The Return of Vasquez
Greivis Vasquez, star of the Maryland Terrapins basketball team, opted to withdraw from the NBA draft and return to Maryland for his senior season. This is great news for Gary Williams as he attempts to build a team to contend in the ACC and return to the the NCAA late rounds.
Vasquez has been a great asset for the Terps. While basketball is team oriented, he alone could change the game, like against NC State late this past season. Some might have worried that Vasquez would take the leap to the NBA or worse yet, stay with the team and work like John Gilchrist did his junior season. Terrapin fans will remember that Gilchrist played to impress NBA scouts, thereby creating some friction with Williams.
Vasquez looks like he's back to help the Terrapins continue to rise. With a good recruiting class, including the possibility of Lance Stephenson, Coach Gary may be able to gel together a team that can contend with Tobacco Road foes. Maybe an ACC Championship is in the works.
Comments
Vasquez returning to Md shows he has good common sense and exercised good sound judgement. I don't think there were many if any fans that thought he'd become like Gilchrist. This year's team will still be very raw, but is a better team with Vasquez on it. It's a little premature to be discussing ACC Championship as Md's only won it twice in about 25 years, but Md should peform better against weaker opponents.
Posted by: The Sports Freak | June 17, 2009 10:45 PM
You are right, I don't think many fans thought he would pull a Gilchrist. I had that sneaking suspicion all season. He wears his emotion on his sleeves and if you recall that NC State game, he threw that last second shot even though we were already going to win. It showed to me, while he's a great team player, he's also looking out for himself. If the team could not muster together a good run, he'd be on his own like Gilchrist.
However, the team is looking good for next season, so we may not have to worry about that.
Posted by: Big Money Tony
|
June 18, 2009 2:21 PM