Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
| Maryland Terrapins men's basketball | |||||||||||
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| University | University of Maryland | ||||||||||
| First season | 1904–05 122 years ago | ||||||||||
| Athletic director | James E. Smith | ||||||||||
| Head coach | Buzz Williams 1st season, 12–20 (.375) | ||||||||||
| Location | College Park, Maryland | ||||||||||
| Arena | Xfinity Center (capacity: 17,950) | ||||||||||
| NCAA division | Division I | ||||||||||
| Conference | Big Ten | ||||||||||
| Nickname | Terrapins | ||||||||||
| Colors | Red, white, gold, and black | ||||||||||
| Student section | The Wall | ||||||||||
| All-time record | 1,696–1,132 (.600) | ||||||||||
| NCAA tournament record | 46–30 (.605) | ||||||||||
| NCAA Division I tournament champions | |||||||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||||
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| NIT champions | |||||||||||
| 1972 | |||||||||||
| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||||
| SoCon: 1931 ACC: 1958, 1984, 2004 | |||||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||||
| SoCon: 1932 ACC: 1975, 1980, 1995, 2002, 2010 Big Ten: 2020 | |||||||||||
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* vacated by NCAA | |||||||||||
The Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represents the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition. Maryland, a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), left the ACC in 2014 to join the Big Ten Conference. Gary Williams, who coached the Terrapins from 1989 to 2011, led the program to its greatest success, including two consecutive Final Fours in 2001 and 2002, which culminated in the 2002 NCAA National Championship. Maryland has appeared in 31 NCAA tournaments and won their conference tournament 4 times. The Terrapins have competed in 102 seasons, accumulating an overall record of 1,678–1,109 as of the 2024–25 season.
The Terrapins played in what many consider to be the greatest Atlantic Coast Conference game in history — and one of the greatest college basketball games ever — the championship of the 1974 ACC men's basketball tournament, in which they lost 103–100 in overtime to eventual national champion North Carolina State. The game was instrumental in forcing the expansion of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, thus allowing for at-large bids and the inclusion of more than one team per conference. That Maryland team, with six future NBA draft picks, is considered by many to be the greatest team not to have participated in the NCAA tournament.