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College Basketball

Senior Day Ain’t What It Used To Be

Maitreyi Anantharaman

Bree Hall #23 of the South Carolina Gamecocks reacts against the Duke Blue Devils during the second half in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at Legacy Arena at the BJCC on March 30, 2025 in Birmingham, Alabama.

Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks Are Escape Artists

Tom Ley

Derik Queen #25 of the Maryland Terrapins makes a shot against Ethan Morton #25 of the Colorado State Rams to win the game 72-71 in the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Climate Pledge Arena on March 23, 2025 in Seattle, Washington.

One Good Shot Deserves A Great One

Lauren Theisen

Tafara Gapare #6 of the Maryland Terrapins dunks the ball

Ohio State Suffers Most Brutal Loss Since Saturday

COLLEGE PARK, MD - FEBRUARY 6: Former Maryland head coach Lefty Driesell waves to the crowd during a timeout against Purdue on February 6, 2016 in College Park, MD.

Lefty Driesell, Who Brought Winning To D.C. Sports, Has Died

The Maryland Terrapins mascot, Testudo, peers into the camera

Everything You Need To Know About Maryland–West Virginia

Maryland Terrapins head coach Brenda Frese talks to Maryland Terrapins guard Diamond Miller (1) during the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship sweet sixteen round game between the Stanford Cardinal and the Maryland Terrapins on March 25, 2022, at Spokane Veterans Memorial Stadium in Spokane, WA.

The Maryland Terrapins Are So Crazy They Just Might Work

Laura Wagner

Infinite Replay

The Phantom Foul That Introduced Me To Conspiracy Theories

Faith Masonius #13 and Angel Reese #10 of the Maryland Terrapins react to the loss to the Texas Longhorns during the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on March 28, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas.The Texas Longhorns defeated the Maryland Terrapins 64-61

Is This Your Unstoppable Offense?

maryland terrapins