Terps Hold Exhibition Game, Without Gregory
I logged on to write about the exhibition game, but the bigger news is the fact that forward Dino Gregory is out for a “violation of team rules”. Of course the laws prevent the school from releasing information on these things, but what is scary to me is, there is no mention of how long he will be out. From all accounts, he was not at the game. Just when you start to read about how much he improved over the off season, and had likely landed a starting role in the front court, Maryland is left very thin at forward. WIth the injury to Steve Goins, the Terps are going to have to rely heavily on freshman Jordan Williams and James Padgett. Here is to more drama for the basketball season.
In the action on the court, the Terps, were able to hold off Division 2 foe, Indiana (PA) (something #25 ranked Syracuse can not say) 75-54. Leading the way scoring for Maryland were Sean Mosley and Landon Milbourne, with 14 points a piece. Greivis Vasquez chipped in 13 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, and 4 steals. It seems, the do everything senior is ready to pick up where he left off. With the absence of Gregory and Goins, the freshman bigs fared fairly well, with Padget scoring 8 points while getting the start, and Williams added 7 (5-6 from the line). Granted the competition isn’t what they are going to see in the ACC, I will take those kinds of numbers out of them. The best news is they seemed very active out there, especially on the boards.
With one week to go until the season opener, it will be interesting to see how the Gregory story unfolds. It is also going to be worth noting how Steve Goins’ injured knee is healing. If Gregory is out for an extended period, Goins could really provided a couple of minutes, and maybe more importantly some fouls for the Terps. Last night, Jin Soo Choi got the back up minutes at the 4. Let the fun begin!
I almost forgot I wanted to mention the Without Bias show from ESPN last night. It was pretty much as I expected. The one thing I had never seen before was anything with Terry Long. That was the first I had ever heard anything from him. It was always from Brian Tribble, and I never really believed his side of the story, but it seemed to go hand in hand with Terry Long. Overall, it is just a sad story, and it didn’t go into as much Maryland bashing as I expected. There are only 3 people who really know what went on that night, and there is probably one person (Tribble) who really knows how deep Bias was into drugs. Any thoughts?
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November 4th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I know all about the Bias story and I think about him every once in awhile. It is truly one of the saddest stories I have ever heard. The documentary was hard to watch and riviting at the same time. I believe every parent should make their child watch this program. Bias probably saved thousands of lives in his death because kids found out that it only takes one bad trip and your dead. I know growing up that I was scared of drugs because I didn’t want to die experimenting with something I didn’t know anything about. Overall I think the piece was very well done. In the end it came down to the fact that Bias made a bad choice and paid for it with his life.
I think Tribble had a statement that said, “The guys new I was into drugs but they didn’t know Bias did them too.” I’m sure Bias had used before but the toxicologist stated that the cocaine was almost pure and it would have been a miracle if it hadn’t killed him. I however don’t know why Tribble and Long didn’t have any ill effects. Those two guys sounded like two fellas who had been through a very tough life. They just seemed beaten down. They survived and their good friend, a sports superstar, died. I’m sure they were going to be “hangers on” to Bias and who’s to say that they wouldn’t have contributed to his downfall later on in life if he had survived. The death of Jay Bias was the last straw. You had to feel so bad for Mr. Bias when he was talking about Jay and accidentally called him Len. It seems like Mrs. Bias is doing much better coping with everything.
All in all a good piece and I don’t think their was any MD bashing. It was nice to hear so many people say so many good things about Len Bias.
November 4th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Yeah I didn’t see anything that negative about Maryland. It’s tough to watch stuff on Len Bias, yet it’s tough not to. I just can’t get how sad the whole thing is. It’s hard to think of any other person who was struck down so close to the highest possible point in their life. Very sad.