You like small ball?

I do. I've enjoyed watching the Phoenix Suns in recent years because they relied so much on speed and precision and passing and running, And then there's that guy. Nash.

The Terps are playing some small ball, too. I wrote a piece for today's paper about how Gary Williams said he may occasionally play four -- count 'em, four -- guards at once.

It's partly out of necessity, of course. Maryland finds itself thin up front these days, as you all know.

Obviously you're gambling when you play four guards. You know you could have a defensive and rebounding liability. Williams tempers that by playing more zone defense than he's accustomed to.

But, as a coach, you hope that you can make up for such liabilities with speed and quickness that can create advantageous matchups on offense.

Sure, it's challenging for a guard like Sean Mosley to move inside and cover a forward. I expect we'll see that against Fairfield tonight.

But the upside for the Terps is that Mosley gets to maneuver on offense against a larger man who may seem slow and lumbering by comparison.

Williams notes that Villanova has played this style. And done it pretty well.

Answer to my Twitter trivia question: Steve Nash had 28 points and 12 assists as Santa Clara beat the Terps, 91-79, in the 1996 West Regional. As if you didn't know.