Maryland heads to South Beach to play a Miami team that is 3-3 in the conference. Miami is not a stellar team when it comes to rebounding, and if the Terps are going to hang here, Len, Padgett and Pankey have got to come up big. They are going to have to give the edge to the Terps in the frontcourt and contain Kadji and Reggie Johnson and hopefully get one of them in foul trouble.

Miami is a very good FT shooting team, they do not get to the line as often as the Terps. The Terps and Canes shoot the ball about the same and play about the same defensively as far as opponents FG% is concerned. We expect Durand Scott to draw the defensive assignment on Stoglin becuase of his length at 6'5". That huge height advantage could be a real problem for Stoglin which translates to a huge problem for the Terps as he will not stop gunning no matter what and Maryland's scoring droughts that have done them in in very winnable games the last two weeks. Look for Turge to make Stoglin play more patient and look to share the ball as he has since the Temple game (at least in the first half of each game).

Mosley has got to score tonight and Len has got to show up. Outside of a couple good games against shot teams, Len has been very disappointing. We understand he needs to learn the college game and this isn't Europe or whatever but when you are 7'2", there are certain things you should be able to do regardless if you are playing basketball in Europe or the USA. Grab the ball, put your body on people, dunk the ball, block shots. He HAS to start playing better and quit trying to be the Dirk of the ACC. If he plays much better tonight, Terps hang till the end. We have not been impressed with Miami and the environment there is not great, so yes it is the road but it will be very bearable.

We think both teams shoot the ball well enough and allow enough possessions by the opponent to score some points tonight. We also think that as well as the Terps get to the FT line (though we aren't greta shooters) and as well as Miami does shoot it well from the charity stripe, this one has a great chance to go over.