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The skara foul/block was not at the ball it was the body. ...

LOL. Ok.  I'm sure if that was Wells driving for a dunk, and Skara clearly blocked it with his hand on the ball, you would be claiming it was the right call  bc he got him "with the body".    Give me a break. 

You guys played a great game, but believe it or not...Valpo benefitted from some bad ref calls too.  But if in your minds, u want to blame the refs as the reason u all lost, so be it.  It's not going to change anything. Next time don't be down 3 points at the end of the game where a ref call can decide it.

Terps fan here.   First off, great game...you have one heck of a 3 point shooting team.   If you have most of your players coming back, you are going to a force next year.  Your team showed a lot of fight and kept coming back and didnt back down - much respect for your team.   Peters is a stud, plays with a lot of grit, and from the other side he made a couple of borderline dirty plays...but that's basketball.  Looks like a future pro.

As far as the officiating goes, there is no debate on this point - you all got fouled on the last shot of the game. No question.  Ref has to make that call.  However, the rebound play that got tipped out of bounds, both players hit that ball at the same time.  Don't know how u can say that was obviously off Maryland.  Also, how about MD's starting center Dodd who picked up his third and 4th foul on the clear block and then subsequent tech foul when Peters tried to dunk on him early in the 2nd half.  Peters was clearly not fouled, then fell to the feet of Dodd who stared down at him when he just laying there at his feet.  Trust me - MD fans were losing their sht after that play.  Lost our starting C for most of the 2nd half bc of an awful ref call.

Anyway - great game...marred by some awful calls on both sides.  This is how MD has won games all year.  Think I said that earlier in this thread.  We don't blow out anyone...they just find a way with Trimble, Wells and good FT shooting.  Good luck next year for u guys. No doubt we'll see u back in the big dance.

Btw- Bryce Drew seems like a class act.  But do have to question his decision to run clock all the way down at the end of the game just to shoot a 3 at the end. Oh well.

If you have a 6-7 point guard who is a good defender and a center who is a great shot blocker, we are going to have a problem with that.  Expect a nail biter.  We don't blow anyone out anyway. 


If we lose, good luck to you guys.  Who can't root for a small school like Valpo?   MD fans are just happy we don't suck anymore after the last 4 years and are back to respectability again.  We will probably be even better next year so this tournament is gravy for us.  Either way, sounds like there is a good chance Buffalo will be waiting for us Sunday so it could be Sweet 16 for the winner of our game.

Terp fan here.  We got royally screwed and our fanbase is pretty salty right now.  We are a top 10 ranked team, 27-6  in a conference with 7 teams that made it, and we are a 4 seed?  Oklahoma gets a 3 seed with 10 losses and we were 2-0 vs the Big 12 with wins at Iowa St. and Oklahoma St.  Now they put us in Kentucky's region and we are matched up vs you guys who probably should be a 12 seed at worst judging by your RPI.  Would like to hear the justification for that.  Anyway....

We are basically a 2 man team right now.  Trimble, our point guard is very very good and Wells is a dominant scorer at the 3. He can score inside our outside. Very athletic.  Rest of the team is just ok except for Jake Layman who is a PF but plays more like a 3.  Our inside game on offense is pretty non existant, but Dodd is solid rim defender on defense.  We dont turn it over much, but we arent a great rebounding team either.  Dont foul us because we make our free throws.

Dont know much about you guys other than the game I saw u play in the conference final vs Wisconsin GB.   Either your defense is really good or they just couldnt shoot. It was pretty ugly from what I saw, but maybe thats your style.  Dont really know.   I am betting its a close game...and we should win....but we can be beat if u play good defense.