THE REMATCH

Well Terp fans, this has been 11 months in the making. The No.2 Terps take on the No.1 Tar Heels later today. This game really needs no introduction and has no shortage of story lines.

Setting the scene: The Terps battled North Carolina in last year's national championship game. And Maryland held a 2-1 lead with around 10 minutes to play. But two questionable calls, including a yellow card (giving UNC a man-up advantage) and a penalty corner with under a minute to play (the officials missed a call on UNC before calling the corner), gave UNC the win and ripped the title and undefeated season away. Anyone in Terrapin nation who knows this team or has been around it knows the significance of the moment.

Story lines:

• The most important tangible factor here is ACC tournament seeding. The loser of this game - assuming seeding holds form in the first round of the tournament- would have to go through UVA to get to the ACC title game (and again have to face the winner of this game). The ACC is a very tough conference and any body can beat anybody. But if you only have to play the Terps, UNC or UVA, your odds have to improve enroute to the ACC title, rather than having to play 2 of the top 3 in the country to do so.
• The revenge factor from last season. Make no mistake the Terps are fired up for this one
• The top offense in the country against the top defense

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