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Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland  sports. Can Maryland realistically make it to a bowl game? Jeff Barker: The odds favor it, but it's no slam dunk. With four wins, the Terps need two more to become bowl eligible. Maryland has six games remaining, so the math appears promising. I don't usually predict future wins and losses game-by-game. Football (and life)

The Maryland's men's basketball team was picked sixth today in the Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball preseason coaches poll. Below is a look at the voting and the preseason All-ACC team.   1. NC State (8) 139 2. Duke (3) 130 3. North Carolina (1) 124 4. Miami 104 5. Florida State 103 6. Maryland 78 7. Virginia 68 8. Clemson 61 9. Georgia Tech 40 T10. Virginia Tech 32 T10. Wake Forest 32 12. Boston College 25 Preseason All-ACC Lorenzo Brown, Jr., NC State C.J. Leslie, Jr., NC State James Michael McAdoo, So., North Carolina Mason Plumlee, Sr., Duke Michael Snaer, Sr., Florida State Preseason ACC Player of the Year C.J. Leslie, Jr., NC State Preseason ACC Rookie of the Year Rodney Purvis, Fr., NC State  

The ACC announced today that schools will have not one, but two "primary partners" in basketball once Pitt, Syracuse and Notre Dame are in the conference. A primary partner is a school that you play twice every season -- home and away. Maryland's previously known partner was Pittsburgh. Now the Terps will also have Virginia locked in for two games each season as part of its 18-game league schedule. It all means, of course, that there will be fewer Maryland-Duke games. The Terps will still play Duke and every other ACC team once a season, but only very occasionally will Maryland and the Blue Devils meet twice in the same season.

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Each day this week leading up to Thursday's NFL draft, we will highlight one prospect whom the Ravens could draft with the 29th overall pick. Today's player is Georgia Tech wide receiver Stephen Hill, who will likely parlay an eye-popping performance at the NFL scouting combine into being a late first-round draft pick. Background: Hill was a three-sport star in high school and opted to attend Georgia Tech so he could play close to home. In three seasons in Georgia Tech's triple-option attack, Hill caught 49 passes for 1,248 yards and nine touchdowns.

Ever since the 2011 season ended, the Ravens have talked about acquiring another wide receiver. But with the free agency list depleted and the Ravens drafting late in each round, it's doubtful they can make a big splash. But the most intriguing receiver who might be there or close to where the Ravens draft in the first round (29th overall) is Georgia Tech wide receiver Stephen Hill. He is 6-4 and runs a 4.36 forty-yard dash, which makes him the perfect complement to Torrey Smith at the other outside receiver position.

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As the final minutes wound down in sixth-ranked Maryland's 73-58 victory over Wake Forest in Saturday's Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball tournament semifinals, Lynetta Kizer implored Terrapins supporters at Greensboro Coliseum to rise and join her in celebrating the moment. The senior center certainly was soaking in third-seeded Maryland's 13th trip to the ACC title game, and her performance contributed considerably to her team's fifth straight win and 12th in a row over the Demon Deacons.

The sixth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team survived a cardiac finish in the ACC tournament final on Sunday, getting the go-ahead basket from Anjale Barrett and a pair of pressure free throws from Alyssa Thomas down the stretch to fend off No. 15 Georgia Tech, 68-65, and become the first to claim 10 conference championships. Named ACC player of the year on Thursday and tournament MVP three days later, Thomas scored 16 of her career-high 29 points in the second half, including both ends of one-and-one foul shots with 23 seconds to play that kept third-seeded Maryland in front by four.

Sometimes, a basketball season becomes a blur. One game starts to blend into the next until they are practically indistinguishable. That's what's happening this season. The reason? The Terps keep committing similar sorts of errors, particularly on the road. Lack of inside toughness, not enough sharing the ball. There is a sameness to the road losses. I guess the young, depth-challenged Terps are who they are. I noted in my game story that Mark Turgeon delivered his post-game remarks with his head lowered and in an almost disbelieving tone.