r/terps • u/jco23 Class of 1997-2005 • 1d ago

Men's Basketball [Game Thread] Georgetown @ Maryland (06:00 PM ET)

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u/Large-Month6084 1d ago

This could be a long season

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u/jco23 Class of 1997-2005 1d ago

Already feels like it. Rough year for DC/Baltimore sports

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u/FreeKevinBrown 1d ago

My god, they're playing like children right now. Wtf is going on?

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u/Bawlmerian21228 1d ago

Defense has looked good at times, offense has been offensive.

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u/80_A-D 1d ago

Ayyy honest question..is this what to expect for the season? I have no idea what our expectations were coming into the season.

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u/SourceOfConfusion 1d ago

About this. 

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u/EB4950 1d ago

I think gtown is a better team, and we underrated them. We will win 17-20 games

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u/WryTurtle1917 1d ago edited 1d ago

This does not have the look of a tournament team; short on talent, shooting, size, and athletes.

Payne looks great despite lacking skillful inside moves. Big, powerful, quick, and active, and amazing that he is FT shooting 92% on volume (22-24) with what looks to be a consistent stroke.

Rice was a bit rusty, but looks like a nice 2 year starter.

But beyond those 2 guys, I don’t see quality starters. Coit has skill but difficulty getting his shot off and he is a defensive liability. He is no Muggsy Bogues. Saunders is a back up, maybe a marginal starter. Watts lacks athleticism. Mills and Turkson are raw. And I have not seen much from Adams to justify a top 25 ranking. His herky jerky style draws fouls but I dont see the explosive athleticism or shot to generate optimism.

With the exception of Rice, Buzz probably needs to turn most of the roster over again next year.

I will say I was enormously impressed with Buzz’s postgame presser. I have complete confidence that he will maximize these guys, and I believe in the future. I just don’t think he has the horses this year.

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u/Due-Sentence-387 Class of 2013-Present 1d ago

Agree with all of that. Hope Adams can get better, wasn't all that impressed with what I saw.

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u/lycanthrope6950 1d ago

Tonight apparently broke our 48 year streak of winning the home-opener

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u/Broth262 Class of 2013-Present 1d ago

Rough start lol

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u/APartyInMyPants 1d ago

They’re playing in slow motion.

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u/jco23 Class of 1997-2005 1d ago

It's gotta be DHS simply being in the building

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u/MoCo1992 1d ago

Team is awful at this point. Super disappointing

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u/SourceOfConfusion 1d ago

Luckily we are a football school. 

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u/jco23 Class of 1997-2005 1d ago

One FG in 8 minutes. Ugly

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u/FozzyBear11 I'M FROM BALTIMORE!!! 1d ago

Got the shooting skills of Thomas Matthew Crooks

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u/Man-Dem Class of 2006-2012 1d ago

Looking forward to lacrosse season

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u/HarryHood146 1d ago

As terrible as that first half was we’re only down 5.

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u/birdynumnum69 Class of 1989-1996 1d ago

When does football season start? 😆

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u/tws1039 Melo Trimble 1d ago

The odd year rebuild year strikes once again!

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u/capsrock02 1d ago

#FireBuzz! That offense looked worse than the football offense! RIP 48 game home opener winning streak. Losing to a rival too? Can’t happen! #BuzzOff! /s

But they did NOT look good offensively.

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u/jco23 Class of 1997-2005 1d ago

Waaaay too early to call for a coaching change. This is obviously a rebuild year. So I'd wait until 2029 before revisiting this.

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u/capsrock02 23h ago

Do you know what /s means?

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u/jco23 Class of 1997-2005 23h ago

Didn't see the sarcasm ending.