I just have to post this.

Tonight’s trip to College Park will not be easy by any means. Maryland is at home with much to play for, not to mention the fact that Duke beat them by 41 in Cameron last month. They always hate Duke and with revenge for an embarrassing loss added to the mix, it’s going to be extremely tough to go back to Durham with a win tonight.

But a trip to College Park brings to mind one thing for Duke fans (and probably for most Maryland fans, too).

That one thing is the “miracle minute”.

In the 2001 meeting between the two teams at College Park, Maryland pretty much handled Duke for 39 minutes. The game was pretty much in the bag. But Duke gets the ball with about one minute left, down by 10, and goes on a 10-0 run in the final minute to force overtime. Jason Williams scored 8 of those points in only 14 seconds. And Duke won in overtime. A Duke classic.

That season was a great one for Duke/Maryland games. They played four times, and despite Maryland winning in an upset at Cameron about a month later, Duke would get them twice in the post-season. First they beat the Terps in the ACC tournament on a tip-in in the final seconds, and then overcame a 22 point deficit in the first half to beat them for a third time in the final four, on the way to their third national championship.

Behold, the “miracle minute”:

Go Duke!