March 2, 2002

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland has already become the first school since North Carolina in 1977-78 to win the ACC football title and the ACC regular season basketball crown during the same school year. Here's more on the Terps' 2001-02 athletic prominence in ACC football and basketball.

ACC Titles: First Since 1977-78
Maryland is the first ACC institution since North Carolina in 1977-78 to win the ACC football title and the ACC regular season basketball title during the same school year. The last time that a school won the football title, the men's basketball regular season and the men's basketball tournament was NC State in 1973-74.

ACC Titles & Perfect At Home: 1973-74
Maryland can become the first ACC institution since NC State in 1973-74 to not only win the ACC football title and the ACC regular season basketball title during the same school year, but do so while going undefeated at home in both sports!

Ironically, Maryland finished second to NC State in the ACC in both sports that year. And it was the 1974 ACC Tournament Final between the Terps and 'Pack which has been called the "Greatest Game Ever Played" when top-ranked NC State beat No. 4 Maryland 103-100 for one spot in the NCAA Tournament.

                    FB       FB        MBB      MBB
                    Overall  Home      Overall  Home
Maryland '01-02     10-2     7-0       (24-3)   (14-0)
NC State '73-74      9-3     5-0        30-1     12-0