Men's Basketball

University of Maryland: College Park

Comcast Center - College Park, MD - 20742
Team Office: Tel: (301) 314-7029 Fax: (301) 314-7149
Team website: umterps.ocsn.com/

The University of Maryland is a top notch research institution (Carnegie I) having 13 different schools on campus including Architecture, Journalism, Business, and Public Affairs. The Clark School of Engineering is nationally recognized as is its Computer Science and Education programs. Maryland offers more than 90 Bachelor degree programs, over 70 Master's, and over 60 Doctorates. Majors offered include Urban Studies, Public Policy Analysis, Physical Education, Conservation, Marine Biology, Family and Community Studies, Criminology, and Art History. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Maryland #54 among national institutions.

The university is located in College Park (pop.25k) just nine miles from Washington D.C.

School website
www.maryland.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

33,000

Getting In:

Difficult. Incoming SAT 25/75: 1170-1390

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$17,000
Out-of-State: ~$31,000

Most Popular Majors

Criminology - Economics - Finance

Misc. Information

Gary Williams completed his 19th year in 2007-08 as Maryland's head coach. Prior to coming to Maryland, Williams was head coach at Boston College, American University, and Ohio State. A starting point guard for the Terps for three years before graduating with a business degree in 1968, Williams took over a program in 1989-90 that had been sanctioned by the NCAA and won just nine games the year before while finishing last in conference. In his first year, Williams won 19 games. Williams has become the 6th winningest coach in the tough Atlantic Coast Conference. In 2002, he guided the Terps to the national championship. Through 30 seasons overall, Williams has collected 604 wins, placing him among the top 20 winningest active coaches. In 2007-08, Maryland finished with a 19-15 record and were eliminated by Syracuse in the second round of the NIT.

Team Name	Terrapins
Colors	Red ,White, Black ,and Gold
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	1314-903 (.592)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	19-15	25-9	19-13	98-37 (.725)
Conference	8-8	10-6	8-8	43-21 (.671)
Conf. Finish	5	2	6	6, 6, 2, 1, 3
Post Appear.	NIT	2nd Rnd	NIT	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#18	NR	4x

Coaches

Head Coach	Gary Williams
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Maryland	1989-90
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	604-343 (.637)
Record at Maryland	397-215 (.648)
Coaching Awards	ACC COTY 2x, Naismith COTY Finalist 3x, College Ho

Asst. Coaches	Michael Adams, Keith Booth, Chuck Driesell

Recruiting Coordinator

Keith Booth, (301) 314-7029, kbooth@umd.edu

Conference and Schedule

Maryland plays in the Atlantic Coast Conference (www.theacc.com) which has long enjoyed the reputation as one of the strongest D1 conferences. The league is comprised of eleven teams from six states. With the expansion to 12 teams in 2005, the ACC schedule could no longer accommodate a home-and-away series between every pair of teams each season. In the new scheduling model, each team is assigned two permanent partners and nine rotating partners over a three-year period. Maryland plays a 16 game schedule, playing each team twice, home and away. League play commences in January with most games played on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings and Saturday or Sunday afternoon. The season concludes with the ACC tourney which includes all teams with the top five teams receiving first round byes. Winner is an automatic NCAA qualifier.

Conference Opponents

Duke, Clemson, Boston College, North Carolina State, Florida State, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Miami, Virgina Tech, and Wake Forest

Facilities

Comcast Center
Capacity 17,100 Average attendance ?

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Maryland was ranked 13th in scoring offense at 79 ppg.