The Grounds

Nice work by TB and the team to pull out the UMD win. However, fans had every reason to question the strategy and execution at the end of the FSU and BC games.

Question the strategy yes, but some idiots were calling him the worst late game coach ever!! Imagine what he can do with good guards on the floor.

Bennett said in post game that Tobey was the #3 option on that play.

I'd also like to point out we should judge the process not the results. I still didn't like the process at the end of the game. There was way too much confusion before we called a TO.

Things worked out for us but certainly I don't think Bennett's late game coaching has been stellar. Coaches don't always become coaches knowing everything. There is a learning process and this is an area where Bennett has an opportunity to improve.

I would also question how the team, handled Maryland's press as well but that's another rant.

However, on the other side of the equation, the defense Bennett has taught the team kept UVA in the game when the offense truly was stinking up the joint, the team remained patient and scrapped its way back in the game. Bennett deserves some credit for that.

That wasn't a good play. That ball barely got threw to Tobey, it definitely wasn't the first option.
He did call a time out at the end when JE was dribbling to ball around while down by 2 at the end running out the clock.. You're down, don't poop around with the ball.

Well, we beat the press far more effectively than we did in the 2nd half up in College Spark (we had 16 TOs in the first matchup). That we chose to take quick shots afterwards was a different issue than breaking the press.

Fact is, we missed a ludicrously large number of shots, many of them open, by players that normally make them. Given that several came up unusually short (including more than 5 FTs), it sure appeared that our legs weren't completely there. Then there was the fact that Maryland was making everything. Seriously, Faust? These 2 factors had far more to do with the first half deficit than press breakage or speeding the game up.

Funny...I thought it was poor management again - third time in three games. Why would you wait to call a TO with 7 seconds left when you had the ball past midcourt with 18 seconds left?