When the information leaked in the least few days that Maryland and Rutgers could be headed to the Big Ten, it meant different things for the basketball teams at both schools.
For Maryland, it is the first of the traditional ACC schools to say, “Thanks, I have had enough.” For Rutgers, it may be a coming out party. The Scarlet Knights have been hidden in the Big East and now can take the program into new cities in the Midwest where they will not be in the shadows of Syracuse, St. John’s, and Seton Hall, who have all had success and deep runs in March since Rutgers’ last Final Four appearance in the mid-1970s.
Maryland hoops coach Mark Turgeon will enjoy a fresh start in the Big Ten in 2014 (Credit: Greg Fiume/Maryland Athletics)
Maryland has languished in the shadows of the four North Carolina schools in hoops for its entire life in the ACC. The Terps went ignored in hosting the ACC Basketball Tournament as they only hosted it in Landover, Maryland or the MCI Center in Washington,...
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