Maryland Basketball: 2019-20 season review of the Terrapins

Best/Worst Moments of the Season

The Terps went undefeated to start the season. They tied their strongest start of 11 straight since the 1995-96 Terps team had Keith Booth, Laron Profit, Sarunas Jasikevicius and Obinna Ekezie were leading the charge and averaging double figures in points.

That streak included the Orlando Invitational Championship. Cowan Jr. shined throughout the tournament and the Terps shut down the Marquette Golden Eagles best scorer in AP First Team All-American Markus Howard. They faced really good competition during that three-game span. Temple, Harvard, and Marquette had been playing really good basketball up to that point and only Harvard and Marquette finished the year at or near the top of their conferences.

Another good moment was the nine-game winning streak that began January 18 when they beat the Purdue Boilermakers 57-50 at home and ended with a 76-67 victory at home over Northwestern. That streak included key road wins against Indiana, Illinois, Michigan State and a win too close for comfort against Nebraska at home.

The bad were those two losses to Penn State and a Seton Hall team without Myles Powell.  Makhi and Makhel Mitchell transferred after that which presented a depth problem in the frontcourt and the Terps would suffer two more road losses against Iowa and Wisconsin before the run began.

The piece de resistance, the icing on the cake, the cherry on top, was the Terps win over Michigan to earn a share of the Big Ten title. The team had finally arrived in the Big Ten conference. After finishing as high as second place in the Big Ten twice and as low as eighth, they won the conference in front of their home fans and this was a team that very well could have won a national title.