Notes going into Georgia Tech

Going for 10 After beating N.C. State for the seventh straight time, the Terps will be facing Georgia Tech, which Maryland has not lost to since the 2003-2004 season -- a stretch of nine straight wins. Gary Williams downplays the winning streak, saying that last year's wins featured the outside shooting of Dave Neal and that this year's Tech team has more backcourt depth. But Williams did point out that losing streaks to another school are usually thrown in a coach's face rather than winning streaks. He wasn't talking about Duke, was he? Hayes on the mend There was a reason for senior guard Eric Hayes being held scoreless for the first time all season Wednesday night against N.C. State. Hayes said that he started feeling ill even before the Virginia game Monday night, when he had 10 points and nine assists in 25 minutes. But he said that what started out as a bad sore throat worsened Tuesday. "I was feeling a lot better, my ...