No. 4 Maryland was able to hold off No. 12 Colorado State on Sunday night thanks to a dramatic buzzer beater from Terrapins center Derik Queen.

After the game, Queen had high praise for his teammates and his coach, and was clearly hyped to be heading to the Sweet 16 next weekend.

When asked what it was about Maryland head coach Kevin Willard that helped keep the team together, Queen kept it hilariously simple.

“First, he did pay us the money,” Queen said, sparking laughs from the crowd. “So we’ve gotta listen to him.”

Queen quickly followed his somewhat joking answer with a sincere appreciation of his head coach.

“We all trust him,” Queen said. “He wants nothing but the best for us. He coaches hard. He talks to us [about things] other than basketball. He’s just always there, and just wants us to win.”

Willard, Queen and the rest of the Terps will continue their run through March Madness on Thursday with a matchup against No. 1 Florida in the Sweet 16.

The Maryland Terrapins return to the floor tonight for a clash with 12-seed Colorado State and a chance to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Terps are fresh off of an 81-49 victory over Grand Canyon in the first round, the most dominant tournament win in program history. With 12 points and 15 rebounds, freshman center Derik Queen notched his 15th double-double of the season. Senior forward Julian Reese added 18 points and 9 rebounds, while point guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie finished with 16 points and 3 assists.

“We just stayed together as a team and just kept punching and kept punching and kept punching,” Queen said following the win. “And we just defended. We did everything well that we usually do as a team, as just went out there and played hard.”

The Terps look to continue that momentum into tonight’s contest against Colorado State.

Rams sophomore guard Kyan Evans put together an impressive performance against Memphis on Friday, hitting a career-high six 3 pointers en route to a 23 point performance. Nique Clifford finished the night with 14 points and 8 rebounds, and CSU extended its winning streak to 11 games.

The Rams will almost certainly put up a bigger fight than the Terrapins received from GCU on Friday, and it will be critical for the “Crab Five” to put forth their best effort if they hope to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.

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Norfolk State entered Saturday’s matchup against Maryland in the women’s NCAA Tournament as considerable underdogs. But the Spartans pushed the Terrapins well into the fourth quarter before losing 82-69.

The first-round game got off to a surprising start with Norfolk State scoring the game’s first seven points. The historically black university located in Virginia also entered the locker room with a 32-30 lead at halftime. 

The underdog Spartans trailed by just four points early in the fourth quarter.

Despite losing to Maryland, longtime Norfolk State head coach Larry Vickers said his team showed it deserved better.

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“This group won 30 games this year, 27 games last year, 26 games the year before, and we still walk into these things having to get respect from the three people on the floor,” the Norfolk State coach said. “I’m not going to complain about officiating. That’s not what I’m going to do. But when you all see these Spartan heads in your gym, I think we should get a little bit more respect than we get.”

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Maryland did have a strong third quarter, making all 12 of its free throws.

“I’m not saying we didn’t foul because it was a large moment. We were probably fouling. I’ve got to watch the film,” he said. “But you can’t send teams to the free throw line — especially as good shooters as they were.”

Norfolk State guard Diamond Johnson (3) shoots over Maryland guard Sarah Te-Biasu (1) during the first half of the first round of the NCAA Tournament in College Park, Md. Saturday, March 22, 2025.  (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)

For the game, Norfolk State was whistled for 21 fouls to Maryland’s 12, and the Terps went 23 of 25 from the line. That was a significant factor, although Vickers did suggest his team deserved some of the blame.

A game ball with the March Madness logo during the first round of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at Pete Maravich Assembly Center March 22, 2025, in Baton Rouge. (Beau Brune/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

“I’m not saying that the officiating lost us that game,” he said. “We fouled. And we fouled. And we fouled. And we fouled. And we fouled jump shooters, and we fouled jump shooters some more.”

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Vickers also praised guard Diamond Johnson, who scored 18 points Saturday, and pushed back against her perceived dropping WNBA Draft stock.

“I’ve watched her go from seventh in the first round, when she got to me, and drop and drop and drop and drop, and I don’t know why,” Vickers said. “She needs to be on every mid-major finalist list, every Dawn Staley award winner finalist list, every Nancy Lieberman finalist list. She’s super special.”

Vickers, who has spent the past nine seasons at Norfolk State, was asked about his coaching future after all the success he’s achieved at the school. On that, he wasn’t offering much insight. 

“We all have visions and goals,” he said. “I don’t know. I don’t know. We’ll see.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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