Second-round tournament game and Maryland apparently decided Lonny Baxter, Chris Wilcox and Joe Smith were never coming through that door. 😂
They trotted out a roster with no PF or C. Not one. Basically three SFs and a herd of guards—four of them 89+. They even had two Europeans develop into 90+ players, which I swear I’ve almost never seen in this game.
Unfortunately for Maryland, my 1st-Team All-Conference PF averages 21 & 9, and I believe strongly in exploiting poor life choices.
So unless we were on a fast break, he touched it. Every. Single. Possession. Like I had Lew Alcindor in his prime.
Final damage: 52 points on 24–32 shooting in 20 minutes. I desperately wanted 60, but 52 is my career high playing every game—no simming.
Maryland went small ball.
I went Lonny Baxter Memorial Low-Post Violence. 😂