New-Look Terps Aiming To Exceed Expectations In 2020-21

It was a little more than eight months ago, at the outset of the COVID-19 lockdown, when Maryland senior point guard Anthony Cowan cut the last nylon strand from the Xfinity Center net and hoisted it above his head in triumph. Meanwhile, his cohort, NBA-bound big man Jalen Smith, threw both hands in the air after the Terps knocked off Michigan, 83-70, to claim the 2019-2020 Big Ten conference title.