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Stadium:
Comcast Center
Maryland's new home for Terrapin Athletics was completed in the fall of 2002, and has already provided a season of toppled attendance records and memories on the hardwood. Comcast Center provides a seating capacity of 17,950 fans for basketball, and serves as a campus site for university special events and select community events. The Terrapins' first public basketball event was the annual Midnight Madness celebration, followed by exhibition and regular season openers for the men's and women's teams in November. In its first season, a school-record 281,057 fans were on hand to witness Terrapin men's basketball games for a per-game average of 17,566 - good enough to rank fifth in the nation. The unveiling of the 2002 national championship banner, a January victory over No. 1 Duke, an unforgettable February rout of No. 10 Wake Forest in blizzard-like conditions, and the honoring of one of the most successful senior classes in Terp history in March were among Comcast Center's inaugural season highlights. Comcast Center houses the university's athletics administration offices and includes a 7,000-square-foot Academic Support Center, providing an enhanced study atmosphere for the school's near-700 student-athletes on 25 teams. An additional 1,500-seat gymnasium serves as home to the Terps' volleyball, gymnastics and wrestling teams, and the Nextel Heritage Hall multi-purpose room (capacity 400) is equipped to host banquets, press conferences, meetings and serve as a pre-game restaurant suite overlooking the competition arena.

Team History:
The Maryland-Duke rivalry in men's basketball has taken on interest in recent years. Some trace the origins of the rivalry to a game played at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 9, 2000, in which Maryland, led by Juan Dixon's 31 points, upset then second-ranked Duke, ending the Blue Devils' streaks of 31 consecutive ACC victories and 46 consecutive home victories. The two teams would go on to meet in the finals of the ACC tournament, where Duke would prevail, taking two out of three meetings that season. The two teams entered the 2001-02 season among the national championship favorites. They met twice during the regular season: a 21-point Duke victory in Durham, and a 14-point Maryland victory in top-ranked Duke's final visit to Cole Field House. The College Park matchup is noted for a memorable play before halftime, as Jason Williams, attempting to set up Duke's last shot, turned his eyes towards Coach K for instruction. As he did, Steve Blake stole the ball from him and scored on a lay-up, giving Maryland an eight-point lead and momentum. In the NCAA's, Duke would be upset in the Sweet Sixteen by fifth-seeded Indiana; Maryland would go on to win the title, defeating that very same Indiana team in the championship game. On January 18, 2003, Duke, relying heavily on a highly-touted freshman class, came to the newly-opened Comcast Center undefeated and top-ranked. Maryland, which was able to start five seniors, overcame a halftime deficit and won by 15 in a manner reminiscient of the teams' previous meeting. Duke would go on to win the rematch a month later, and the following season, took the regular-season series. The home game of the series was notorious for ESPN microphones picking up the Terps student section chanting "**** you, JJ!" at Blue Devil point guard JJ Redick as he attempted two late free throws, which caused the ACC to fine Maryland an undisclosed sum of money and reprimand the administration, asking them to better control their students.

Season Preview:
I'm looking at the top 150 recruits for the coming season and a number of them are out of Maryland. In fact, DeMatha High School, one of the best schools in the region, is just down the street from the University of Maryland Why can't Gary Williams recruit these guys? Every other coach in the country seems to flourish in their home states for recruiting, but Williams just can't seem to get it done. What is he doing wrong? If he can't get the best players from his own state, can he really be considered among the top coaches in the country?

Official Site:
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