Gary Williams figured it would take 10 Atlantic Coast Conference games before a league favorite emerged.Williams, part-time soothsayer and full-time head coach, and his Maryland Terrapins solidified their grip on second place in the ACC with Sunday's 92-71 home victory over toothless North Carolina. The Terps play host to fourth-place Virginia Wednesday before heading to first-place Duke Saturday.
Go ahead and count 'em: That will be 10 conference games for Maryland by week's end.
"Our team is interesting," Williams said following the UNC victory.
"We were just in the locker room with the players. [Winning] was a great feeling obviously, but we weren't getting carried away. We know what is ahead of us. We'll enjoy this and just go from there."
The ACC continues to be a jumbled, entertaining mess.
There is a lesson (or two, or more) to learn from
The Terrapin men's basketball team returned to the Comcast Center on Friday afternoon, following a road win against Florida State.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - 
COLLEGE PARK, Md. --
It was just a week ago that
Two weeks ago, Pat Summitt surveyed the national scene and said this:
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The talk of the Atlantic Coast Conference's basketball media day Sunday was the trouble a player could get into if he talked too much.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- When he addressed the packed house at Comcast Center at Maryland's Midnight Madness festivities Friday night, Gary Williams said he didn't prepare his comments and spoke off the cuff. It wasn't hard to figure out where his inspiration came from.









