Cameron Indoor Stadium

Which do you consider Maryland's best opening among North Carolina, Duke or Wake Forest? I think it's Duke. The Blue Devils have looked vulnerable since blowing out the Terps at Cameron Indoor Stadium. ( For more, go to baltimoresun.com/terpsblog)

So how do you prepare for a top-ranked Duke team that has won 28 straight games at Cameron Indoor Stadium and 24 straight overall? It's a team that beat Maryland by 41 points at Cameron in 2009 and by 21 points a year ago. If you're the Terps, perhaps you simply don't think about the weight of all that history. Maybe you just try to play, and understand that it is just one game — the first Atlantic Coast Conference away game — and that two more road contests will quickly follow after Sunday night.

DURHAM, N.C. -- The routine post-game bustle in the visiting locker room at Cameron Indoor Stadium last night was interrupted by the booming voice of a brash Maryland freshman whose play this season has earned him the right to speak out like a senior. "MIKE WHO?" yelled Greivis Vasquez, who was one rebound away from a triple double in his first trip to Duke. "MIKE JONES! WHO? WHO? MIKE JONES!" North Carolina State @Maryland Saturday,

Since when is "Hell Night 101" one of the course offerings at the University of Maryland, College Park? The comportment of some of the students after the victory over Duke the other night was abhorrent, embarrassing and absolutely not to be tolerated. It's embarrassing enough when the UM student section chants epithets at opposing players. Kids will be kids, and they're obviously feebly attempting to "out-crazy" the "Duke Crazies" student section at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Blacksburg, Va. -- Instead of celebrating his team's shocking overtime win at Duke earlier this month, Virginia Tech sophomore guard A.D. Vassallo headed home to mourn - again. He drove about 90 miles from campus to Lynchburg, Va., where Becky Carwile, his host mother, died from cancer last season. Vassallo, a native of Puerto Rico, lived with the Carwiles while attending high school and prep school. After a 69-67 upset of the Blue Devils - the program's first victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium -Vassallo went home for the anniversary of her death.

DURHAM, N.C. -- Less than a minute into the second half last night at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Maryland coach Gary Williams had seen enough. Trailing Duke by 11 points at halftime and by 16 after 56 more seconds had elapsed, Williams called a timeout. For a moment, he stood on the court, behind his team's huddle, trying to come up with something prophetic to say rather than just something profane. Florida State@Maryland Saturday, 3 p.m., Ch. 54, 1300 AM, 105.7 FM Records: Florida State (14-10, 3-6 ACC)

Since when is "Hell Night 101" one of the course offerings at the University of Maryland, College Park? The comportment of some of the students after the victory over Duke the other night was abhorrent, embarrassing and absolutely not to be tolerated. It's embarrassing enough when the UM student section chants epithets at opposing players. Kids will be kids, and they're obviously feebly attempting to "out-crazy" the "Duke Crazies" student section at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

DURHAM, N.C. -- They had been here for a while, some for nearly two months. They had turned the grounds around Cameron Indoor Stadium into a yuppified tent city, an L.L. Bean catalog come to life.Camping out in line for basketball tickets has been in vogue at Duke for several years now. But nothing compares to what had happened this season. And, as a result, the tradition might end with last night's final home game against Maryland."We appreciate their support, but I think we have to do something about them waiting so long," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said earlier this season.

DURHAM, N.C. -- They had been here for a while, some for nearly two months. They had turned the grounds around Cameron Indoor Stadium into a yuppified tent city, an L.L. Bean catalog come to life.Camping out in line for basketball tickets has been in vogue at Duke for several years now. But nothing compares to what had happened here this season. And, as a result, the tradition might be brought to an end with last night's final home game against Maryland."We appreciate their support, but I think we have to do something about them waiting so long," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said earlier this season.

DURHAM, N.C. -- By the time they arrived here for last year's game against Duke, the freshmen on the University of Maryland basketball team had heard from the seniors all the horror stories about playing at Cameron Indoor Stadium.The upperclassmen did too good a job preparing them."Kevin McLinton and Evers Burns told us what to expect from the crowd," recalled sophomore forward Exree Hipp. "But we were so worried about the crowd that we forgot about the game. When they started counting my dribbles, I was listening to them instead of doing what I was supposed to."

So many of the architects of the longstanding Maryland-Duke rivalry were in attendance Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. There was former Terrapins coach Lefty Driesell and former Duke player J.J. Redick, a Maryland nemesis. There was current Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who was celebrating his 1,000th game at Duke and his 63rd birthday. And there was Maryland coach Gary Williams, whose Terrapins were unable to use Saturday's game to revive the rivalry, which has turned one-sided the past few seasons.

Which do you consider Maryland's best opening among North Carolina, Duke or Wake Forest? I think it's Duke. The Blue Devils have looked vulnerable since blowing out the Terps at Cameron Indoor Stadium. ( For more, go to baltimoresun.com/terpsblog)

DURHAM, N.C. -- Less than a minute into the second half last night at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Maryland coach Gary Williams had seen enough. Trailing Duke by 11 points at halftime and by 16 after 56 more seconds had elapsed, Williams called a timeout. For a moment, he stood on the court, behind his team's huddle, trying to come up with something prophetic to say rather than just something profane. Florida State@Maryland Saturday, 3 p.m., Ch. 54, 1300 AM, 105.7 FM Records: Florida State (14-10, 3-6 ACC)

DURHAM, N.C. -- The routine post-game bustle in the visiting locker room at Cameron Indoor Stadium last night was interrupted by the booming voice of a brash Maryland freshman whose play this season has earned him the right to speak out like a senior. "MIKE WHO?" yelled Greivis Vasquez, who was one rebound away from a triple double in his first trip to Duke. "MIKE JONES! WHO? WHO? MIKE JONES!" North Carolina State @Maryland Saturday,

Blacksburg, Va. -- Instead of celebrating his team's shocking overtime win at Duke earlier this month, Virginia Tech sophomore guard A.D. Vassallo headed home to mourn - again. He drove about 90 miles from campus to Lynchburg, Va., where Becky Carwile, his host mother, died from cancer last season. Vassallo, a native of Puerto Rico, lived with the Carwiles while attending high school and prep school. After a 69-67 upset of the Blue Devils - the program's first victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium -Vassallo went home for the anniversary of her death.

COLLEGE PARK - They were part of what might have been the most scintillating first half in any college basketball game this season. As for what happened in the final 10 minutes at Duke on Thursday night, in the most-hyped contest of the season so far, the Maryland Terrapins would rather just move on to the next game. No. 3 Maryland was quite forgettable in crunch time at Cameron Indoor Stadium, as it tumbled to a 99-78 defeat by breaking down on multiple fronts. In the process, the Terps got another lesson from the top-ranked and defending national champion Blue Devils on how to finish what you start.

COLLEGE PARK - They were part of what might have been the most scintillating first half in any college basketball game this season. As for what happened in the final 10 minutes at Duke on Thursday night, in the most-hyped contest of the season so far, the Maryland Terrapins would rather just move on to the next game. No. 3 Maryland was quite forgettable in crunch time at Cameron Indoor Stadium, as it tumbled to a 99-78 defeat by breaking down on multiple fronts. In the process, the Terps got another lesson from the top-ranked and defending national champion Blue Devils on how to finish what you start.

So how do you prepare for a top-ranked Duke team that has won 28 straight games at Cameron Indoor Stadium and 24 straight overall? It's a team that beat Maryland by 41 points at Cameron in 2009 and by 21 points a year ago. If you're the Terps, perhaps you simply don't think about the weight of all that history. Maybe you just try to play, and understand that it is just one game — the first Atlantic Coast Conference away game — and that two more road contests will quickly follow after Sunday night.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The shortest commute in major college basketball stretches nine miles from Duke to North Carolina along state Highway 15-501. Not much time -- 15 minutes, and that's if you don't make all the lights -- to work up a good sweat and get prepared for what's in store. That's all the time it takes. It doesn't matter if you're a legendary coach named Dean Smith or a legend-in-the-making named Mike Krzyzewski or a fast-rising coaching star named Matt Doherty. It doesn't matter if you're Duke All-American Shane Battier or North Carolina's 7-foot-5 redshirt freshman, Neil Fingleton.

DURHAM, N.C. -- And the beatings go on. Maryland lost its fifth straight basketball game to Duke, 95-77, last night before a sellout crowd of 9,314 at steamy Cameron Indoor Stadium. The nation's No. 2 team took control in the fourth minute, never let go and tightened its grip on a third straight Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title. The Blue Devils have won 28 of the past 33 meetings between the two programs. The previous three had come with an average cushion of 25.7 points, and this one was as easy as its predecessors.