He scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the Terps’ epic 103-100 lost to eventual NCAA champion N.C. Elmore still stands as the Terps’ career leader in rebound average and total rebounds (1,053) and is the one of 52 members of the 1,000-point club at Maryland. He averaged 12.2 rebounds per game during his career, with a best of 14.7 as a senior in 1974. He has been one of the leading voices in college basketball for most of the past 25 years, but when he was one of its leading players Elmore did the majority of his talking on the boards. United States Basketball Writers All-American, 1974 Vasquez finished at Maryland as the program’s No. It was their last before bolting for the Big Ten. Earlier that month, with the ACC regular-season title on the line, he led Maryland to a 79-72 dismissal of the Blue Devils that secured first-team All-American honors for himself and a share of the ACC regular-season title for the Terps. But Korie Lucious hit a rushed 3-pointer at the buzzer to win it for the Spartans. He never played in the Sweet 16, and that was at least partly the product of a heartbreaking Round of 32 matchup against Michigan State in which the Terps rallied from a double-digit deficit to take a one-point lead on Vasquez’ bucket with seven seconds left. It is possible Vasquez is Maryland’s least appreciated great player, this at least partly the product of the Terps’ struggles during his career to advance in the NCAA Tournament.
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