Alex Len

There’s no way to sugar-coat it: the Maryland Terps are a mess right now. They were absolutely horrible in that 78-68 loss to Georgia Tech in Atlanta last night. And if they don’t straighten out some major issues immediately, the rest of the...

Editor's note: Each week, InsideMdSports.com provides this blog with a Maryland recruiting feature that previously appeared as premium content on its site. Maryland’s men’s basketball staff has shown the ability to recruit players from...

The Maryland men's basketball team begins a critical four-game stretch to end the regular season tonight at Georgia Tech. The Terps are sixth in the Atlantic Coast Conference at 7-7 and they have a 19-8 record overall, but they must make a statement in...

COLLEGE PARK – One week earlier, the frenzied students at Comcast Center had yelled and stomped and flash-mobbed before finally rushing the court to celebrate a victory over Duke that represents the high point of Maryland’s season so far. But...

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports. A lot has been made about the erratic play at point guard this season for the Terps. How has a lack of...

At least now we know why Maryland coach Mark Turgeon had been so reluctant to speculate about Maryland's NCAA prospects. Even after the Duke win, Turgeon sensed there was far too much basketball left -- too much room for error -- to assume that his team...

Mark Turgeon can barely bring himself to utter the words NCAA tournament these days. The superstitious Maryland basketball coach will begin shaking his head before a reporter can complete a question about Maryland's chances of advancing to what Turgeon...

Long before the season started, the Maryland men's basketball team spent two grueling days testing its stamina and willpower by training with a former Navy SEAL under the hot September sun. The Terps sweated through push-ups and leg lifts. They...

I didn't plan to write about ESPN's telecast of the Maryland-Duke game. After a day of wrestling with a controversial post on Fox News anointing Dr. Benjamin Carson the new darling of the right on Sean Hannity's smarmy show, I just wanted some sports...

What a difference one game can make in the pressure cooker of big-time college basketball. Ask Mark Turgeon if he's feeling any better today than he did last week, which felt like a really bad Carnival cruise after that 80-69 pounding Maryland took from...

For a precious few moments — as Maryland students rushed the floor and enveloped the players after a rare and sorely needed victory over No. 2 Duke — the Terps, their fans and beleaguered coach could embrace the occasion and forget about the...

During halftime of Saturday night's game against No. 2 Duke at Comcast Center, Maryland freshman point guard Seth Allen gave himself a little pep talk. Not only had his Duke counterpart, sophomore Quinn Cook, scored 11 points, but Allen was scoreless....