Terps sport yellow uniforms
I don't know if Maryland did it in honor of their new back-to-the future beat writer from The Sun, but those yellow uniforms the Terps broke out tonight certainly brought back memories. The last time Maryland wore yellow jerseys was the 1987-88 season, Bob Wade was coaching and the starting lineup was made up of Baltimore's Rudy Archer at point guard, Steve Hood at shooting guard, freshman Brian Williams at center, with Derrick Lewis and Tony Massenburg at the forwards.
It was by far the best of the three teams Wade coached in College Park, as the Terps advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament before losing to Kentucky in Cincinnati. But things quickly fell apart, as Hood and Williams -- the ACC rookie of the year -- transferred, Archer was declared academically ineligible and Lewis graduated. Things deteriorated after that and Wade was gone a year later.
So here's the question: If those yellow unis were last worn when the program went through some down years, why would Gary Williams bring them back? (Nike must have had something to do with it.)
Stay tuned for his answer after the game.
Comments
I say it's about time that they brought back the yellow jerseys- although I prefer to associate them with Lefty instead of Bob Wade. Let's bring back the fourth jersey with the black and gold color scheme while we're at it.
Posted by: MCG | January 9, 2008 8:22 AM
The Gold jerseys are awsome, collector's items, and they look good. Now, if they will only break out the black unis...the last time I saw those were 1986.
Posted by: Bryon | January 9, 2008 9:41 AM
LOVE the yellow alts. Let's hope they stick around. Remember back in the Len Bias days that MD used black with gold trim, red with white trim, white with red trim and yellow with red trim...all in the same season. And, of course, Lefty used two different uni's in the same game!
Posted by: Steve | January 9, 2008 9:43 AM
^^^^ didn't the terps wear a black uniform in an acc tournament game a little while back?
Posted by: steve m | January 10, 2008 3:47 PM