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Maryland senior guard Eric Hayes knows the Terrapins' history very well. "We've shown the last couple years that we can bounce back from these types of losses," Hayes had said after the Terps finished December with a surprising loss at home to William & Mary.

Greivis Vasquez had 24 points and Landon Milbourne added 22 to help Maryland run away from North Carolina-Greensboro 97-63 on Sunday.

The scoreboard read 72-59 when the final buzzer sounded, but despite the sizeable margin of victory against Florida Atlantic Sunday, the Terrapin men's basketball team acknowledged there is a lot to fix before it faces off against a difficult nonconference opponent in William and Mary on Wednesday.

What remained of the Comcast Center crowd stood and begged Adrian Bowie to take one more shot.

Blog excerpt from voices.washingtonpost.com/terrapins-insider

Junior forward Dino Gregory started and played 33 minutes Saturday in his first game back from an eight-game suspension. Coach Gary Williams said he did not anticipate Gregory seeing that much court time against Eastern Kentucky, but the circumstances of the game (the pesky Colonels did not fade until the final eight minutes of Maryland's 83-72 win) demanded Williams keep his top players on the floor.

Against an Eastern Kentucky squad that used its big men as its primary long-range threats, that meant Gregory received many of the minutes that otherwise might have been distributed to freshman forwards Jordan Williams and James Padgett. In addition to possessing more experience, Gregory was better suited to guard the Colonels' agile forwards than was Jordan Williams.

From despondent to frustrated to his unique version of normal, Maryland senior guard Greivis Vasquez spanned quite a range of emotions over the past week. On Saturday, during a game in which the Terrapins returned to full strength, Vasquez returned to the form -- and the personality -- that made him a star in College Park over the past three seasons.

Led by Vasquez, who was more outwardly emotional than he'd been during any other game this season, Maryland held off Eastern Kentucky, 83-72, at Comcast Center in its final game before a 10-day break for finals.

Forced to come off the bench as punishment for violating a team rule, Greivis Vasquez reprised his role as the "crazy guy" on the Maryland basketball team.

One of the Maryland basketball team's angst-filled subplots will find some closure Saturday.

Terrapin men's basketball coach Gary Williams had several possible ready-made excuses at his disposal for explaining his team's rebounding struggles in Sunday's loss to No.

Landon Milbourne was fortunate to get a lot of sleep during the Terrapin men's basketball team's Thursday plane ride home from the Maui Invitational.

Several boosters who made the long journey to watch the Terrapin men's basketball team play in the Maui Invitational sported white T-shirts throughout the week reading "Fear the Honu," a reference to the Hawaiian name for the sea turtle.

Four days removed from a performance in Hawaii that bruised the record and ego of the Maryland men's basketball team, the Terrapins called a team meeting to discuss all that went wrong and all that must change moving forward.

Senior forward Landon Milbourne said the players met Sunday to discuss the team's attitude, as well as the intensity with which the Terrapins operated on both ends of the court en route to a 1-2 showing in the Maui Invitational.

The verdict: Both components need to dramatically improve, sooner rather than later.

The Terrapin men's basketball team arrived at Comcast Center on Friday night with their bags packed and ready to spend the night in a hotel before an early Saturday flight to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational.

As it happens, the Maui Invitational field isn't as strong this season as it has been in recent years.

The Terrapin men's basketball team missed five shots and turned the ball over twice in Tuesday's win against Fairfield before guard Eric Hayes finally connected on a 3-pointer almost three minutes into the game.

Landon Milbourne scored a career-high 24 points, and No. 25 Maryland cruised past New Hampshire 82-55 Friday night in the Terrapins' final tuneup for the Maui Invitational.

Terrapin men's basketball coach Gary Williams cleared some of the mystery surrounding forward Dino Gregory's suspension yesterday afternoon when he confirmed an earlier report the junior is expected to return for the team's Dec.

In a perfect world, Jordan Williams and James Padgett wouldn't have to play this much this soon.

When Terrapin men's basketball coach Gary Williams worked at American in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the team's reputation for guard-oriented play made it tough to recruit quality post players.

Tonight's season opener against Charleston Southern probably won't offer much of a challenge to Maryland's basketball team.