Kind of a misnomer since neither installment was a challenge for our Hoyas. Maryland was destroyed by our balanced, perfectly executed JTIII offense (improved version of the Pete Carril Princeton offense) and our stifling defense. Gervaise Vasquez went 1-7 with 4 turnovers and 0 assists. He was averaging 20 points a game before playing us and scored 20 against Michigan after playing us. Maryland looked overwhelmed and lost on the court. They were either completely unprepared for our offense or just incapable of stopping it. Either way it was the final proof needed for me that our program is on the rise and theirs is a mess. Had the Terps won against us, they would have at the very least been able to jump start their local recruiting - a battle they are losing against us every year. And if those fools try to act like they aren't after the guys we recruit locally, it is common knowledge that the Terps went hard after Freeman and Wright which must have made the beating we put on them hurt even more.
As for Part II of the DC Basketball Challenge, we were up 40-12 over American. I only started taping the game at 2:00, forgetting that we started playing at 1:00. Needless to say, when I saw that American outscored us by a few points in the second half, it was clear to me that we had to have taken our collective foot off the pedal. It didn't seem worth watching the second half of that game so I didn't. I would be promising to give you a more detailed review of tonight's game against Savannah State but it is not on TV at all. We can expect to beat this team pretty badly too and to get some minutes for our back-ups. These games would be pretty worthless for the development of our young team but since they are mixed in with some tough games, I think they do serve a purpose because we need all the experience playing together as a team that we can get.