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Maryland survives but will it advance?

By Andy Katz

Thursday, March 12, 2009

ATLANTA -- Maryland coach Gary Williams knew there was no way his team could be insulated from the constant bubble talk. Maryland's season-ending loss at Virginia meant the wildly erratic Terps had to beat NC State in the first round of the ACC tournament to have a chance to get an at-large berth. They did. But that hardly clears the path to the NCAAs for the 19-12 Terps. "I was proud of our team, there was a lot of pressure, a lot of pressure on them,'' Williams said after the 74-69 win ove ...

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