The University of Maryland men?s basketball team, which announced its 2006-07 schedule Thursday, will open the regular season by hosting the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic at Comcast Center on Nov. 7-8, starting a campaign that will include at least 13 opponents that reached the postseason a year ago.
Maryland will play 13 times on national television in 2006-07 in games that will be broadcast over the ESPN family of networks, on Fox Sports Net or on ABC.
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“The games start early this year with the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic,” said Gary Williams, who will coach his alma mater for the 18th season. “That leads us into the ACC/Big 10 Challenge and the BB&T Classic. We also play an early-season game with Boston College. It?s a tough schedule early this year and hopefully that will prepare us for the Atlantic Coast Conference schedule.”
Maryland will be the host to one of four regionals in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic, with the Terps facing Hampton at 9 p.m. on Nov. 7. New Orleans and Vermont will play in the opening game that day.
The winner of the College Park Regional will advance to Madison Square Garden on Nov. 16-17 for the championship rounds of the tournament. Michigan State and Texas, each of which were in the postseason last year, join St. John?s as regional hosts of the 16-team tournament.
Maryland will play at Illinois on Nov. 28 in the ACC/Big 10 Challenge before facing Notre Dame at Verizon Center on Dec. 3 in the BB&T Classic. The Terrapins open their ACC slate on Dec. 10 at Boston College in a game to be televised nationally by Fox Sports Net.
In its 16-game ACC schedule, the Terrapins have home-and-home matchups with Duke, Virginia, Clemson, Florida State and N.C. State. In home conference games, the Terps will also play Miami, Georgia Tech and North Carolina. Maryland will play its only regular-season league meetings against Boston College, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest on the road.
