Well, the Florida Gators are repeat champs in Men's College basketball and the Tennessee Vols are back on top as the Womens champs. Congrats to both teams. Now that College Basketball is over, I need to at least say "congrats" to very good seasons by the Maryland University basketball teams.
The Womens team which had won its last seven NCAA games, including the National Championship game last year, lost in the second round his year and finished with a 28-6 record. The defending champs had beaten 31 consecutive nonconference opponents, including Harvard, 89-65 in the first round, before losing to Mississippi.
Senior Shay Doron is the only senior starter to graduate, so the women's team should still be great next year, with All-American Crystal Langhorne and a very good cast of players.
The Maryland Terps men's team lost to Butler and finished the year 25-9 having advanced to the NCAA Midwest Region's second round. It was the 14th consecutive season the Terrapins qualified for postseason play, but was the first time back in the NCAA tournament in three years. The Maryland men's team was National Champs in 2002.
The men Terps loose three starters to graduation; Ekene Ibekwe, Mike Jones and D.J. Strawberry. The men's team needs some underclassman to step up next year if the Terps are going to be back in the NCAA tournament next season. Their task is much harder than the women.
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