Terps joined in 2010 Coaches vs. Cancer by Texas, Pitt, Illinois

It's quite the self-referential day here, though it does not come as a surprise that Maryland will be playing in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic this fall at Madison Square Garden.

Joining Maryland there Nov. 18-19 will be Illinois, Pittsburgh and Texas.

Two of the following eight teams will head to Comcast Center between Nov. 8 and Nov. 12 for the regional round: College of Charleston, Illinois-Chicago, Louisiana Tech, Navy, Rhode Island, Seattle, Toledo and UC Irvine.

If geographic logic was applied to this, you'd say Navy and College of Charleston would be coming to College Park, but who really knows. The last time Maryland was in this tournament, both Navy and Loyola were as well --- and they played each other at St. John's.

In any case, it's four out of 31 pieces of next year's basketball schedule solved far before anyone is really remotely interested in paying attention to it.

Comments

[Kevin Litz]

Hey Patrick, great job with the blog and keep it up. I also wish you the best of luck with the job search. Your real talented and will land somewhere. As for the schedule, I do know that the Terps have a return game at Villanova for this year so you can add that one on too!

[D1scourse]

Kevin ---

Good call on the reminder for that game. Not sure if it gets played on campus or at the Wachovia Center.

UNC Greensboro also visits Maryland in a return game. Go ahead and toss in the BBT against opponent TBA.

Then theres the 16 league games, which feature the following:

Home-and-home: Duke, Virginia, Boston College, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

Road: Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina

Home: Clemson, Florida State, N.C. State.

Thats 23 out of 31 games right there known in some form or fashion. Not bad.

[Doug]

Who's the Big Ten/ACC challenge game next year? Wisconsin maybe? Purdue/MSU/OSU? Don't know when/how that gets picked. Anyway, you can add that one to the list as well.

[D1scourse]

Doug ---

Yep, thats in there, too.

Typically, the conference offices arrange those matchups, and theyre usually released in mid-to-late April.

If history holds, Miami wont be part of that this year. The No. 12 seed/last-place team in the ACC is typically not included in the event.