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[BSLMikeLowe]

This is real close to what I would have, except I’d replace Shue with Brad Davis (I never saw Shue play).  A couple of things…

 

I don’t think people realize how good of a player Albert King was - but obviously not better than Bias.  One small nit to pick, McMillen was the PF and Elmore the C on those teams.  Not related, but Elmore followed a guy name Lew Alcindor as the starting C at Power Memorial High School in NY.  One more thing, Elmore’s all time 5 is Lucas, Dixon, Bias, McMillen, and Smith.

Yeah I took several liberties with regard to position. Like Bias actually was the PF his final 2 seasons, but he started as the SF his sophomore year when Herman Veal played PF. Likewise Branch moved from SG to SF when Bias shifted.

 

I never saw Shue play, and am too young to remember the Lucas/Elmore/McMillen era, but I know enough to understand how great they were and their place in program history. You can’t have a conversation about the great Terps of all-time without those guys, even if you never saw them.

[BSLMikeLowe]

I agree with you regarding Albert King, but there were also times when he seemed to leave you wanting for more. I don't know if he just never got comfortable in Lefty Driesell's rather helter-skelter offense, but he seemed reluctant to take a game over when the situation clearly called for it. Maybe it just wasn't in his DNA.

 

He had that great junior year in 1979-80 and finally looked like he was becoming the player everyone thought he could be. I figured he might leave for the NBA after that, but he came back for his senior season and it was another up and down campaign--not just for him but the team as well. That 1980-81 Maryland team was one of the college basketball's biggest disappointments. Despite returning King, Buck Williams, Greg Manning and Ernie Graham from the previous season's ACC regular-season champs, the Terps underachieved much of the season and were blown out by Indiana in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Kenny Dennard undercutting Buck Williams going up for a sure rebound that would have sealed the ACC Tournament Championship Game, with no foul called of course, still haunts me. That was the moment I learned a hard lesson in life….that the Terps would never get an evenly officiated game on Tobacco Road.

[Nigel Tufnel]

A lot of receny bias.

 

And also a lack of Bias.

 

 

EDIT:  And now I see Ravens206 beat me to this joke.

[1970]

I agree with you regarding Albert King, but there were also times when he seemed to leave you wanting for more. I don't know if he just never got comfortable in Lefty Driesell's rather helter-skelter offense, but he seemed reluctant to take a game over when the situation clearly called for it. Maybe it just wasn't in his DNA.

 

He had that great junior year in 1979-80 and finally looked like he was becoming the player everyone thought he could be. I figured he might leave for the NBA after that, but he came back for his senior season and it was another up and down campaign--not just for him but the team as well. That 1980-81 Maryland team was one of the college basketball's biggest disappointments. Despite returning King, Buck Williams, Greg Manning and Ernie Graham from the previous season's ACC regular-season champs, the Terps underachieved much of the season and were blown out by Indiana in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

 

Don’t disagree at all.  I remember broadcasters back then talking about how unselfish he was - there was probably some truth to that. Shouldn’t make such assumptions, but I also always had the feeling he liked to play, but didn’t necessarily love it.  As for his dropoff from his Junior year to Senior year; he was used often in those days as the example of why it’s better to go pro too early as opposed to too late.  Even though he was the 10th pick 1981, I have to believe he would have been picked ahead of  Mike O’Koren (the 6th pick) in 1980, as Albert had a much higher ceiling.  Albert might have gone fourth in that draft.

[makoman]

he was used often in those days as the example of why it’s better to go pro too early as opposed to too late. 

Speaking of that, Terence Morris, who rightfully isn't in this thread but had all kinds of potential..