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  • Four Terps football players earn ACC academic honors

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Wed, Feb 27, 2013

    Maryland placed four players on the 52-man All-ACC football team. Senior guard Bennett Fulper (business finance) made it for the third time. Sophomore fullback Tyler Cierski (kinesiology) is a two-time selection and was joined by sophomore linebacker Cole Farrand (letters and sciences), and...

  • Edsall not a fan of new NCAA recruiting rules

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Mon, Feb 25, 2013

    Maryland football coach Randy Edsall doesn’t agree with new NCAA recruiting rules that would allow coaches to make unlimited contact with prospects. The new rules, which are due to go into effect in August, also would eliminate restrictions on staff size used for recruiting, and eliminate...

  • My AP top 25 — Kevin Dunleavy

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Published: Mon, Feb 25, 2013

    Here’s the Associated Press ballot of Kevin Dunleavy (Washington Examiner). 1. Indiana (24-3) Hoosiers bring it against the best — 6-0 against ranked teams (all in top 15). 2. Duke (24-3) Tough week — at Virginia (9 p.m. Thursday), then Miami less than 48 hours later. 3....

  • Turgeon on Lefty

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Fri, Feb 22, 2013

    When Maryland coach Mark Turgeon was at Jacksonville State, he had little fondness for the coach of the best team in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In those days, Lefty Driesell guided Georgia State, leading the Panthers to the NCAA tournament in 2000, 2001, and 2002. While Turgeon was in his...

  • Terps look for more consistency from Len

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Fri, Feb 22, 2013

    As Maryland wrestles with inconsistency, it can look to the up-and-down work Alex Len. In the four ACC games that the 7-foot-1 sophomore has scored in single digits, the Terrapins have lost. Some of it has been Len. Some of it has been the defenses he has faced. On Saturday in an 83-81 win...

  • Key loss for GW basketball team

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Fri, Feb 22, 2013

    George Washington has lost guard Bryan Bynes for the rest of the season with a tibial plateau fracture, the school announced on Friday. Bynes, a senior, was hurt in Wednesday’s 68-60 win over Fordham. An MRI confirmed the injury on Thursday. In 20.2 minutes per game, Bynes was averaging 4.0...

  • GW rides defense against Fordham

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Thu, Feb 21, 2013

    George Washington has been there before, grinding away in late February trying to avoid the ignominy of missing the Atlantic-10 playoffs. But on Wednesday night, the Nike was on the other foot, as perennial A-10 doormat Fordham came to Smith Center. For four straight years the Rams have...

  • GW defense too much for Fordham

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Wed, Feb 20, 2013

    George Washington has been there before, grinding away in late February trying to avoid the ignominious distinction of missing the Atlantic-10 playoffs. But on Wednesday night, the Nike was on the other foot, as perennial A-10 doormat Fordham came to Smith Center. For four straight years, the...

  • My AP top 25 ballot — Kevin Dunleavy

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Mon, Feb 18, 2013

    Here’s the Associated Press top 25 ballot of Kevin Dunleavy (Washington Examiner). 1. Miami (21-3) Point guard Larkin a national player of the year candidate? 2. Indiana (23-3) How about this for a 3-point shooting foursome – Oladipo (52.4 percent), Watford (49.5 percent), Hulls...

  • Howard back for Terps after one-game suspension

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Published: Mon, Feb 18, 2013

    Maryland junior Pe’Shon Howard has been reinstated, coach Mark Turgeon said today on the ACC teleconference. Howard, a 6-3 guard, missed Saturday’s win over No. 2 Duke and was not on the bench. Maryland (18-7, 6-6) plays at Boston College (11-14, 3-9) on Tuesday night. “Pe’Shon was put...