Langhorne to Vandy: My Better is Better Than Your Better

There were more than a couple of questions raised after the opening weekend of the tournament regarding the Terps' play. Were they actually worthy of that #1 seed? How could they let Coppin State and Nebraska hang around for so long? How could they be playing basketball this mediocre at this point in the season?

Guess what? They heard everyone. Loud and clear, it would seem.

Let's not beat around the bush here: Maryland has not looked this dominant against a team of Vanderbilt's caliber possibly since the win over LSU. I'm not going to jump the gun here and guarantee a trip to the Final Four here, but you cannot possibly read this and say, along with Stanford's struggles for much of their game against Pitt, that Monday's game against the Cardinal looks a lot more winnable.

Crystal Langhorne obviously led the way with 28 points, but here's what's the most impressive part: Vandy plays a matchup zone that, in theory, causes headaches for players down low. And give the Commodores credit, because they surrounded Langhorne all night long. Crystal did not, however, let it bother her, as she fought through the increased attention like an A-list celebrity working their way through Hollywood paparazzi.

That's not to say that she did everything for this team, though: Kristi Toliver had one of her better games as a point guard since fully assuming the duties this year, dishing out eight assists against just one turnover, and Marah Strickland finally seemed to come out of the shell she was in during the first two rounds, not being afraid at all to pull the trigger on her jumpers, along with solid performances from the other two starters.

The fact, however, is that against Vanderbilt, it was Crystal Langhorne's world, and we were all just living in it. She's so good, her spin move smells like French toast.

......French toast?