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By Don Markus and Don Markus,Sun reporter | March 13, 2007
COLLEGE PARK-- --Five years after coaching Maryland to the national championship, not much has changed for - or about - Gary Williams. At 62, he still can be combative and thin-skinned, and he usually is at his best when things appear at their worst. A little more than a month ago, his Terrapins were 3-6 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and seemed destined for their third straight appearance in the National Invitation Tournament. Williams was once again being skewered on radio talk shows and Internet message boards.
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By Don Markus and Don Markus,Sun reporter | March 20, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS -- While the National Invitation Tournament is a losing proposition financially for teams such as Maryland that are sent on the road, the Terrapins got something in return during Tuesday's victory over Minnesota in the opening round at Williams Arena. Maryland gained the satisfaction that comes with winning, something the Terps hadn't experienced since a visit to Wake Forest three weeks ago. The team's freshmen also gained more experience in the 68-58 win, and they'll likely get more when Maryland (19-14)
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By HEATHER A. DINICH and HEATHER A. DINICH,SUN REPORTER | March 18, 2006
COLLEGE PARK -- Five days after an emotional Maryland basketball team learned its place in the postseason was in the less-prestigious National Invitation Tournament, disappointment still lingered at Comcast Center. Maryland coach Gary Williams said yesterday that today's 11 a.m. home game against Manhattan will not fill the void of missing the NCAA tournament, and part of his challenge is getting his team excited to play in this one. Manhattan @Maryland NIT, today, 11 a.m., ESPN, 1300 AM, 105.7 FM Line: Maryland by 12 1/2
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By Milton Kent | April 1, 1994
The Maryland women's basketball team will take part in the inaugural preseason women's National Invitation Tournament next season.The Terps, who finished 15-13, will play Virginia Tech (25-4), the Metro Conference winner, Nov. 15 at Cole Field House.The 16-team preseason NIT will replace the eight-team postseason tournament, which became obsolete with this year's expansion of the NCAA tournament from 48 to 64 teams.Each game in the tournament, including the quarterfinals on Nov. 17, the semifinals on Nov. 20 and the championship game on Nov. 22, will take place at home sites, which will be determined in later rounds by attendance.
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By DAVID STEELE | August 27, 2008
To answer your question, no, it is not too much to ask a team that has won a national championship to reach the NCAA tournament in more than half of the next six seasons. That is Gary Williams' fault. He raised that bar. Without 2002, or the Final Four in 2001, he would have much more reasonable expectations to live with. That's what separates the disappointments of Ralph Friedgen's Terps football program from those of Williams' men's basketball program. Friedgen actually buys himself some slack for not taking them into Florida State territory.
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By BILL ORDINE | March 19, 2008
It may be of little consolation for Maryland basketball fans who watched the men's team stumble and bumble its way to the finish line and play its way out of the NCAA tournament, but two-time defending national champion Florida was just as sorry down the stretch. The Gators lost eight of their final 11 and received the same consolation prize as the Terps, a berth in the National Invitation Tournament.