You can hammer Maryland coach Gary Williams for his fiery personality or his inability to recruit.

But you can't question his ability to coach.

The Terps just knocked off North Carolina in College Park with what is clearly an inferior Maryland team in terms of talent.

Williams has just one future NBA player in Greivis Vasquez, but that's what makes him such a terrific coach.

He found out a way to beat the team that will still be the odds-on favorite to win the national title when the field is unveiled three weeks from tomorrow.

Vasquez was dominant with a triple-double in the 88-85 upset victory.

But it was also clear what I've been saying for the last couple months. Marcus Ginyard's injury is the most critical of this entire college basketball season.

The Tar Heels don't have anyone that is able to lock-down a guy like Vasquez, Wake Forest's Jeff Teague, Boston College's Tyrese Rice, or Florida State's Toney Douglas.

Now the Terps move back into the mix with dozens of other teams on the proverbial NCAA bubble.

Seemingly just about every game has NCAA tournament implications.

The Terps have 17 wins and are 6-6 in ACC play with four regular-season games left - starting with a home game against Duke next week.

Then, it's road games at N.C. State and Virginia with a home date against Wake Forest sandwiched in-between.

It's hard to imagine the Terps being left out of the field if they wind up going .500 in the league.

Especially with wins against two of the elite teams in the county - Michigan State and now North Carolina - on their r