Athletic Director Debbie Yow might accept the same position at N.C. State, according to Scout.com
Thursday night, Yow wouldn’t deny the possibility.
“I am aware of their interest and it is flattering,” Yow said in an e-mail. “I am considering it now.”
Today’s the day Greivis Vasquez has waited for since, well, he decided he could wait another year to realize his dream of hearing his name called by an NBA outfit.
As you’ll see below, it’s not a matter of if Vasquez is drafted, as likely would have been the case last year, but where. Opinions on Vasquez’s destination are about as widely split as opinions on Vasquez’s bravado were last season across the college basketball universe.
Here’s a multitude of mock drafts, listed in order of Vasquez’s possible draft slot:
– NBADraft.net (Who They Should): No. 25 (Grizzlies)
The Grizzlies are loaded with selfish players. Vasquez is the best passer in this draft, and his size will allow him to play naturally with O.J. Mayo. Vasquez won’t be a star, but Memphis simply needs a distributor and a leader. Even as a rookie, Vasquez can provide those things.
– HoopsHype: No. 28 (Grizzlies)
His vision and passing ability are both outstanding however, as he’s able to find his teammates all over the floor in half-court sets and in transition with the utmost creativity. He has terrific timing on his drives and plays the game at a very unique pace, which helps compensate for his average athleticism. While he has honed a score-first mentality at the collegiate level and has the green light to dominate the ball and make his fair share of mistakes, he must continue to convince scouts that he can develop into a more efficient distributor at the next level.
– DraftExpress: No. 28 (Grizzlies)
– Yahoo! Sports: No. 34 (Portland)
Native of Venezuela was still learning English when he first enrolled at Maryland and went on to become the school’s No. 2 all-time scorer behind Juan Dixon.
– RealGM: No. 43 (Lakers)
– NBADraft.net (Who They Will): No. 43 (Lakers)
– The Hoops Report: No. 54 (Clippers)
– HoopsWorld: No. 56 (Timberwolves)
– Pro Basketball News: Not in first round
– SI.com: Not in first round
– SportingNews: Not in first round
– InsideHoops.com: Not in first round
– NBC Sports: Not in first round
Make sure to check in later on TerrapinTrail for more on the draft.
The Terrapin men’s lacrosse team today announced John Tillman as their new head coach. But though the Terps’ search is over, their newly appointed coach must grapple with his own staff decisions.
While Tillman will have the option of retaining defensive coordinator Dave Slafkosky and assistant coach Ryan Moran, leftovers from former coach Dave Cottle’s staff, the former Harvard head coach may be bringing his own assistants, defensive specialist Kevin Warne and offensive specialist Bobby Cross, from his time at the helm with the Crimson.
Tillman said he plans to discuss the options with Warne and Cross first before making the trip down to College Park.
“Whatever is best for them I’m going to support,” Tillman said. “Obviously, I have a lot of loyalty to them and feel very strong feelings towards them, but I also feel like there are some great assistants down at Maryland.”
Still, during an interview today the coach at times seemed to consider him and his assistants a package deal, saying, “I feel like we have a good idea of what we need to be successful.”
It’s hard to believe, I’m sure, but we’re less than five months away from tip-off.
And even though it’s only June, the Terrapin men’s basketball team now knows where and when it will be starting in early November.
The Terps will host Seattle in a Coaches vs. Cancer regional round Nov. 8 that will likely serve as their season opener. The team plays College of Charleston two days later, and will then proceed to the championship round in Madison Square Garden, where it could meet any of Pittsburgh, Texas and Illinois, among others.
Details of the team’s remaining schedule are still scant, but hey, it’s a start — in more ways than one.
Jonas Shaffer is The Diamondback’s sports editor. He can be reached at shaffer@umdbk.com. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/jonas_shaffer.
Amidst all the conference realignment hoopla tonight, I figured I would shoot Athletic Director Debbie Yow another e-mail on the topic. I expected little new information, as Yow told me just a few weeks ago that the discussion was “a waste of time.”
Yow didn’t change her stance on the issue. In fact, she strengthened it.
“No change as far as I know, ” Yow said. Just lots of rumors”
“I guess I could be surprised,” Yow said, “but, really, how does a founding member of the ACC leave it? Better to just be ready with our own choices if someone should leave for more money elsewhere.”
If schools were to abscond from the ACC for any reason, Yow says the ACC does “not yet” have any schools in mind to replace them.
Maryland hasn’t been mentioned as heavily in the conference expansion discussion as Notre Dame, Nebraska or Missouri, but ESPN’s Joe Schad tweeted tonight that Maryland is a possible target for the Big Ten:
I’m told Big Ten likes: 1) Notre Dame, 2) Nebraska then 3) Rutgers and/or Maryland
The Big Ten might like Maryland. Maryland, at least according to Yow, likes the ACC too much to leave.
Jeremy Schneider is The Diamondback’s administration beat writer. He can be reached at schneider@umdbk.com.
Northwestern has filled a letter of inquiry to the NCAA alleging that an official influenced the women’s lacrosse Final Four last weekend because of her relationship with her partner – the Terrapin head athletic trainer Sandy Worth, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Pat Dillon, a longtime official and member of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame, worked the Final Four game between Northwestern and North Carolina, but did not work the National Championship game. She was, however, seen conversing with the referees working that game during halftime, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The Wildcats are upset with the entire weekend, but specially about the charge called on attacker Danielle Spencer when Northwestern trailed the Terps 11-10 with six minutes remaining, according to the Chicago Tribune. The goal was called off and Terps midfielder Caitlyn McFadden stormed down the field to score a goal herself – a two-point swing. the Terps went on to win 13-10.
It’s a very, very intriguing read. Here’s the story: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-0606-haugh-nu-lacrosse–20100605,0,1050825.column
Worth is always around the team and her impact is definitely under appreciated. She’s been involved with the program since 1973.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Terrapin women’s lacrosse midfielder Caitlyn McFadden won the Tewaaration Award, annually given to the top men’s and women’s collegiate lacrosse players, last night at the National Museum of the American Indian.
McFadden, who led the Terps to their first national championship since 2001, beat out Northwestern’s Katrina Dowd, North Carolina’s Jenn Russell, Virginia’s Brittany Kalkstein and Penn’s Ali Deluca. Ned Crotty, an attacker for Duke, won the men’s award.
McFadden, supported by her coaches and several of her teammates last night, thanked her parents, her brother, her team and her coaches for the last four years.
Sheis only the second Terp – on both the men’s and women’s side – to win the award. This was the 10th anniversary of the award, and Terps’ Jen Adams won the inagural award in 2001.
It seems fitting that McFadden won it, as Adams was the last Terps women’s lacrosse player to lead the program to the national title.
The Phoenix, Md., native finished her career third on the Terps’ career assists list with 110 and sixth in points with 259. She won ACC Player of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP and the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors this season.
The ceremony will be shown locally on WUSA-Channel 9 on Saturday, June 12th at 12:30 p.m.
Check out the Diamondbackonline next week for reaction from McFadden, coach Cathy Reese and hopefully Jen Adams.
Chris Eckard is the Diamondback’s Terrapin women’s lacrosse beat reporter. He can be reached at ceckard@umdbk.com
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Terrapin women’s lacrosse coach Cathy Reese and her four captains – attacker Sarah Mollison, midfielders Caitlyn McFadden and Amanda Spinnenweber and defender Karissa Taylor – yesterday at length to talk about their wild championship game and the season as a whole.
The talks revealed a lot of interesting tidbits that I can’t fit into an article so I’m going to abuse the this blog to hash out the Terps’ first national title since 2001.
The impact of winning still hasn’t really hit the team – mainly because of a media frenzy and just lack of time to really think about it. When Taylor picked up a newspaper Monday morning and saw a picture of her team celebrating she still couldn’t believe it.
Spinnenweber was direct – “I knew we would win it.”
But early on, the game didn’t look to be going the Terps’ way, as Northwestern jumped out to an early 6-0 lead less than 10 minutes in. During the frustrating stretch for the Terps, there were two goals called back – one by Sarah Mollison (23:15 remaining in 1st half, 4-0) and the second by midfielder Katie Schwarzmann (15:12 remaining in the 1st half, 8-3).
Mollison, an Australian born and raised, was called for an illegal maneuver on a side free position. According to U.S. rules, a player must first pass the ball on those situations before taking a shot.
Instead, Mollison ran around for a few seconds, didn’t find anyone open and popped from behind the other side of the cage to score what seemingly was her team’s first goal.
After quick deliberation, the referees blew off the goal and awarded the Wildcats with possession – leaving Mollison speechless and confused.
“‘Wait, I’m not allowed to score goals,’” Mollison recalled saying at the time.
Because she has international roots, where the rule is not enforced, Mollison had no idea the violation actually existed.
“It’s actually funny because Jen Adams had the same call against her when she played here and she had no idea what it was,” Reese said. “It’s a rule she wouldn’t know. Poor Sarah is over there asking, ‘What did I do?’”
“I was so confused,” Mollison said.
“I just said ‘Oh my god, you’re so cute. Don’t worry about it, you’ll get the next one,” Reese said.
On Schwarzmann’s goal, the referees had accidentally blew their whistles because of what they thought was an offsides violation by the Terps. When they realized there wasn’t, the rule came down as a inadvertent whistle and the Terps received possession, without the goal.
McFadden, who at that point started to feel the frustrations of the Northwestern domination and the Terps’ back luck, reacted by running across the field.
“I think I ran from the 50 to the middle of the 8 or wherever is was,” McFadden said. “I was like, ‘Are you kidding? What are you doing?’ I was a little heated.”
Reese wrapped that talk up by gushing a little more about her recently crowned national champions.
“That’s a really neat thing about this team,” Reese said. “There were so many hiccups and road bumps in the first half… but they still found a way to fight back.”
I’ll be back with more from the game and this season back on the blog and also check out the Diamondbackonline.com Thursday for a season recap.
Chris Eckard is the Diamondback’s Terrapin women’s lacrosse beat reporter. He can be reached at ceckard@umdbk.com