Now let's try and do a little better the second time around against a major conference opponent.
Brenda Frese welcomes her old school in to the Comcast Center to face her current school in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. It's the third year of the Challenge and the ACC's ahead 2-1 in this year's edition coming in to tonight. The Terps definitely want to do their part for the conference by taking down the Gophers.
Somehow, Maryland is ranked in the coaches poll again this week despite getting pasted a couple Sunday's ago at Mississippi State and having done nothing but beat up on patsies since then. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, are in the "receiving votes" category in the same poll (due to wiping out in a holiday tournament against Texas and Rutgers.) Whatever. Pollsters never were accused of being the smartest group.
Anyway, back to tonight's game, which starts in like 3 minutes so I'd better hurry this up. Gophers are 5-2, best win is at a good TCU team, but they have losses to Utah (by 1) and, in their latest game, to preseason top 10 team Xavier. Kiara Buford and Ashley Ellis-Milan both average over 13 points per game for the Gophers. No one grabs more than 5.9 rebounds per game (Ellis-Milan's total) so the Gophers could be at a disadvantage on the boards tonight.
I think Maryland continues to defend Comcast Center and gets the ACC a valuable win in the Challenge tonight. Listen to the broadcast currently on LIVE on www.wmucsports.com; my friends Brian Kaufman, Daniel Baker, and Kevin Hannigan are on the call. I'll be back after the game with a recap that's much less rushed than this gameday post.
PREDICTION - Maryland 81, Minnesota 72
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