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)

The Cameron Crazies get their first chance to “comment” today on Maryland's impending exit from the Atlantic Coast Conference. Predictably, notes about the Big Ten move are included on  the Crazy prep sheets distributed before today's Duke-Maryland game. I spotted a “Good Riddance” sign inside Cameron with a Terps logo in the middle.  It wasn't a Crazy holding it, however, but rather a middle-aged woman (a Crazy retiree?). "Let's show them the way out of the ACC in style," said a notation on the actual prep sheet.

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,

After its stunning, 27-point loss at Miami on Wednesday night, Duke is going to have additional motivation Saturday against Maryland. The Blue Devils, who will still be No. 1 until the next poll comes out, have defeated the Terps five times in a row. “Duke is going to be ready to go,” said Maryland coach Mark Turgeon, who said today he is hopeful his team can “hang around.” Turgeon hadn't yet watched first-place Miami's 90-63 win over...

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 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. -- 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. -- The Duke Blue Devils and freshman Grant Hill step into the future tonight when they open the college basketball season by hosting Marquette at 7:30 in rowdy Cameron Indoor Stadium.The game (ESPN), which will feature the regular season debut of Hill, is one of eight first-round games in the preseason National Invitation Tournament, which features a powerhouse field, including No. 2 Arkansas, No. 3 Arizona, No. 15 Oklahoma and Notre Dame.The Duke-Marquette winner will face the Boston College-Memphis State winner Friday at a site not yet determined.

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

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.