1969–70

The year 1969 was a turning point in Washington sports history. The

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

had hired

Lefty Driesell Charles Grice "Lefty" Driesell (born December 25, 1931) is a retired American college basketball coach. He was the first coach to win more than 100 games at four different NCAA Division I schools, Driesell led the programs of Davidson College, t ...

to coach basketball. The Senators named

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as manager. The

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hired

Vince Lombardi Vincent Thomas Lombardi (June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was an American football coach and executive in the National Football League (NFL). Lombardi is considered by many to be the greatest coach in football history, and he is recognized a ...

as Head Coach and he had brought a winning attitude to the nation's capital. It marked a renaissance in sports interest in America's most transient of cities.

Personnel

NBA draft

1970–71

NBA draft

1971–72

Lefty Driesell started the tradition of Midnight Madnessin 1971 with an unofficial session that was attended by 3,000 fans at the

's football stadium,

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National Invitation tournament

*First Round **Maryland 67, St. Josephs 55 *Second Round **Maryland 71, Syracuse 65 *Semifinal **Maryland 91, Jacksonville 77 *Final **Maryland 100, Niagara 69

Awards and honors

* Tom McMillen, NIT Most Valuable Player * Tom McMillen, First Team All ACC * Tom McMillen, Third Team All-American
In April 1972, assistant

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became the head coach at

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in the

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1972–73

In the offseason, Tom McMillen was a member of the US national team that took part in

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NCAA tournament

*East **Maryland 91, Syracuse 75 **Providence 103, Maryland 89

Awards and honors

* Tom McMillen, Second Team All-American * Tom McMillen, First Team All ACC

NBA draft

1973–74

Maryland participated in the ACC Final. The Final pitted two of the top teams in the country. It has been regarded by many to be the greatest ACC game in history — and one of the greatest college games ever. The game was instrumental in forcing the expansion of the

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as NCAA March Madness and commonly called March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 college basketball teams from ...

to 32 teams, allowing more than one bid from a conference. Maryland had six future NBA draft picks on the team. The six picks were Tom McMillen and Len Elmore (1974), Tom Roy and Owen Brown (1975) and John Lucas and Mo Howard (1976). It is considered the greatest team that did not participate in the NCAA tournament.Bill Free �
This Overtime Lasts 25 Years
The 1974 team left it all out on the floor. Baltimore Sun, hosted at University of Maryland Terrapins athletic site, February 20, 1999

ACC tournament

The 1974 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in

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at the

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from March 7–9.

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defeated Maryland in overtime 103–100 to claim the championship. *Quarterfinals (March 7): Maryland 85, Duke 66 *Semifinals (March 8): Maryland 105, North Carolina 85 *Finals (March 9):

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103, Maryland 100

Awards and honors

* Lefty Driesell,

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NCAA Award of Valor recipients
/ref> * Len Elmore, First Team All ACC * Len Elmore, Second Team All-American * John Lucas, First Team All ACC * John Lucas, Second Team All-American * Tom McMillen, Second Team All-American

NBA draft

1974–75

In the offseason, John Lucas played for the US national team in the

1974 FIBA World Championship The 1974 FIBA World Championship was the 7th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Puerto Rico from July 3 to 14, 1974. The tournament was won by the Soviet Union. Venues Comp ...

, winning the bronze medal.

NCAA tournament

*Midwest **Maryland 83, Creighton 79 **Maryland 83, Notre Dame 71 **Louisville 96, Maryland 82

Awards and honors

* John Lucas, First Team All-American * John Lucas, First Team All ACC * FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champions, 1974 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

NBA draft

1975–76

Awards and honors

* John Lucas, First Team All-American * John Lucas, First Team All ACC

NBA draft

1976–77

NBA draft

1977–78

NBA draft

1978–79

NBA draft

References

External links

*http://www.umterps.com/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20090206225040/http://umterps.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/md-m-baskbl-2001.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Maryland Terrapins men's basketball (1970-1979)

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