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Jayhawks Get Defensive, Narrowly Stay Perfect in Big 12

It was neither spectacular nor textbook, but when it was all over No.1 Kansas escaped Texas A&M and a rowdy Reed Arena with a 59-54 victory Monday night. The Jayhawks, who seemed on the way to their first defeat in Big 12 play this season, clamped down on the 24th-ranked Aggies in the final four minutes and never let up...

Sloan Is A&M's Rock as Aggies Roll

Ask anyone in the Big 12 and they'll be quick to tell you the heart and determination Texas A&M senior guard Donald Sloan plays with is almost uncanny. Sloan will tell you he's learned from the best. He had the privilege of watching some of the most poised basketball players in the college game lead the Aggies during his...

Regrouped Texas A&M Back On a Roll

Well before the season began, it seemed like Texas A&M's year was going to be more about what the Aggies lost than what they had coming back, particularly with the early departure of emerging center Chinemelu Elonu to the pros. Things only seemed to get worse when the Aggies' best defender, Derrick Roland, went down with...

Texas Finds Life Difficult as No. 1 Team

For the first time in school history, the Texas Longhorns had a chance to view college basketball from the top. But the Longhorns quickly found out in two weeks just how difficult it is to stay there, which was evident by their stunning two-game losing skid last week that promptly bounced them from the No.1 ranking on...

Big 12 Bracing for Best Season Yet

It's about this time each season that leagues and their coaches begin touting their respective conference as "the best that it's ever been." The natural inclination is to take the wait and see approach. But when the Big 12 begins thumping their chest as league play gets underway Saturday, there may be something to their...

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05/20/12 Turgeon talks about importance of reading Source: The Star Democrat STEVENSVILLE University of Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon visited Matapeake Middle School on Wednesday, May 9, to talk with students about the importance of reading and education and to give out reading awards.
05/15/12 Ashton Pankey will transfer from Maryland Source: The Baltimore Sun - Baltimore MD Ashton Pankey will leave Maryland and transfer to a school closer to his New York City home, the UM athletic department announced today.
05/11/12 Report: Maryland basketball gets glimpse of 2012-13... Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC Over an 18-game conference schedule, each ACC basketball team will have just one primary opponent that it will play twice each season.
05/10/12 Promising Terps recruiting class could make early... Source: The Baltimore Sun - Baltimore MD Sure, the Fredericksburg (Va.) Christian combo guard is part of an incoming Maryland basketball class brimming with possibility.
05/09/12 Terps search for homegrown talent Source: Eastern Shore News - Parksley VA After a full year as the head coach of the University of Maryland's men's basketball team, Mark Turgeon is putting his own local recruiting stamp on the program.