There will be no edition of The Diamondback this Friday due to turkey-related festivities but that has not stopped winter athletic programs in College Park from continuing their season. And it certainly won’t stop me from bringing devoted wrestling followers a weekend preview.

The excitement from upsetting Cornell last week and ascending into most publications’ Top 5 is beginning to wear off. And for coach Kerry McCoy, that is probably a good thing because the schedule doesn’t get any easier.

The No. 5 Terps (3-0) are heading to Troy, N.Y. this weekend for the Northeast Duals and what looks to be three more difficult matches.

The team will face Northern Colorado first at 9:15 a.m, and will end against No. 13 Lehigh at 3:15 p.m., with a match against No. 11 Central Michigan sandwiched in between.

For a breakdown of each match follow me past the jump.

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This via Terp SID Shawn Nestor. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Out for season:
P             35           Travis Baltz (finger)
OL           79           Tyler Bowen (foot)
DB          14           Nolan Carroll (leg)
OL           65           Danny Edwards (broken left arm)
OL           63           Bennett Fulper (shoulder)
DL           88           Isaiah Ross (knee)
 
Doubtful:
DB          12           Kenny Tate (ankle)
 
Probable:
QB          11           Jamarr Robinson (leg)
QB          10           Chris Turner (knee)
 
Notes: Edwards was hurt in Tuesday’s practice. John Dillon is the backup at center.

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Lahaina, Hawaii- The Terps got the start they wanted, hitting their first four shots to take a quick lead.

Then they started being plagued by some of the same problems that set them back in yesterday’s loss to Cincinnati, and the Badgers, who finished the half shooting 51 percent, got hot.

The Terps missed free throws, failed to create transition offense with their press and struggled to rebound.

The Badgers are winning the rebounding battle, 17-9. They’ve hit seven three-pointers, including three by Trevon Hughes. Even with 10 turnovers, they are rolling right now after taking the Terps best shot early.

An NBA scout just turned to me and said, “The Terps may be practicing tonight at midnight if they lose this one.”

That sounds about right.

Eric Detweiler is The Diamondback’s Terrapin Men’s Basketball Team beat writer. He can be reached at edetweilerdbk@gmail.com. You can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/edetweiler.

Lahaina, Hawaii- The Terps are getting ready for the game that will pretty much make-or-break their Maui experience.

The Terps came into this Thanksgiving week with designs on winning their first Wayne Duke Championship Trophy.

Now, they’re just hoping to avoid leaving the island with two losses after this game against Wisconsin.

The Badgers are tough and disciplined, like their coach Bo Ryan.

They don’t turn the ball over a lot and are holding opponents to 36 percent shooting in four games this season. On Monday, they were able to corrall uber-athletic Arizona in a 65-61 win. Last night, they couldn’t mount a serious threat at Gonzaga, who racked up 74 points. They’ve also got some size that will test the Terps for the second straight game. Luckily for the Terps’ youngsters inside, they don’t have to worry about Yancy Gates today.

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Even in a loss, Vasquez finally found his rainbow in this island paradise.

Lahaina, Hawaii- You knew that Terp Greivis Vasquez would eventually bust out of his season-long slump that included single digit scoring in the team’s first four games.

While the preseason All-ACC pick found scoring difficult against Charleston Southern, Fairfield, New Hampshire and Chaminade, he finally found his scoring touch in Tuesday’s loss to Cincinnati.

Vasquez finished with a game-high 19 points, five rebounds and three assists. As his team failed to get much going offensively, Vasquez really forced the issue for the first time this year, getting to the foul line 12 times. (He did miss three times from the charity stripe, including an uncharacteristic second half trip in which he missed both shots.)

In a game in which it was tough to like much that the Terps did, Vasquez’s more-or-less return to form was a small bright spot.

“There’s been a lot written, a lot said and sometimes that pressure you have to work your way through it,” coach Gary Williams said. “And hopefully, he’s okay now.”

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Terp star Hudson Taylor has won yet another ACC award and is now just four pins away from the school record. Jaclyn Borowski - The Diamondback

On the heels of the Terrapin Wrestling team’s upset victory over Cornell that announced their entrance to the nation’s Top 5, senior star Hudson Taylor was awarded ACC wrestler of the week, as if there was any doubt.

While the pride of winning such an award may have worn off because this is not the first time Taylor has been honored by the conference. In addition to winning ACC wrestler of the year two years straight, he most recently won the weekly award last February.

Still, what he accomplished this past weekend was more than impressive.

For those who don’t feel like reading the press release allow me to summarize for you how his weekend unfolded.

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