Those Md-Duke games were WARS--for a few years it was the best rivalry in college hoops! Awesome memories! (The Steve Blake steal against Jason Williams--I was at Cole for that game--my ears are STILL ringing LOL!!)

As a Maryland fan ,I respect that

The sports writers at one time declared MARYLAND-DUKE was the No.1 rivalry in sports. The Dookies always said, "Not our rival!", deep inside they knew better, back a few years ago when only 1 team from each conference would go to the tourney. NC state won with David Thompson, Tom Burleson, & Monte Towe... for that Kodak moment their thoughts of winning, they said, "it was nothing compared to beating Maryland!" I feel sorry for the ACC that Maryland has left the building.

Me too, every time we play a game, i wonder we did this JUST for money. Sad because we belong in the ACC. We ARE the ACC where we are geographically located. Notre Dame is Big Ten, it's all reversed and I hate it!

Exactly!

After the Big East was dismantled I pretty much stopped watching college hoops. F-k the NCAA.

yes

I'm a Michigan fan and love the Big Ten and think Maryland has great potential as a Big Ten member, but it is sad when rivalries like this are essentially ended because of realignment. Let's pretend the shoe's on the other foot and Michigan joined the ACC. I'd be so sad to see our major rivalries with Ohio State and Michigan State ended; or in the "best" case scenario only played a couple times every 10-20 years. It would even be miserable to lose rivalries Michigan has with schools like Minnesota (and with it the oldest college football trophy, Little Brown Jug) or series with schools like Iowa or Purdue where there have been fantastic games and upsets, even if many if those upsets came at the expense of Michigan. So, I feel for Terrapin fans and the heartache the Big Ten move has caused. Hopefully now Maryland can start a great rivalry with neighboring Penn State (they seem like natural rivals) or create some other rivalries the way they did with Duke, by having memorable games with high stakes.

That’s what everyone wanted that year. It sucks it didn’t happen.

A little?? They went 1 for 3 bro

03? No. Lol

We could have won ALL 4 of them--EVERY one!!

Bc Jay Williams choked

222333aaaaa, yep. that's what he did. if it weren't for battier, jay williiams would be the biggest choke artist in NCAA history

@@danielauman2196 yea because Williams had such a terrible year in 2001. Had nothing to do with their championship

That's debatable

My guess is you'll see it again in the next ten years as soon as ACC football flames out

when'd redick get there?

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As it turns out, The University of Maryland was ahead of the curve by leaving it's traditional conference, mostly for financial reasons. Today's ACC in no way resembles the 2002 version. All of today's power conferences have come about at the expense of great rivalries. The Big Eight, Southwestern Conference, and others are only a fading memory to sports fans. The only thing power conferences are good for is the RPI, which gives them a leg up in gaining access to March Madness. For me, the excitement of playing Duke and Carolina twice a year can never be replaced by playing the best teams in the B1G.

maryland blows at everything

No they are not doing fine they are blowing everything. Since that time Duke has been getting better and umd has gotten so much worse

@@eboooo Old comment but what do you expect, a team leaving a conference after playing for over 60 years in it never goes well, if duke went to the big ten they would be NOWHERE near as good for at LEAST a decade.

Then unc hired Roy Williams lol

8-20 !

Unc went to 3 final fours from 97-01

@@Darth1182 that overall period was still down for UNC

They womens teams played for a national championship in 2006. I remember that Kristie Tolliver step back 3 to tie the game and then Maryland won in overtime.

Unc went to 3 final fours during that time lmao

@@Darth1182 they went to one in 2000. I said early 2000s so that’s 2000-2004. Maryland and duke were playing at a much higher level then UNC during those years.

Duke fans have too much pride and ego to admit it, their players are more level headed and honest lol.

I think the players just ended the argument. This 2 year stretch was far more vicious than most of the duke nc series

@@andrewwlewis1trolling unc. From 97-01, unc went to 3 final fours

+kai burhans Maryland got blackballed by Coach K just be ore we left. Glad we got one of their players from them, it was time to leave after all these schools joined the ACC from the Big East who were nowhere near the Atlantic Coast of anywhere. Also the fact that PItt was supposed to be our designated rival. Gimme a break!

kai burhans acc is full of dogshit cheaters...louisville, unc, syracuse, and duke will have something drop im sure of it.

Yeah and the big 10 has 14 teams that's dysfunctional by your definition. Maryland left all for the money don't kid yourself.

@@skinsman82000 still waiting

Agreed

COMBS TV Or perhaps in the NCAA Tournament sometime. Where you can't duck anyone, right Coach K?

rockvilleraven you sound salty

+scythecam Just because the Terps got blackballed after we announced we're leaving for the B1G. If it weren't for the GOR-Grant of Rights all the other ACC schools signed binding them to the Conference until 2025. Otherwise the league would be big trouble. If the ACC starts their 24 hour network, they'll be without the DC Market without Maryland. They're still sticking it to us by having their tournament in DC this year, but the Big Ten will have it here next year.

yeah maryland