Big Ten Tournament Gets Underway Thursday For Men's Hoops

Terps open up postseason play on Thursday night against Minnesota.

vs. Big Ten Tournament - Second Round
March 8, 2023
United Center
9:00 pm ET (8:00 pm CT)

COLLEGE PARK, MD - The postseason is here as the sixth-seeded Terps take on No. 14 seed Minnesota. Maryland swept the Gophers during the regular season and this will be the first meeting between the schools in the Big Ten Tournament.

The game will be televised on BTN starting at 9:00 p.m. ET (8:00 p.m. CT), while fans can also listen to the Maryland Sports Network (105.7 FM - Baltimore, The TEAM 980 AM - Washington, D.C., Sirius XM 84, One Maryland App) with Voice of the Terrapins Johnny Holliday (play-by-play), Chris Knoche (analyst), and Walt Williams (analyst) calling the action.

Maryland enters the postseason with a 2-1 record on neutral courts. The Terps defeated Saint Louis and Miami (currently ranked 16th nationally) at the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic at Mohegan Sun Arena and fell by three against then-No. 7 Tennessee at Barclays Arena in the Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational.

Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, Maryland is 3-7 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament. The Terps are 1-2 in the second round, 2-2 in quarterfinals, and 0-2 in the semifinals. The Terps reached the semifinals in both 2015 and 2016.

Currently, the Terps are No. 26 in the current NCAA NET rankings with three Quad 1 wins and five Quad 2 wins. The Terps currently have the second best NET rating in the Big Ten. After the win over Northwestern, Maryland is now 5-1 against Big Ten teams ranked in the AP Top 25 as well.

Series History - Minnesota / Nebraska

Maryland is 15-2 all-time against Minnesota but have never played in the Big Ten Tournament. The Terps are 8-1 at home and 7-1 on the road against the Gophers.
Against Nebraksa, Maryland is 11-4 overall but split the season series against the Cornhuskers. In the Big Ten Tournament, the series is tied 1-1 with Nebraska winning the 2019 meeting in the second round most recently.

Fear the jahmir

Jahmir Young is one of 18 active players in the NCAA to post 1,800 career points, 500 rebounds, and 300 assists.
Entering the season, many questioned Jahmir Young's ability to translate his scoring from C-USA to Power 5 play.
Young's response has been a team-best 16.3 points and 3.2 assists per game. This season, he has a eight 20-point games including a season-high 30 against No. 24 Ohio State. In Big Ten play, Young has been magnificent averaging 17.7 points. He is also the third-leading rebounder (4.8) overall, leads the team in steals (37) and has the fourth-most blocked shots (13) on the team.
Young is the nation's 12th-ranked active career scorer with at 16.6 point per game average and the 33rd ranked player in overall points (1,925).
Young posted his first double-double (7th of his career) as a Terp with 30 points and 11 rebounds against No. 24 Ohio State. He became the first Maryland guard since Greivis Vasquez to post a 30-point, 10-rebound game. Vasquez had a triple-double with 35 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists against North Carolina on Feb. 21, 2009.
At 17.7 points in league play, Young ranks seventh among all Big Ten players in scoring for league games. His 30 steals also ranks fourth in Big Ten games.
In the win over Nebraska, he became one of two Big Ten players to post at least 18 points, 7 assists, and 6 steals in a game since 2002-03 joining Northwestern's Chase Audige who did so this January as well.

Best Defense In 40 Years

Allowing just 63.2 points per game, Maryland has put together one of its best defensive seasons in over 40 years during Kevin Willard's first year at the helm.
The last season to give up fewer than 63 points per game was 1981-82 - a year before the ACC used the three-point line and three before the shot clock was adopted in 1985-86.

Don Carey (0).Maryland Terrapins vs. the #3 Purdue Boilermakers at Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland on Thursday, February 16, 2023.

Scott Reaches 1,000 Points; Eclipses 500 Boards

Donta Scott became the 59th player in program history to reach 1,000 points in the win over Miami. He scored 24 points in that game and now has 1,276 career points. He is also the 17th Terp to post 1,200 points and 600 rebounds in a career. Through 125 career games he now has 676 rebounds.
Darryl Morsell (1,090 points / 510 rebounds / 2018-21) and Anthony Cowan (1,881 points / 508 rebounds / 2017-20) were the most recent Terps to post 1,000/500.
Scott is now 31st all-time in scoring and needs 15 points to move past Joe Smith (1290, 1993-95) for 30th. He needs eight more boards to pass Joe Smith (683, 1993-95) for No. 16 all-time.
Scott was one of 20 players named to the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Watch List as announced by the Basketball Hall of Fame in late October.
This is Scott's second year on the watch list after also garnering the honor last season. He joins Jalen Smith (2019-20) and Jake Layman (2014-15) as Terps to be recognized.
Scott ranked as the No. 49 overall player nationally last season.

Winning numbers

When Maryland wins, the Terps are averaging 77.6 points while allowing just 59.9 per game. Maryland is also averaging 16.3 made free throws and holds a +4.9 advantage in rebounds.
The Terps are holding opponents to just .408 from the field and .307 from beyond the arc this season in wins.
Maryland is 18-1 this season when leading at halftime (the Ohio State victory snapped a 14-game losing skid when trailing at the half) and 16-2 when committing fewer turnovers (turnovers were equal against Ohio State). The Terps have also won 20 of the last 22 games when leading with 5:00 remaining.

Men's Basketball vs. Wisconsin at Xfinity Center in College Park, MD on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Erin Tudryn/Maryland Terrapins

Hart of the Terps

Hakim Hart is closing out his senior campaign with some of his best numbers. The guard is averaging a career-best 11.5 points while averaging 4.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
Hart is the second-leading scorer for the Terps this season highlighted by four 20-point games including 23 against Penn State and 20 in the win over Minnesota.
Entering the Big Ten Tournament, Hart needs 80 points to reach 1,000 for his career - which would make him the fourth player on the team to reach that plateau for his career.
Over the last seven games, Hart has turned in some of his best three point shooting of the year hitting 13-of-29 from deep (.448) while going 31-of-62 (.500) from the field overall.
Over the last 12 games (dating back to Jan. 25 against Wisconsin), Hart has been averaging 3.6 assists as well including eight against the Badgers, six against Minnesota at home, and seven against Northwestern.

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Players Mentioned

#13 Hakim Hart: G; 6' 8"; Senior

#24 Donta Scott: F; 6' 8"; Senior

#1 Jahmir Young: G; 6' 1"; Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

#13 Hakim Hart
: 6' 8"; Senior
: G

#24 Donta Scott
: 6' 8"; Senior
: F

#1 Jahmir Young
: 6' 1"; Graduate Student
: G

Players Mentioned

#13 Hakim Hart

#24 Donta Scott

#1 Jahmir Young

Players Mentioned

#13 Hakim Hart

#24 Donta Scott

#1 Jahmir Young