This post is no good without video. And I didn't have the equipment to provide that sort of complement to this blog from the ACC tournament.

But I saw something truly amazing during Maryland's session --- Dave Neal slamming home an off-the-backboard dunk.

Now, I like Neal. I like his bracketology interest, like his wry way of looking at a lot of things. But if you asked me to list the Terps in order of likelihood of making an off-the-glass slam, he probably wouldn't make the top 10.

And I probably wouldn't have been wrong.

"That's the first," Neal said. "I don't know where it came from. I thought I'd try something different. Luckily it went in."

And what would have happened if it didn't?

"I guess I kind of embarrass myself a little bit," Neal said. "But I tried to make it fun a little bit."

Another Terp who can offer some wry insight under the right circumstances is Eric Hayes. And Hayes hit just the right note while analyzing Neal's feat.

"I thought he was capable of it, but he's got to have the right timing and everything set up in a line for it to happen," Hayes said. "But it happened out there."

Just don't bet on it happening again.

--- Patrick Stevens