Dick vitale 'Tough Team Deal With'
Dick vitale 'Tough Team Deal With, There is perhaps no voice more synonymous with college basketball than that of ESPN analyst and Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Vitale.
Vitale joined Glenn Clark Radio March 9, and he had high praise for the Maryland men's basketball team and what Mark Turgeon's squad has accomplished so far this season during the team's first year in the Big Ten.
"The transition they made really well, especially in basketball," Vitale said. "However, you know, I was very outspoken about it when it initially happened because I look at Maryland as an ACC [school]. I see them with Carolina and Duke, and I always felt geographically that's where they belong, but you can't argue with dollars and that's what it's all about. Everything comes down to the financial end and obviously it was a great move for them financially and now they're making the most of it." For the Terps, "making the most of it" translated to a 26-5 regular-season record as they closed out the year on a seven-game winning streak. Led by the freshman Melo Trimble (16.1 points per game), senior Dez Wells (15.3 ppg) and junior Jake Layman (13.1 ppg), the Terps enter the Big Ten tournament as the No. 2 seed.
Vitale gave credit to Turgeon, as well as an offseason roster makeover that included the departures of junior guard Nick Faust, sophomore forward Charles Mitchell, forward Shaquille Cleare, guard Seth Allen and freshman guard Roddy Peters.
"Mark Turgeon's done a terrific job," Vitale said. "If it weren't for [University of Kentucky coach] John Calipari going 31-0, man, going undefeated, Turgeon might be the coach of the year. … Turgeon's done a great job with this team. They really had addition through subtraction, lost some key players who transferred, left, but really the arrival of Trimble, and Wells has become a superstar, basically Layman's developed. It's a very good basketball team. They defend. They really will be a tough team to deal with come the tournament."
Vitale also minimized the need for a team to put up blowout wins.
"They find a way to win," Vitale said of the Terps. "They're not going out there going to pounce people, go up and down the court and beat people by 30, 25. The name of the game is to get ahead on the scoreboard, and they've done a terrific job in that respect. … Maryland has nothing to be ashamed of this year. Whether the games are close or not, they found a way to win."
For more from Vitale, including his take on the Baltimore Orioles, the Syracuse basketball program, his new book and more:
Vitale joined Glenn Clark Radio March 9, and he had high praise for the Maryland men's basketball team and what Mark Turgeon's squad has accomplished so far this season during the team's first year in the Big Ten.
"The transition they made really well, especially in basketball," Vitale said. "However, you know, I was very outspoken about it when it initially happened because I look at Maryland as an ACC [school]. I see them with Carolina and Duke, and I always felt geographically that's where they belong, but you can't argue with dollars and that's what it's all about. Everything comes down to the financial end and obviously it was a great move for them financially and now they're making the most of it." For the Terps, "making the most of it" translated to a 26-5 regular-season record as they closed out the year on a seven-game winning streak. Led by the freshman Melo Trimble (16.1 points per game), senior Dez Wells (15.3 ppg) and junior Jake Layman (13.1 ppg), the Terps enter the Big Ten tournament as the No. 2 seed.
Vitale gave credit to Turgeon, as well as an offseason roster makeover that included the departures of junior guard Nick Faust, sophomore forward Charles Mitchell, forward Shaquille Cleare, guard Seth Allen and freshman guard Roddy Peters.
"Mark Turgeon's done a terrific job," Vitale said. "If it weren't for [University of Kentucky coach] John Calipari going 31-0, man, going undefeated, Turgeon might be the coach of the year. … Turgeon's done a great job with this team. They really had addition through subtraction, lost some key players who transferred, left, but really the arrival of Trimble, and Wells has become a superstar, basically Layman's developed. It's a very good basketball team. They defend. They really will be a tough team to deal with come the tournament."
Vitale also minimized the need for a team to put up blowout wins.
"They find a way to win," Vitale said of the Terps. "They're not going out there going to pounce people, go up and down the court and beat people by 30, 25. The name of the game is to get ahead on the scoreboard, and they've done a terrific job in that respect. … Maryland has nothing to be ashamed of this year. Whether the games are close or not, they found a way to win."
For more from Vitale, including his take on the Baltimore Orioles, the Syracuse basketball program, his new book and more:
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