Gary Williams to Headline Sports Discussion Panel
1/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Anyone whose heart skips a beat as the ball circles the rim knows that Selection Sunday for the NCAA basketball tournament is March 15. The tournament play-in games begin March 17, so don't miss this opportunity on the day after Selection Sunday—and the day before the tournament begins—to hear legendary University of Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams talk about basketball, college athletics, the conference system, and local sports. Get the inside scoop on the tournament before your brackets are due.
For further details and ticket information, please click here. Tickets are priced at $42, but if Terp fans use the code "FearTheTurtle" when purchasing tickets (either on-line at Smithsonian Associates or by calling the Associates at 202/633-3030), a spcial price of $30 is offered.
Williams' career is nothing short of extraordinary: Fourteen NCAA tournament appearances, three ACC regular season titles, ACC tournament championships, seven Sweet Sixteens, two Elite Eights, two Final Fours, and the National Championship in 2002. He was the National Coach of the Year in 2002, and ACC Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2010.
Last year, Williams was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame and was also voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame—the first coach ever to be inducted into both institutions in the same year.
Attorney and sportscaster Phil Hochberg moderates what should be a fast-paced conversation with Williams, UMD play-by-play announcer Johnny Holliday, and Rich Chvotkin, voice of the Georgetown Hoyas.
