Maryland recreates vintage photo for first Georgetown game on campus in 42 years
Maryland and Georgetown haven’t met in a regular season game o the College Park campus since the 1973-74 season despite being in close proximity in the Washington D.C. area.
That will change Tuesday night when the third-ranked Terrapins host the Hoyas, who are coming off a surprising double-overtime loss to Radford over the weekend. In honor of the meeting and with a tip of the cap to the past, Maryland coach Mark Turgeon and some of his players recreated a photo taken in the 1973-74 season of former coach Lefty Driesell and some of his players.
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Maryland started the 1973-74 season with a similar ranking and expectations to this season’s team. The Terrapins were ranked No. 4 in the preseason poll that year, rose as high as No. 2 and never fell out of the top-10 finishing at No. 4. They beat the Hoyas that year 115-83.
This season’s team has national championship aspirations and has already moved up two spots in the Associated Press poll from its preseason ranking.
The programs last played in 2008 in the Old Spice Classic in Florida and Georgetown dominated with a 27-point win. Maryland beat Georgetown in the previous meeting in the NCAA tournament in 2011 76-66. Maryland leads the series 36-27.
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