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You know how the Terps couldn't hit the broad side of Cameron Indoor on Saturday? I wish we could retroactively send some of this back. Even Bowie is swishing treys.

The difference between the Terps tonight and against Duke roughly = Duke - NC State.

They're playing terrible. Just not terrible enough to lose to NC State.

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The key was holding on, and staying close, long enough that they could catch their second wind.

This is a very deep team for them to play that winded. I hope they can hold on. It is not a matter of being tired at this point, it is a matter of being this close now. Anything can happen with this little of a lead and the time left.

They are playing some good ball right now, hopefully they can keep it up.

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The difference between the Terps tonight and against Duke roughly = Duke - NC State.

They're playing terrible. Just not terrible enough to lose to NC State.

They were playing terrible. They look pretty darn good right now.

The question is whether the ten minutes of looking good is enough to overcome and hold-off the thirty of terrible.

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Posts like these make me laugh.

Terps cut it to one.

They won. I give them huge props YardBirds but they still played a lackluster first half. I was saying we were fatigued with the game we just played 2 days ago and we looked like we couldnt stop water with our pressure defense and our rebounding. State did a great job of getting the rebounds when they had to and they were getting the put-backs. I was really pleased GV was able to take over the game after the sloppy first half that he played.

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Big win for the Terps. They needed to gut it out and they did. No legs, third game in five days.

Ugly, but satisfying.

Yup. I didn't expect this one to be pretty and it wasn't, but I don't care. It was our 3rd game in 5 days and on the road and we found a way to gut out a win. Very impressed by that. Unlike in previous years, we don't need our A game to beat bad-mediocre teams. Next two are at home. Win them both and our ticket is punched. What a welcome relief it would be to be talking about our seed instead of sweating the bubble come the first of March.

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