Maryland Basketball
The University of Maryland basketball team for men, called the Maryland Terrapins, won the nationals in the year 2002. This was their first NCAA title after making the final four a year before. The Maryland basketball team played the most exciting basketball in recent years to emerge champions of the NCAA. Not to be outdone, the women's team also bagged the same title for their team in 2006.
The Maryland basketball program of the University of Maryland has teams for both the male and female league, namely, the University of Maryland women's basketball team and the University of Maryland men's basketball team. The University of Maryland basketball teams play their home games at the Comcast Center which can seat up to 17,000 fans. The Maryland Terrapins basketball teams for both men and women also sport the same logo, which features a turtle in a standing position. The University of Maryland basketball logo is actually a North American Terrapin, an endangered species of the turtle.
Despite the fact that people tend to shower attention towards the male counterparts of the Maryland womens basketball team, the Maryland Terrapins womens basketball team actually proves time and again that they are a team to be reckoned with. The University of Maryland womens basketball team has bagged quite a few conference regular season championships and conference tournament championships. They have also made a mark in the NCAA tournaments by getting the team into the final for a few times in the past, and capturing an NCAA tournament title in 2006. The University of Maryland NCAA basketball titles are just proof that both teams from the university are indeed made up of premier basketball players from a very well-founded basketball program.
The University of Maryland basketball recruiting scouts are always on the lookout for raw talents to be added to the program's already impressive roster. Those who wish to become Maryland basketball recruits can find ways to get into the program by typing into search engines, “University of Maryland mens basketball + recruiting”. Or if you want to see what kind of players the scouts are looking for, you can type “mens basketball prospects + University Maryland” in the search field. Finding the University of Maryland basketball schedule is also easy with the use of the search function of most search engines, or you can just access the official website of the University of Maryland Terrapins.