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The 10th anniversary of Maryland’s NCAA Championship: Where are they now? Ten years after the Maryland men’s basketball team won the NCAA Championship, Barry Svrluga finds out what each player on that team has been up to.
Gary Williams, Coach
Williams retired following the 2010-11 season with more wins than any coach in the history of his alma mater. He went 424-242 at Maryland, took the program to the only two Final Fours in school history and won its only ACC tournament (2004) and national titles (2002). He took the Terrapins to 14 NCAA tournaments, including 11 straight from 1994 to 2004. Now lives in Bethesda.
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C Lonny Baxter, Sr.
KEY MOMENT: In a taut game in the East Region final against Connecticut, Baxter – a sometimes shaky foul shooter – repeatedly got the ball on the block, repeatedly got fouled, and made 15 of 18 from the line. He finished with a season-high 29 points and nine rebounds.
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G Steve Blake, Jr.
KEY MOMENT: Blake was the Terrapins’ pass-first point guard known best for his ability to get others the ball. But in the waning moments of the East Regional final against Connecticut, with Maryland holding a two-point lead, Blake's three-pointer clinched the Terps’ second straight trip to the Final Four.
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G Juan Dixon, Sr.
KEY MOMENT: The ACC’s player of the year and the Terps’ all-time leading scorer, Dixon had one of the best careers in Maryland history. When the Terrapins fell behind 13-2 in the national semifinals against Kansas, he steadied his team, scoring 10 of Maryland’s first 15 points. Dixon matched his career high with 33 points that night.
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F Tahj Holden, Jr.
KEY MOMENT: After being replaced by Chris Wilcox as a starter six games into the season, Holden became an important reserve. In the national semifinal against Kansas, Baxter picked up two early fouls, and Williams turned to Holden. He responded with a 13-point, five-rebound performance against a Kansas front court that included Drew Gooden and Nick Collison.
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F Byron Mouton, Sr.
KEY MOMENT: Mouton had two primary roles: defend and agitate. He always drew the opponent’s top scorer, and in the regional semifinals against Kentucky, that meant lanky Wildcats swingman Tayshawn Prince. Prince had scored 41 points in his previous game, but Mouton harassed him into a 6-for-17 shooting performance, an important part of the Terrapins’ 78-68 win.
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G Drew Nicholas. Jr.
KEY MOMENT: Nicholas was a backup at both guard spots and small forward. With the region semifinal against Kentucky tied midway through the second half, Nicholas nailed a three-pointer, the first of six straight baskets for the Terps, who never trailed again.
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F Chris Wilcox, Soph.
KEY MOMENT: In the national semifinals against Kansas, Wilcox showed the kind of athlete he was by blocking the first three shot attempts for Kansas star Drew Gooden. He went on to score 18 points and grab nine rebounds.
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G Earl Badu, Sr.
A walk-on from Baltimore, Badu played in 18 games in his Terrapin career, scoring four points. UPDATE 9/28/12: Badu died of an apparent suicide. He was 33.
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G Andre Collins, Fr.
Collins appeared in 22 games as a freshman, averaging 2.2 points. He scored the last basket at Cole Field House, a three-pointer at the buzzer against Virginia in 2002. Collins transferred to Loyola (Md.) midway through his junior year, where he averaged 26.1 points per game as a senior.
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G Mike Grinnon, Fr.
Grinnon played in 16 games as a freshman, but only two minutes in the NCAA tournament. Two years later he became the only Maryland player ever to win both an NCAA and ACC tournament title. After graduation, the Huntington, N.Y., native remained in the area and went into financial advising. He lives in McLean.
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G Calvin McCall, Jr.
A quarterback on Maryland's football team, McCall played in 19 games on the championship team and was a force in practice. "He didn’t take anything from anybody," Williams said. He later returned to his home town of Orlando and served as a coach on the staff of his high school's basketball team.
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F Ryan Randle, Jr.
An important front-court reserve on the title team, Randle was the Terps’ starting center in the 2002-03 season, and has had an itinerant career since, playing in Switzerland, Mexcio, France and Cyprus, as well as domestically in the United Basketball League and the NBDL.
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