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ATLANTA _ Too fat. Too short. Shoddy grades. That was Lonny Baxter, five years ago.
Beaten. Battered. Ready to wave the white flag instead of the garish, black-and-gold-and-red-and-white quilting-bee number their fans brandish now. That was Maryland, two years ago.
Frenetic. Frantic. An aneurysm waiting to happen; a conduit of panic when poise was needed. That was Gary Williams, for years and years, and maybe he still is.
The story of Maryland, the NCAA basketball champion of 2002, is the story of torturous passages. You think this 64-52 victory over Indiana Monday night was unsightly? You haven't ridden back from probation and disappointment with the Turtles.
``Gary Williams," decided assistant coach Dave Dickerson, ``should get the purple heart for what he's done here since 1989. The job he has done here is mind-boggling. Because for a ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Final passage: Terps finally arrive at the top.(The Orange County...