Ok, I admit it. I did not like Terrell Stoglin at first. He played a little too crazy and out-of-control and I may or may not have hurt my throat screaming at him through the tv for throwing the ball away - again. But after he played so phenomenally well that he earned ACC Rookie of the Week recognition for two straight weeks, I’m happy to say I was wrong. Early in the season, he seemed like he was trying to be too fast and too flashy - and it didn’t work. He had a lot of Greivis Vasquez-like moves - only when Vasquez made them last year, they were successful. Maybe Stoglin just needed a little time to settle in and get his feet under him, because those crazy shots I hated him taking? They’ve started falling. In the last two weeks, he’s scored 25, 25, 17, and 28 points. The second-leading scorer for Maryland, Stoglin’s like a 6’1” whirling dervish of offense. Sure, he still makes mistakes, but like Vasquez, he does so many other things that help the team that he gets away with them. And I’ll gladly take Stoglin’s freshman mistakes over Adrian Bowie and Cliff Tucker’s senior screw-ups any day. I don’t even want to think about where this team would be without Stoglin at this point, and that’s something I never thought I’d say. Here’s hoping he only gets better from here.

Ok, I admit it. I did not like Terrell Stoglin at first.

He played a little too crazy and out-of-control and I may or may not have hurt my throat screaming at him through the tv for throwing the ball away - again.

But after he played so phenomenally well that he earned ACC Rookie of the Week recognition for two straight weeks, I’m happy to say I was wrong.

Early in the season, he seemed like he was trying to be too fast and too flashy - and it didn’t work. He had a lot of Greivis Vasquez-like moves - only when Vasquez made them last year, they were successful.

Maybe Stoglin just needed a little time to settle in and get his feet under him, because those crazy shots I hated him taking? They’ve started falling. In the last two weeks, he’s scored 25, 25, 17, and 28 points. The second-leading scorer for Maryland, Stoglin’s like a 6’1” whirling dervish of offense.

Sure, he still makes mistakes, but like Vasquez, he does so many other things that help the team that he gets away with them. And I’ll gladly take Stoglin’s freshman mistakes over Adrian Bowie and Cliff Tucker’s senior screw-ups any day.

I don’t even want to think about where this team would be without Stoglin at this point, and that’s something I never thought I’d say. Here’s hoping he only gets better from here.