This is a Maryland Minute, a short story followed by a roundup of Terps-related news.
Maryland men’s basketball climbed to No. 11 in the final Associated Press top-25 poll of the regular season, its highest ranking since before head coach Kevin Willard took over prior to the 2022-23 season.
Maryland men’s basketball rose two spots to No. 11 in the final AP top-25 poll of the season. It’s the Terps’ highest ranking since the 2019-20 season, when they were ranked No. 9 in the March 2 poll.
— Colin McNamara (@Colinmcnamara05) March 10, 2025
The boost comes after back-to-back wins over then-No. 17 Michigan on the road — who fell to No. 22 — and Northwestern on the Terps’ senior day. It’s their highest ranking since the 2019-20 season, when they spent all of February and most of November and December in the top-10.
Maryland finished its regular season with a 24-7 overall record and 14-6 conference record, tying its highest marks in both categories since that 2019-20 pandemic-shortened season. It enters the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 2 seed for the first time since 2015, and is currently projected by ESPN as a No. 4-seed in March Madness.
In other news
Colin McNamara dove into Maryland men’s basketball center Derik Queen’s case for Big Ten Freshman of the Year.
Maryland baseball catcher Alex Calarco was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s national hitter of the month after hitting seven home runs in just 33 at-bats and recording a 1.621 OPS.
AC put on a show in February! #DirtyTerps pic.twitter.com/3T3IIGI8It
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) March 10, 2025
Maryland women’s basketball dropped three spots to No. 18 in this week’s Associated Press poll after a blowout loss to Michigan in its first game of the Big Ten Tournament.
Maryland women’s basketball fell three spots in this week’s AP poll to No. 18 after losing to Michigan in its only Big Ten tournament game.
The Terps were ranked No. 18 in the preseason poll and sit at that same spot now after conference tournaments.
— Ben Messinger (@benmessi_) March 10, 2025
Maryland women’s lacrosse jumped three spots to No. 5 in the weekly Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association poll after a road win over then-No. 12 James Madison.
Terps back in the top 5️⃣ this week! pic.twitter.com/iAASKQTGPv
— Maryland Women’s Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) March 10, 2025
Maryland men’s lacrosse stayed put as the No. 1-ranked team in the country this week.
After their comprehensive victory over Delaware, @TerpsMLax remains No. 1 in the @Inside_Lacrosse and @USA_Lacrosse polls, consolidating all first-place votes.
One to note – the Terps’ opponents on Saturday, Virginia, have crept up the ranks to No. 18/15 after beating Towson.
— Nolan Rogalski (@NolanRogalski) March 10, 2025
Maryland women’s basketball announced its March Madness selection show watch party, which will take place Sunday evening at Xfinity Center.
Watch the Selection Show with us
Sunday, March 16
XFINITY Center
https://t.co/wZKsejBj0S#faMily pic.twitter.com/DGGfeLJFkJ— Maryland Women’s Basketball (@TerpsWBB) March 10, 2025