<---There Won't Be Many of These on the Terps' out-of-conference schedule next season. Instead, Chris King reports in the Terrapin Times that Maryland is scheduled to host Ohio State, Middle Tennessee, Temple and Pittsburgh at Comcast this fall. And, away from home, they have a date on Sunday, November 11th, in Chapel Hill with Oklahoma and the Paris Twins at the Hall of Fame Classic. (Sounds like there may be a road trip in the BasketCases' future!) Plus, the Terps will be traveling to Rutgers, as well as to the West Coast for a match-up with UCLA (and perhaps a rematch with the UCSB Gauchos).

And, if that isn't enough, they are also the 2007-08 season's ACC team participating in the Women's Preseason National Invitation Tournament! This year's other WNIT participants (and, therefore, possible Terrapin opponents) include LSU (a Final Four team led by returning senior 6'6" All-American Sylvia Fowles and now coached by the legendary Van Chancellor), as well as Notre Dame and Michigan State (under their new coach TBD).

Seeing Red . . . King also tells Terrapin Times readers that the Terps' games vs Ohio State, Oklahoma and Rutgers are already on the schedule for national TV audiences -- and that Fox SportsNet may pick up the UCLA game .

Maryland fans know that the strength of this out-of-conference schedule is a departure from the somewhat lighter-fare of previous seasons. According to King, Coach B said of this new schedule, ". . . we feel like we needed to be challenged." All the BasketCases have to say about this schedule is "Wow . . . we can't wait!"