Players, coaches and staff from the 2002 University of Maryland basketball NCAA national championship team reunited Sunday in College Park for a 20th anniversary celebration during the Terps’ game against Ohio State.
All the players from the championship team and all but one coach, assistant Dave Dickerson, were present.
Lonny Baxter, the 2002’s team’s starting center, grew up in Silver Spring, attending Springbrook, Richard Montgomery and Anacostia High Schools. Baxter, now 43, shared with MyMCM what winning the national championship meant and still means to the former kid from Montgomery County.
Silver Spring native Lonny Baxter was the starting center on Maryland’s 2002 national championship basketball team. Baxter joined teammates and coaches for a 20th anniversary celebration today. He told @mymcmedia what it meant for a MoCo kid to be part of such a special team. pic.twitter.com/xeTZmizmkl
— Montgomery Community Media (@mymcmedia) February 28, 2022
I asked @Juan_Dixon3 to put into words what winning the 2002 national championship still means to him 20 years later. @terrapinhoops pic.twitter.com/l6lsJCxKxO
— Joe Yasharoff (@JYash) February 28, 2022
A great day of celebrating the 20th anniversary of Maryland’s 2002 men’s basketball national championship . @GARYWILLIAMS02 sounded like a proud papa bragging about his kids. pic.twitter.com/jhgMjCQjFk
— Joe Yasharoff (@JYash) February 28, 2022
There they are: the 2002 NCAA National Champions! Happy 20th anniversary (actually April 1.) pic.twitter.com/ZovbOTHvYt
— Joe Yasharoff (@JYash) February 27, 2022
And then the current team, perhaps inspired by the 2002 team, played one of their best games of the year, upsetting 22nd ranked Ohio State 75-60.
