Gary Williams Should Back Up His Big Talk

Gary Williams is stuck with the poor, lowly NIT this year. His team did not win enough games and play impressively enough to get a bid to this year's NCAA tournament. Instead of taking it like a man and making the most of it, he had to whine and complain and take aim at a rising conference that is having a great year: the Missouri Valley.

Even such a distinguished gentleman as C. J. Mahaney has fallen under Gary's spell. Recently at the Together for the Gospel blog he took a cheap shot at the Missouri Valley Conference. I'm sure that the great Terp fan CJ is requires him to like Gary Williams. But that doesn't mean I expect him to stoop to Gary's level in taking a swipe at the Valley.

Word is, out in the blogosphere, that following Williams' attacks on the MVC in the press, every MVC school called the University of Maryland offering to schedule games in future seasons. All received negatives. Why? Because Williams is scared his team will become another piece of evidence of the Valley's ascending stature.