Maryland Madness took place on Friday evening at Comcast Center.
As you'll see in the pictures below, there were a lot of dunks, 22 total for both sides. The Red team won the ten minute scrimmage, 36-25.
Both the Men's and Women's teams sported their new uniforms. The Terps were introduced with fire and smoke machines. Coach Mark Turgeon was introduced to Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” after a video featuring messages from former coaches Lefty Driesell and Gary Williams.
After the scrimmage, Turgeon said “I don’t like drawing attention to myself. I just can’t wait to tomorrow (Saturday) morning, 11:00 and practice. That’s what I’m excited about. When I was their age I enjoyed the spotlight, I enjoyed being in it. It’s a lot of fun.”
Coolest part of Coach Turgeon's media session was when he was asked about the weekend schedule, Turgeon glanced up at the tv in the media room showing the Nats game while addressing the question said, “We actually practiced tonight for about an hour, and then tomorrow we’re going to go twice...Nats scored. That’s great.... We’ll go at 11:00, work on defense, then we’ll come back, do a lot of offense, put a lot of things in. We might go twice Sunday.”
I'm excited for this team and happy Maryland Basketball is back in action.
Enjoy the pictures. For a slideshow or larger version, just click on a photo.
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| Judges for the student dunk contest are L to R: Torrey Smith, Dave Neal, LaQuan Williams, Juan Dixon and Walt Williams |
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| The three dunk contestants. The winner was in the "#82" jersey. Free books! |
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| Here are the Lady Terps: Guard Sequoia Austin |
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| Center Alicia DeVaughn |
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| Forward and ACC Player of the Year Alyssa Thomas |
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| Coach Brenda Frese addresses the crowd |
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| 2012-2013 Maryland Terrapins |
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| Senior Center Essence Townsend slams one home |
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| Sequoia Austin scores two |
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| Alicia DeVaughn gets her shot off over Essence Townsend |
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| Testudo |
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| Freshman Forward Charles Mitchell |
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| Freshman Guard Seth Allen |
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| Freshman Center Shaquille Cleare |
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| Sophomore Guard Jacob Susskind |
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| Sophomore Guard Nick Faust |
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| Sophomore Guard Varum Ram |
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| Sophomore Guard/Forward Dez Wells |
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| Sophomore Center Alex Len |
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| Senior Forward James Padgett |
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| Let's dance! |
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| Seth Allen draining a bucket before the scrimmage |
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| Terps spirit |
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| Charles Mitchell, Jake Layman and Shaquille Cleare before the scrimmage |
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| Here are some of the many dunks. This is Senior Guard Logan Aronhalt |
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| Shaquille Cleare |
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| Seth Allen |
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| Alex Len |
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| Cleare jamming again |
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| Seth Allen with the jam |
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| Shaquille Cleare |
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| Alex Len |
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| Seth Allen |
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| Jake Layman |
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| More Terps spirit |
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| Big men! |
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| Dez Wells lays in two |
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| Nick Faust buries his shot |
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| Terps fans hope to see a lot of Dez Wells this season |
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| Shaquille Cleare leading the break. Looks for big things from him this year |
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| After the scrimmage, Guard Pe'Shon Howard talks with Len Elmore |
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| Coach Turgeon addresses the media |
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| Shaquille Cleare meets the media |
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| Jake Layman talks about his role on the team |
