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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.

Maryland guard Eric Hayes knows his coach's preferred tactics. The Terrapins, as they have much of the past two decades, remain reliant on man-to-man defense.

In the Terrapin men's basketball team's first four games, its pressing defense caused havoc and led to transition offense that produced blow-out victories against over-matched, small-conference opponents.

Maryland coach Gary Williams didn't call Tuesday night's game here at Assembly Hall a must-win for the Terrapins so early in the season, but he certainly didn't want to look back on the Big Ten/ACC Challenge meeting with the Hoosiers the same way he did on last week's trip to Hawaii.

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.

Maurice Creek grew up about 20 minutes from the University of Maryland campus. No surprise, then, about which team the Indiana freshman rooted for in the 2002 NCAA Tournament championship game in which the Terrapins defeated the Hoosiers.

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.

The Maryland Terrapins fell for the second straight game, this time to Wisconsin.

Maryland finishes its season-opening homestand on Friday night with an 8 p.m. game against New Hampshire.

Yancy Gates was ready to go as soon as breakfast was over. The 6-foot-9, 260-pound forward scored 12 points in an 18-2 first-half run that set the tone for Cincinnati's 67-58 victory over No.

The 25th-ranked Maryland Terrapins will look to continue their fast start to the season, as they take on the Chaminade Silverswords in the first round of the Maui Invitational tonight at Lahaina Civic Center.

The circumstances surrounding Landon Milbourne's childhood dictated he learn how to cut hair. He grew up on the Eastern Shore where, as he said, 'there wasn't much around as far as a big city and a lot of people,' and his mother owned a hair salon. It took Milbourne time to realize he could perform the craft, but these days he serves as the resident barber of the Maryland men's basketball team.

In fact, nearly every member of the front court Milbourne leads gets his hair cut by the senior forward who always has found sustenance in his ability to adapt to his surroundings. When Maryland squares off against Chaminade on Monday in the first round of the Maui Invitational, Milbourne will jump for the tip and spend most of the game executing a role that would have seemed unimaginable to him three years earlier.

Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams said yesterday that backup forward Dino Gregory will rejoin the team for the Dec.

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.

The 25th-ranked Maryland Terrapins close out a season-opening three-game homestand this evening, as they welcome the New Hampshire Wildcats to the Comcast Center.

Maryland didn't experience too many problems in its first two games of the season, although star guard Greivis Vasquez's slow start is a slight concern.

Eric Hayes scored 14 points, and No. 25 Maryland celebrated its return to the AP poll with a 71-42 victory over Fairfield on Tuesday night.

Maryland will be down a big man or three tonight when it hosts Fairfield at Comcast Center, which means a couple of things.

Greivis Vasquez has no doubt he could be making a living in the NBA right now. The Terrapin men's basketball team's outspoken leader said his choice in June to withdraw from the professional draft came down to the wire.

In retrospect, it felt like the Maryland Terrapins played two seasons in 2008-09. There was the one in which coach Gary Williams ' recruiting was questioned by fans and the media at a time when missing the NCAA men's basketball tournament seemed a distinct possibility.