big ten coach of the year mark turgeon shows all kinds of emotions.e was he defeated. >> i knew if i could just get the right pieces and the right people around me that he'd be successful. i think if i asked if i'm the same guy that coached last year he'd say yes. maybe a little bit not so uptight because we're winning, but i believe in myself. >> we share that trait with each other. >> chip on your shoulder trait? what trait are you talking about? >> that and we don't want to get -- like we just focus on what's now. like we just want to now i'm ready for the next one. it's almost like we expect to win every game me and coach turgeon, that's how competitive here. we know what we can do and what we can bring to the table. >> reporter: and now the battle-tested terps would like to run the table. >> what do you have to have happen for this postseason for you to consider it a success? >> this time of year is about having fun. i think if we can have fun, it's going to be a success because if we're having fun, we're going to play well. i do think the pressu

mark turgeon. >>> all right. there is one terps team still playing, and all our hopes are going on to them now. >> yes. >> what a year they have had. >> i know. but it is the women's turn now. they are playing right now. they've got one more game in college park this season the terps, a big test tonight against the undefeated princeton tigers in the women's ncaa tournament. right now the game is tied at 17-17. obviously early in the game. >>> meanwhile, the men are back in college park. their dance has ended. mark turgeon's terps downed by west virginia last night in columbus. it was a tough one for freshman star point guard melo tremble. several times knocked to the ground. even hit in the head by a knee of a teammate. he led the terps with 15 points but was forced to leave the game midway through the second half. you can see the tears. hard to watch for terps fans. the other big story, though turnovers. maryland they had 23 turnovers to 21 field goals for the terps. they fall 69-59. one win shy of the sweet 16.

almost like we expect to win every game me and coach turgeon, because that's how competitive we are. we know what we can do and what we bring to the table. >> reporter: and now the battle-tested terps would like to run the table. what would have to happen this postseason for you to consider it a success? >> this time of year is about having fun. i think if we can have fun it will be a success because if we're having fun we're going to play well. i do think the pressure is off us now, even though beal a high seed in the tournament. these guys have accomplished so much. i think right now it's icing on the cake whatever we do. >> maryland tips off the postseason tonight in the big ten tournament. they're facing indiana. as for how turgeon is getting some of the top recruits in the nation to come to maryland we're going to give you inside access on one of his secret weapons. search terps in the app nbc washington app. >>> an e-mail has triggered an investigation at the ewert of maryland. how the school's president took to social media to respond to students' concerns. >>> and a virginia

they proved everyone wrong and made it in to the tournament in head coach mark turgeon's tenure. they made an earlier than expected exit last night. they lost at the hands of west virginia. the fourth seeded terps kept it close with the mountaineers. maryland down with 1 point but the pioneers the terps. 69-59 loss. the season is over. while there's renewed hope for the future down the road right now there's just sadness especially for the head coach. >> i just wanted to thank them for giving me a great ride this year. and a year ago today i wasn't in a very good place. and today i'm in a great place because of that group in there. >> i knew that i was going to do whatever it takes to get us to this point. these guys bought in to what coach turgeon wanted us to do and i'm happy to be apart of this group. >> the team lost one of the players for the last 7 minutes of the game. no update on the health of melo trimble who got hit in the head again about 7 minutes later. he was benched with concussion-like symptoms. >>> we're two weeks away from the 2015 baseball season and the nation

coming up in sports terps head coach mark turgeon could see a big payoff from his hard work and we'll get away from all this snow talk and talk spring baseball. >> the animals at the national zoo had a blast today. here's a gray wolf along the american trail giving the camera a serious look and feeling right at home. while the gray seals gave a very different look catching snow flakes in their mouths. nice cold on the tongue and then the snow had the sea lion flipping with happiness. the national zoo was closed today because of the storm but you can see more of the photos on the zoo's flicker page. >> not far away from there, controversy came to a head at the u.s. capitol. the protesters scoring something of a victory. this wasn't a political battle. there's a fight for the right to sled! jennifer donelan shows us what happened when shredders who were technically breaking the rules came face to face with capital police. >> it's not your typical story about civil disobedience and protests. >> we were here a couple of weeks ago and got kicked off. >> it's reall story about a snowstorm a

tim: mark turgeon. all the attention in college park turns to the maryland women. they've won 25 games in a row and play the only other undefeated team in the tournament tonight, princeton. that will be in maryland at xfinity. it's the same story, control and limited turnovers. the lady terps had 20 turnovers in their first round win. they need to limit that tonight. hey, now hear this, the washington nationals have named their opening day starter and manager matt williams has decided to give that honor to the newest nat max scherzer. he's had a solid spring and he's the only cy young award winner on that staff. max scherzer will start two weeks from today against the mets. that will be opening day. how about for caps fans? alex ovechkin doing it again. guys from fort dupont went to the iceplex today looking for a clinic. they got it. they didn't know the three time nhl m.v.p. will show up. remember, ovi won that car for a local special needs hockey program. last week, ovechkin surprised a fan who had lost an autographed jersey in a house fire and this afternoon, a

mark turgeon says he will talk to melo trimble later this week about his future.ill he go to the nba or stay with the terps? there is word in college park that he is leaning toward staying. believe me, if he stays, he will be first-team all-american. leon: absolutely, and he will be higher in the draft. tim: and maryland would be a contender next year. leon: check this out -- a creative way to alison: a search for answers after the airliner crash in germany as the top trending story on wjla.com. president obama changes the plan for withdrawing troops from afghanistan. plus, the work week forecast. leon: people try a lot of things to get around traffic rules, but a man in washington state got very creative. for a fake passenger in his car for the hov lane, he used a cardboard cutout of the most interesting man in the world. he was slapped with a $124 fine. alison: the best part of the picture is he's laughing. (brad) my friends, i give you... ...the apartminternet. the new apartments-dot-com is bigger. stronger. faster. and bigger. it's got so many more apartments

a tough win, but mark turgeon will take it. >> is hard to win this time of year for stop really proud of my group. >> we just have to ignore the scouting reports and come ready to play. tim: 65-62 was the final for the maryland terrapins. they will play sunday against west virginia. west virginia will be tough. west virginia is very athletic and they will run the floor. they are very quick. leon: just as close, last possession? tim: absolutely, melo will have to have a great game. leon: the d.c. streetcar project, is it ready to roll after delays and safety concerns? a new review says yes. a study was conducted that found no safety problems. the association gave them a list of things to complete before launch, including operations and staff training. some still doubt the project will ever happen. there is a new perk for amazon prime users. you can get a delivery within an hour. there is a convenience fee of eight dollars. it is only available in baltimore, manhattan, and miami. >> we have opened a new operation. we are hiring 1000 full-time people. it's powered by those new operations

mark turgeon wants to get them mentally ready for a very, very dangerous valpraiso. >> very good rebounding team, which is something we are pretty good at, but not great. that challenges their, and they have good players, well coached. they will probably show some things that we have not seen, but this time of year you play really good teams. tim: the wizards playing the jazz in utah late game out west. the jazz are playing better right now. they lead by one late in the second. nationals-marlins. the nets lost to the fish, and giancarlo stanton hit this home run. stay focused, guys, find the ball. miami beats the nats. spring training for the cameramen as well. the play of the day, the cubs-dodgers. the liner, right back to the pitcher. life-saving catch. survival of the fittest. watch the comebacker. the cubs win 7-5. finally, some guy named eddie hall said a new world record today by lifting 1018 pounds and a dead lift, at the australian expo. 1-18 pounds, that sounds like leon! leon: yeah, one pound at a time. alison: coming up next, inspiration at a middle school. ♪ ♪ ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-w

he teared up, hugging mark turgeon. emotional day for the senior, a good day for him on the court. jake layman misses the three but dez wells gets way up in the air, the rebound. maryland ended the half on a 12-0 run. second half, the terps up six. the good look, his third three of the game. later in the second, check out this past to melo trimble lehman in the corner, knocks down maryland's 11th three of the game, a season-high. the terps win 66-56. georgetown and st. john's. the red storm looked hot in the first half of the hoyas trailing by nine. received jordan beyond the nba line. the only bright spot for the hoyas was devonte the smith rivera. he finished with 26. st. john's continued their hot shooting. in the second half, philip green drained six threes, helping the storm to the 81-70 win. acc, second ranked virginia and virginia tech. uva, anthony gill barrels through the defenders, lays it in, fouled. he had 12 at the half. second half, london parentes playing his first game since getting his nose broken against florida state. virginia keeps rolling, winning 69-57. george

however, mark turgeon says we need to take this one day at a time. robert burton, abc 7 sports. tim: some bracket busters, a great first day. there was one overtime, four upsets, and a lot of headshaking by the so-called experts. georgia state coming back from 12 down. hunter, the coach son, knocks down the game-winner. georgia state up stats -- upsts baylor. uab-iowa state. uab upsets the cyclones, 60-59. and baseball fans, the nationals and tigers got into a great pictures duel. gio gonzales, and sanchez each only gave up two hits in the game. scoreless game, stopped after 10 innings. that's like kissing your sister. [] laughter leon: oh, good! get that image out of my head. then again, i have not seen your r sister. tim: it's kissing your sister. alison: march basketball excitement is in full swing, the number one trending story on wjla.com. follow the action and get tips for your brackets. also trending, the arrest of a uva student under investigation. plus, the winter forecast. leon: this is an amazing story from chile, a dog took action to save her nine puppies from a fore

marilyn head coach mark turgeon is having a great year so far, the terrapins finishing off with seven straight wins. tonight he received the media's big ten coach of the year honor. the terps could possibly be a two seed in the tourney. a.u., the women have a shot to win the conference. the eagles up three. second half, knocking down the three, but them up six. they beat navy. they will host lehigh in the patriot league final tomorrow. and it's been a good year for american university basketball. the men will also play for a league title, playing lafayette. you have gw, maryland is winning, and a.u.? i don't know if that has ever happened before. leon: how about that? robert: girl power. alison: thank you, robert! leon: if they win tomorrow, we all have to wear pink. alison: here's a question -- could you run a reindeer? -- outrun a reindeer question leon: think of this as a safer version of the running of the bowls. this is the running of the reindeer in anchorage, alaska. the races for a worthy cause. on my short list, running with a reindeer. alison: it looks like the ice is more d

head coach turgeon. a three-point game alec peters drive, shot block, valpo pulls within one.than two minutes to play. layman's shot. dez wells out of nowhere gets the bucket. terps up four. under ten seconds to play. last chance for valpo. carter gets the ball. swatted away by varun ram. he's the smallest player on the team and comes up with the biggest play of the game. maryland moves on with the win over valpo. with more on the terps' huge win our carol maloney is in columbus. >> a mob scene at the end of the game led to a mob scene in the locker room. varun ram, former walk-on sat on the maryland bench the entire night. he came in at the end and came in big. >> i've been envisioning this my whole life. so being able to actually you know for it to actually happen it's good to make it. >> i told him not to be too aggressive. and he did not listen to me. but he made a big play. so i'm happy for him. you know he deserves it. >> we usually decide upon if coach said if you play 40 minutes or you play one possession just contribute the way you can. and he did. >> look at that cro

mark turgeon says he's depending on it. >> very confident. very determined. you can see the light at the end of the tunnel type thing. so you can just really lock in and try to be the best that he can. i just think that dez is just so determined to make this in the way that he wants it to end. >> all right. this will get you top 10 on "sportscenter." shannon evans from buffalo on the break. you saw it between the legs to the trailer for a little dunk time. it made number seven on "sportscenter." dez wells actually made number one. steve rudin said he could do that, though. >> please. >> nice. love it. all right, grapefruit league tomorrow starts for the nats. max scherzer scheduled to start for the rotation. let's be honest that rotation could have started with any of the big five. strasburg or zimmerman. scherzer said that's what's great about having his life back. when he's not throwing, he could learn a thing or two or whatever he can do to take that next step. >> for me i've had some thoughts about it over the off-season. how he wanted to get better. diff

. >> mark turgeon. georgetown is on the road to play butler. i think these two clubs have done enough to get a ticket to the big dance. still, the selection committee is watching tonight and evaluating. butler beat the hoyas in the bahamas early in the season. g-men came back to beat the bulldogs here in d.c. at the verizon in january. it was a good solid close game. still another big game tonight, the wizards and butler -- or the hoyas and butler. the wizards play their first game in the month of march tonight in chicago and after a 3-9 february folks they need to raise their level of play. they have to beat some tough teams to build momentum towards the playoffs. opening tip for that game is 8:00. how about alex lind? he continues to develop and after being slammed on by white said the two big guys got after it. he took it personally and look out, a couple of seven footers. they go into the first row. both guys were ejected. whitehead and alex lindh, how about that? both guys flagrant foul and thrown out of the game. ejected. how about taylor

like turgeon said, they won 28 games. >> that's going to do it for us.tay with wusa9 for the cbs evening news next. >> bye. >> pelley: boston bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev is taken back to the boat where his run from the law ended in a blaze of bullets. also tonight accused murderer robert durst may have tripped over his own loose tongue. new recommendations on cardiac stress tests why doctors say millions of people should not get them. and something new under the sun, a solar-powered spacecraft. >> that's exciting. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today dzhokhar tsarnaev, the admitted boston marathon bomber, took a field trip with the jurors who will decide whether he lives or dies. the destination: the boat in which he hid for hours until the police, acting on a tip from the

coach mark turgeon getting named as a finalist in the coac h ofthe year.nia's tony bennett is also a semifinalist. >>> it was the battle of the georges tonight, the ref rivalry. last first half, von gay buries a triple. mason was up at the break but all colonials in the sec half. gw wins 67-51. >>> terps women's lacrosse, no. 1 in the country playing under lights tonight against umbc. taylor cummings gets the ball past the goalie. setting up brook griffin with the easy goal. maryland wins 14-7. >>> well, one of the great stories of the year, lauren hill living out her dream and playing college hoops at mount st. joseph's when it didn't seem likely she would play after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. an upper deck trading card announcing its joined the fight to raise funds with all proceeds going for the cure starts now foundation. >> i remember that story. that okay, i need a better pizza. one made with only real cheese. and dough that rises naturally. with no chemical leaveners. a pizza my family will love. ally rising crust pizza. no other pizza tast

mark turgeon hopes his guards can make the adjustment. >> i hope that we can see over the double-teamse over the traps. and you know, but we got to be able to handle them getting underneath us. and that pressure. so that's key. but i do have some big strong guards that are -- that are pretty good at handling the ball. and hope that height does help us. robert: and don't forget u.v.a. will take the floor with michigan state tomorrow. this will be a rematch from last year's sweet 16 matchup. remember the spartans beat the cavs. and that's because tom izzo knows how to make the magic in march. >> last year you know, we -- they're the team that stopped us. and they played real well. it was a heck of a game. again, watching how well they're playing this year i mean, if you can beat a team that's make at a high level, and certainly michigan state, that's great. but it's just about trying to advance. whether it's michigan state or someone else. robert: good matchup right here. kentucky and cincinnati. let's pick it up. second half. wildcats up 46-37. and andrew harrison, goes strong. gets the

tim: head coach mark turgeon. let's go to the nba. wizards play the jazz tonight. a lot of fans think the wizards are getting their mojo back. utah has been playing a little better. washington has won four straight ball games. that's a good thing. let's move on. baseball nationals and marlins. nats lost to the fish and jian carlos-stanton hit this home run to right field. staying focused. find the ball. spring training for him as well. miami beat the nats. opening day as you know april 6th against the mets. play of the night comes from hockey. senators and canes. kyle turris with the incredible setup pass for the senators game-winner. oh, what a show stopping sensational sassy through the legs move to drop past the stone and bingo! kyle turrist so many others only can dream to do. stick work extraordinare! dropping the dime to stone. that's the play of the night. and how about the 70-year-old jim boeheim at syracuse. he will retire in three years. that may be the way coaches go in the future. this gives recruits a road map and he gets to have a say in who succeeds

and their fearless leader mark turgeon winning coach of the year.t think i had a great group of players, great group of kids that bought in. we kind of knew in june that we had a good team. everybody bought in. there was no jealousies. everybody respected each other on the court. and we have good talent. that's really the biggest reason that we've turned >>> all right, now to baseball. nats prospect michael taylor. we'll see him in center field while denard span recovers from surgery. gio gonzalez was on the mound. his spring debut. he went down gio, two innings. he might want this one back. i can't take my eyes off those palm trees, though. 2-0 braves. same score, top six. matt grace pitching getting help from the "d." i can't watch this enough. anthony rendon and gets it. makes it look so easy as well. not enough on the nats offensive side. here's what i like about the denard span injury. obviously bad, four to six weeks before he can start practicing probably miss opening day. tony gwynn jr. might make the roster. he looks just like his dad. >> d

. >> reporter: the maryland terrapins gathered here at coach mark turgeon's house for selection sunday anxious to season their name called for the first time in five years, but the reaction that we got isn't what we expected. >> while we were excited it wasn't the biggest surprise. we're really happy to be in. i don't know if that came off with our facial expression. >> we've had a heck of a year. the number doesn't matter in front of your name. it's really who you're playing about. >> it's totally different than any tournament you'll play in. yeah, we're excited to hear what they have to say and it's fun to have of a new tournament to play in. >> reporter: only two guys have played in the tournament before, dez wells and evan s shutridge. so those guys will get together with the team so they know what to expect. >> reporter: welcome to georgetown, everybody. we're at the dining hall where it was the scene of a raucous party on the hill. the hoyas were rewarded for a 21-win season. now they've got a four seed. off to portland we go and the south regionals. >> quite honestly i was surpr

terps coach mark turgeon was voted coach of the year by the media, 26 wins, 14-4 big 10 play and a ranking of eight in the country. >> i'm surprised now successful we've been. i knew we were good. i dunn know we'd get to 26 wins, 14 in the league. that probably surprised me the most. i felt like we were going to be an ncaa tournament team, but to do what this team has done has really surprised me. >> wisconsin's bowe ryan got the coach's vote. we had exclusive video of the coaches together moments after the announcement, another edition of bad lip reading. enjoy. thanks for. this i'm hung over. i'm terrific. shout out to mello, didn't even have to pay to play for us. oh. >> i told you we're not friends, now run along, go somewhere. somebody get my trophy. i'm still waiting. >> was that funny? >> that was pretty good. >> it looked like a bad track to a movie. >> like kung fu. >> like an old kung fu movie where you're not quite sure what they're talking about. you were my teacher. >> listen again maryland all in good fun. we're just having fun. >> that's all right. >> you're not going to get

. >> reporter: this not only gives mark turgeon his career best 27th win of the season, the terps move on to the semifinal. in chicago kristen berset, wusa9. >>> meanwhile in greensboro no. 3 virginia had a tough semifinal date with no. 19 north carolina in the acc semifinal. diane roberts has the latest. >> reporter: the cavaliers were the no. 1 seed in the acc tournament. most people saw them going to the finals. they were knocked off by uc, the tar heels, and it was an instant classic. in the final three minutes the cavaliers brought the score within three four times and within 1 twice. >> pure playing trying to -- you're playing trying to win, trying to get stops. there are a lot of ups and downs, but we weren't able to pull it out. >> it was a tough hard fought game. if we had only brung that level of detail, focus and passion, if we brung that the whole game, we could be talking about a different result, maybe not, but we learned from it. we understand what happened. we accept it and we move on. >> i told the game after the game they showed great heart and fight to claw their way

head coach mark turgeon had the entire team over at his house today to watch the selection show.ps' reaction -- not as exciting, you see there. that's because maryland was hoping for a higher seed after a 27-win season. maryland takes on valpariaso in columbus, ohio friday. same number different story at georgetown. e hoyas getting the fourth seed in the south region. georgetown finished the season with 21 wins. thl play eastern shore washington in portland, oregon, thursday. lar in spores we'll tell you why -- sports we'll tell you where maryland didn't have a happy reaction when the announcement came down. back in te can't wait. thanks. >>> a disgraced virginia lawmaker has been charged in a sex scandal. we are going to reveal the major development with the woman at th >>> there's no such thing as a free ride. a dispute over that got a metro st >>> whoa! . >> a racer survives a horrific crash. fine out how fast he was going [ crashing sounds ] >>> some seriously strong winds tore scaffolding right off a skyscraper today in portland oregon. that sent the heavy debris falling on

maryland's first trip to the turn to tourney with turgeon as head coach.'s one key to success in this tournament. that's playing like it's any other game. >> i don't think we've approached anything differently. haven't all year. this team works hard they listen. we're so excited to be in the tournament and think about where we were a year ago. >> you just have to enjoy each and every moment you have with these guys. savor all these moments because it goes by really fast. you have something special and have to keep that going. >> our carol maloney just pulled into columbus with our photographer chris kerr. her reports starting tomorrow as maryland hits the court for practice. the game is on friday. >>> since georgetown made a run to the final forin 2007 they've been bounced from the tournament five times. washington is aware of this. the eagles have the top scorer in the entire nation on their squad and a confident coach who made a very big guarantee today on the jim rome show. >> it's great. we're not just happy to be here. we want to do something special.

our carol maloney has talked to head coach mark turgeon and he is meeting with trimble to determine hisuture later in the week. there's currently a report saying he's planning to return to maryland but we'll keep you updated. >>> finally, the redskins have not ruled out using their first-round draft pick on a quarterback. yep. the new gm says it doesn't mean they're pulling the plug on rg3 yet. >> i'm going forward with the standpoint of what i've seen from rob national terror alert college and what i saw, you know his rookie year we had come from seattle and play in the playoffs is tremendous upside. you know he's still a young guy. but i need to see him around the other guys and see who steps up and takes leadership. >> scot has to see wit his own eyes. >> if they're hurting like they are on defense and the "o" line and you're going to use your first-round draft pick on quarterback and you're telling me rg3 is still your man? who are they kidding? >> they improved the defense in the free agency. they need a quarterback. >> they need some more defense. and, yeah they do need a quarterb

coach mark turgeon is confident the success is just beginning. >> my goal is that we continue to getter. if we continue to get better and have fun, we have a chance to be successful in that tournament knowing every game will be hard. we're battle tested, wasn't like we won every game by 20. we lost a few, but the ones we did win were close. i think we've seen almost everything you possibly can see. we're very composed in close games. i expect that to continue in post season. >> reporter: it will be fun and exciting in the united center. the game tips off at 6:30. down south in greensboro the virginia cavaliers play unc tonight. diane roberts has more on their game from north carolina. >> reporter: virginia plays north carolina in about an hour and a half in the semifinals in the new look acc, the 1 without maryland for the first time in 61 years. cavalier fabs don't seem -- fans don't seem to mind a bit. take a quick peek around and t nat cal, seriously, a -- the fanatical, seriously, a limousine? >> i'm excited. i know my family members around, but i am. >> no, i don't think we're m

and of course it's the first trip for the school since 2010 and first for mark turgeon as head coachrrapins. all those firsts but the team spent a lot of time today talking about how to make it last. >> want everything to last want everything to seem like it's new over and over. you want to keep reliving these moments. to do, that you have to keep winning and keep the level of execution you set for yourself and your team. >> just have fun. one of the best things to happen to us in our college career and he's right, and i just want to have fun. snits really cool. i remember everyone filling out brackets and stuff and watching this when i was young and actually being here and people filling out brackets for us it's crazy. >> we've proved ourselves all year and we have to do it again. it's a new tournament. we have to go out and play well. i don't know if you're looking to validate a great season but you want to go out and perform well. the motivation is just fun. this is a great time of year. let's make sure it continues for a while. >> reporter: guys say they've already exceeded expec

lots of tears, including from head coach mike turgeon himself. he simply told his players this year was a fun ride and the future is even brighter. in columbus, ohio, kristen berset, wusa9. >>> with maryland gone and virginia gone, a number of local brackets have probably been torn up and thrown out if not before that already. >> georgetown gone. nick is standing by at the web center with social media reaction. >> reporter: twitter is where people gis time of year for a showldtory cry on. a lot of people -- shoulder to cry. a lot of people feeling the pain of melo trimbl oh. [ -- trimble. born any says not -- [indiscernible] chin up. maiden voyage of the big ten, we're all proud of you. bonnie bernstein. another said can't help to think this might have had a different ending if melo didn't get hurt. eight and a half minutes left to go he had led the team in scoring. dillon wrote the emotion the student athletes show is just raw and authentic. i love it. you see tears flowing in locker rooms flowing across the country. tommy mcfly, there is some t

we start with mark turgeon's guys ranked 10th. their highest ranking since 2003. they beat wisconsin and michigan last week at home. they finished unbeaten in the center in the big 10. perfect 9-0 in league. melo trimble drive the train. what an unexpected ride this has been this season. >> got a little bit bigger. it's just a number. guys should be proud of it. they've learned it. it is march and to be ranked this late in the year means you've done a few things right. should be proud of it and give us more confidence. >> mark give the women some! the women have won 21 straight games. become the third team in big 10 history to go through the league without a loss. they love it. when you look at the tournament predictions, the maryland women are projected to be a number one seed in the ncaa national tournament. all right, the maryland lacrosse team has started its season 3-1. they are ranked nineth in the nation but our play of the day comes from professional lacrosse. easy for me to say. behind his head. he plays for the vancouver stealth. he had five goals agains

something that mark turgeon said would help. >> if they have a couple of six foot guards running aroundse are hard teams to guard. so i think it's a little bit of an advantage for us. >> going to come out and play the game of basketball like we know how to. come out to victory. robert: tomorrow, they will look to their leaders, jake layman who is a junior. dez wells the senior and the freshman guard melo trimble. i got a one-on-one in the locker room with one of the big three. that's coming up in sports later on. back to you, tim: look forward to that. georgia state, another number four team was down two at baylor. final seconds, r.j. hunter, the coach's son knocks down the three ball. let the celebration begin. stop, pop, bang! upset city! the big 12 is taking a beating. two losses already. the music has stopped. time to go! coach falls out of his chair. coach hunter, come on, man! look at him! this is your guy. this is your best buddy. oh, man. alison: he's had a rough time. tim: what kind of friend are you? you didn't pick him in the bracket. alison: well, neighbors in one prince geo

mark turgeon said he's not ready for any kentucky talk yet. >> that's so far down the road. if anybody had watched film on valpo and buffalo and west virginia, they won't be talking about it. we aren't talking about it. tim: even the assistant coach, m.v.p. of the 2002 title run got into the act today. who might be the hero this time around? >> two four six, eight melo you're looking great. go guys! tim: that's the sendoff. maryland plays friday afternoon. georgetown plays eastern washington at 9:57 tomorrow night. keep in mind the hoyas are confident for the first round game and know that eastern washington is a tough out. eastern has the leading scorer in the country, tyler harvey. believe me georgetown is very aware of first round wipeouts and the hoyas have lost to a double digit seed in the past five tournament appearances. meanwhile, another terrific story locally as the american university women who are going to the ncaa tournament for the first time ever! the american team which won the patriot league tournament championship will open against third seeded iowa and th

turnaround the maryland terrapins ranked eighth in the country and just announced head coach mark turgeon, coach of the year in the big ten with wisconsin's bo ryan. a split decision. the terps finished up the regular season with a win over nebraska last night, 26 regular-season wins the most in program history. maryland finished tenth in the big ten, finished second in the conference. they're going to play the winner of indiana northwestern in the quarterfinals of the big ten tournament. that game on friday at 6:30. so we have to wait this week. on the women's side number 4 maryland wrapped up a perfect big ten season defeating ohio state to win the conference title. the terps now have won 24 in a row, matching the longest streak in program history. got to show you the team last night in the locker room. coach brenda frese surprising her team with silly string! that's the way to celebrate, ladies! some critics think tennessee, who's ranked lower than maryland deserve s to be the number-one seed of the terps because it preseeds the schedule. not thinking ak it. but brenda has something to

robert: head coach mark turgeon was hoping to go dancing way before now when he took the job in 2007. >> maybe it took a little longer than i anticipated. because i think we're going to win every game. robert: players say all that matters is now. >> getting to play here with these guys, i wouldn't want to be here with any other team. robert: and coming up in sports at 5:00, we'll talk about valpo. they're not your average major team. you want to watch out for them especially in march. back to you. tim: i'm with you. they are an upset special. georgetown plays eastern washington. that's tonight at 9:57. that is, in fact, the last game of the day. georgetown and eastern washington. leon: you're not going to dye your hair, are you? tim: i might. i like that look. leon: like the worst billy idol ever if you did that. march madness. you know what that means. fun or frustration for those of you with brackets especially those like mine that got blown up big time. 66% of workers spend at least one hour of the day following the games. that's probably underestimating. the ncaa makes it easier t