Talk Terps

The Maryland Terrapins begin their 2024-2025 men’s basketball season tonight with their first game amidst a new-look roster of players. The Terps hold a 47-game win streak for home openers which ranks third nationally. The streak began back in the 1977 season. The Terps are 312-75 (.806) all-time in XFINITY Center including 27-7 (.794) under Kevin Willard. Maryland has won nine straight home non-conference games, and 15 consecutive against un-ranked non-conference foes.

The Maryland Terrapins have fallen into their worst stretch in years, and find themselves at 3-3 in the middle of their season. This is a must win game for Maryland in their annual Homecoming game at SECU Stadium in College Park. This will be Maryland’s 102nd Homecoming game. The Terps have an all-time record of 61-36-4 in homecoming games (60.3 winning percentage). In town as their opponent is one of the newest Big-10 teams from the west coast in the USC Trojans. USC will be the 32nd different opponent Maryland will welcome on homecoming.

The Terps have won three of their past four and six of their last eight homecoming games, with wins against Purdue (2016), Indiana (2017 & 2021), Rutgers (2018), Minnesota (2020), and Northwestern (2022) in that span.

USC travels its furthest distance this season, and traveled across the country to just outside of our nation’s capital to play Maryland for the first time ever in the history of these programs. USC also enters this game with a 3-3 record.

With Billy Edwards Jr. at QB1 for the Terps, he must figure out a way to lead his team to victory. Tai Felton was the star in the Terps three wins, and he must turn big plays to keep drives moving and convert them into touchdowns. That all makes sense, but clearly the team is made up of dozens of other players who must step up.

The Maryland Terrapins had an opportunity to seal away a win against Michigan State and couldn’t kick a field goal or stop the Spartans’ passing game in the 4th quarter for a gut-punch loss. Today is a new day, and Maryland takes their team on the road to Charlottesville, Virginia against the Virginia Cavaliers in a regional rivalry that is getting revived in both football and basketball. With Billy Edwards Jr. at QB1 for the Terps, he needs to get his team back on track today.

After a thrilling 50-7 win against UCONN in Week 1, the Maryland Terps dropped their second game of the season against Big Ten opponent Michigan State.