Seasoned just right: they arrived at Maryland with only a sprinkling of acclaim, but their four-year journey to the national title made the Terrapins' seniors unforgettable. (College Basketball).

On the play of his life, the play that made him an NCAA champion, Byron Mouton could have landed flat on his face. The ball was sailing over the baseline and seemed entirely out of reach. To rescue it required him to think fast and act without concern for his health. In other words, he had to hustle. This, he learned at Maryland.

Terrapins basketball has been funny that way. What the players did not bring into Cole Field House, they were likely to absorb while playing under its arched ceiling. "I came a long way," Mouton says. "People don't realize the difference between the Tulane Byron and the Maryland Byron. At Tulane, I probably would have let that ball go ...