Here Comes Trouble. That really is the title of a must-read article from today's Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier in which, among other things, Coach Brenda Frese explains why she scheduled tomorrow's road game against the University of Northern Iowa:

"We just wanted to take the team back, have dinner at the parents' house and show them where I came from. I'm not sure most of (my players) even know where Iowa's located."

The BasketCases think it's great that the Terps will be enjoying some Iowa home-cooking at the Freses on this roadtrip. But we were a bit curious about what special culinary delights might await the team. Thanks to the power of a certain Internet search engine, we discovered that Iowa is famous for its Loose Meat Sandwiches and for its Corn! We do know what corn is (and unlike most of the players, we even know where Iowa is), but the Loose Meat Sandwiches had us flummoxed. However, a little more research and we learned, thanks to one internet poster that it's

"ground beef fried on a griddle so that it is crumbly. It's like a sloppy joe but without the sauce. An Iowa thing, I think."

We even found Roseanne Barr's famous recipe! The BasketCases don't know if Loose Meat Sandwiches will be on the menu, but whatever the Freses serve, we're sure it'll be yummy . . . Bon Appetit! (If you don't know those last two words . . . just ask Aurelie.)

There's plenty more to learn from the linked article --- for example, Brenda tried to get a game with either Iowa State or Iowa before talking with UNI --- and still more to learn from an article in the UNI Northern Iowan student newspaper --- from that we learned that just like The Thundering Herd (we love that nickname!), the UNI Panthers have never before hosted a #1 Team. Obviously that will change tomorrow when the Terps tip off against Northern Iowa at 8:05 PM ET. You can follow the game on radio on the Terps website.