Both the Terps & Hoyas have been snakebit re: going to the dance. Gtwn was supposed to have had the best incoming class last year. Md is a perennial almost make it team. What intangible pushes a team over the top ?. Probably, being able to fall back on a solid defense and run a transition game makes the most sense. Yet how many teams can actually do these two things ?
They'll make the final 16 but after that.... who knows