What about the one when Walt Williams scored on a tip with 0.8 left to upset then-10th ranked Tar Heels in 1992? That's one of the greatest upsets under Gary Williams IMO.

I don't remeber the year, but it was early in Lefty's career at Maryland. The terps defeated a then highly ranked South Carolina team in the pre shot-clock era in very low scoring affair (I believe the final was in the 20s) on a last second shot by Jim O'brien. Still ranks in my mind as one of the greatest Terp upsets.

The game, in 1971 was 4-3 Terps at the half. Jim O'brien went 6 for 6 including a next to last second field goal to win 31-30. Strange, but great game.

You forgot to mention the Terps win over Kansas in the national semifinals in 2002. Kansas was ranked number one at the time.

So, make it seven wins over number one ranked teams for Gary. This may have been the biggest one of all.

I believe that you left out one of Gary's wins over number one ranked teams. In fact, it was the biggest of all.

The Terps soundly defeated Kansas in the national semifinals in 2002. Kansas was ranked number one at the time.

What about the 2001 win over a highly favored Stanford...basically put that Maryland team on the map and set the tone for the NC season in 2002.

Maybe not in the top 10; but still a memorable game was one of Lefty's first big ACC wins in Feb'70 when Will Hetzel hit a shot from just inside half court to beat Duke 51-50. This was a varsity Terp team that had lost 2 of 3 to the incoming freshman team led by Tom McMillen and Lenny Elmore. Also one the greatest games in Terp history was the one they lost to NC State and David Thompson, triple overtime 103-100 in the ACC '73 finals and the loser (the Terps) didn't get to go the NCAA tournament as only the winner went.

ok it wasn't under Gary but in '81 or '82 - the Terps beat Ralph Sampson led UVA at Cole by playing a box and 1 with Adrian Branch as the 1. He would pop out around double picks and literally single-handidly beat the immensely talented, top 5 ranked Cavs.

how come gary williams takes too much time to figure out what the other team is doing so he can change his coaching style on the fly and not always at halftime?

The game against S. Carolina in 1971 has been mentioned here. I was at that game. What made it memorable was the Terps played at S. Carolina first. A fight broke and some S. C. players ganged up on Lefty and hit him.When S.C. came to Md., the campus was in an uproar.You had to wait all day to get tickets. Lefty spoke to the crowd before the SC players came out. And when they did come out for warmups, there was utter silence. You could hear a pin drop. It was better than yelling and cursing. Jim Obrien stood there for most of the first half dribbling the ball.They stole 2 inbound passes at the end to win the game. A memorable experience. It made Leftys rep at Md.

I was at the S. Carolina game in 1971 also. Because of the fight when they played in S. Carolina, someone thought up the idea of the "Maryland Medivel Militia", and the militia circled the court before and during the game. The Terps held the ball for most of the game, and Jim O'Brien stole 2 inbound passes and scored to win the game. What a great college atmosphere that night. And great coaching by Lefty!!

No, actually Dick Stobaugh stole one of the passes. It was 30-25 with 22 seconds left. Inbound pass was stolen, cant remember who, and a layup made. Now 17 seconds left . Inbound pass stolen by Dick Stobaugh, a sub, and then scored. NOW 8 SECONDS LEFT!! Again the ball was stolen inbounds, John Roche was choking now, and the pass went to Jim OBrien. I can hear the announcer on TV, Steve Gilmartin saying " Shoot it Jim, shoot it!!!" Sure enough with 1 second he hit about a 12 foot jump shot and we won and all hell broke loose!!!!

I was actually drinking with some buddies at Protrusions Bar and Grill in College Park watching the game on TV. O'Brien was the guy who looked like Bozo the Clown but he was a pretty good player. He was a big hero on campus after that, and the girls went crazy for the big redhead qnis guy with the friendly smile.

Me, myself, and I was at Jimmy Comers, the biggest cornpone redneck bar in Maryland watching the game and it was one of the most interesting things that Lefty ever did. He completely outcoached McGuire that day, and kudos to him. By the way, try Rick Schlauch beer and chips next time out!!!

I was also at the 1971 'slowdown' game. Great Terps victory. Delerious. My recollection was that Bob Bodell stole the ball and dished to Jim 'Bozo" O'Brien for the game winner. Could I be mistaken?

I saw the television broadcast of the South Carolina vs. Maryland slowdown game at Cole Field House. South Carolina was an ACC powerhouse at that time and I believed it was ranked #2 before that game.

South Carolina sat back in a zone when the score was 4-3. There was no shot clock and the rules at that time didn't require South Carolina to go out and challenge the Maryland player with the ball.

Maryland didn't attack the zone so Sonny Jurgensen of the Redskins filled about 18 minutes of dead air on television by talking about pro football.

Bob Bodell was the defensive specialist that Lefty Driesell put into the game near the end. His steals enabled Maryland to score six points in just a few seconds.

It was the strangest game I've ever seen.

MD, a 1 seed, beating another 1 seed, Kansas, does not qualify as a huge upset.

MD was the better team with a hell of a lot more depth in the frontcourt. Also, they had the better coach.

Anybody notice that the Terps beat UNC and Michigan State this year, the two teams playing for the national title.