype surrounding the Terps had started to mushroom and Turgeon's players started to believe much of what everyone outside Xfinity Center was saying.
"I was talking to Roy Williams, and I said, 'It's new, Coach,' " Turgeon recalled recently. "I had to jump the guys pretty hard last week, and I feel a lot better today because they responded the right way.
"It's hard for them, 18- to 22-year-old kids, [having people] telling them how great they are, and they haven't done anything yet.