Forty-eight hours after Maryland men’s basketball suffered one of its worst losses in program history, an 81-46 drubbing at Michigan on New Year’s Day, coach Kevin Willard swiftly walked around the court inside Xfinity Center with a fierce look in his eyes.
The Terps were suddenly reeling, having lost four of six games, including blowout defeats to the Wolverines and then-No. 16 UCLA. Willard paced around the court nonstop, pulling players to the side during team drills and scrimmages, critiquing their every move.
“We can’t get embarrassed like we did,” Willard told his players. “We gotta get back to [beating] teams up.”
