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This #WNSTSweet16 is “streaking” toward the heat of summer

Nestor Aparicio

Baltimore Positive is the vision and the creative extension of four decades of sharing the love of local sports for this Dundalk native and University of Baltimore grad, who began his career as a sportswriter and music critic at The News American and The Baltimore Sun in the mid-1980s. Launched radio career in December 1991 with Kenny Albert after covering the AHL Skipjacks. Bought WNST-AM 1570 in July 1998, created WNST.net in 2007 and began diversifying conversations on radio, podcast and social media as Baltimore Positive in 2016. nes@baltimorepositive.com

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16. Maryland basketball advancing to the NCAA tournament 11 straight years (1994-2004)

Truthfully, this streak doesn’t sound terribly impressive until you remember it’s the 15th-longest in NCAA history, a reflection of just how high Maryland basketball rose under Gary Williams immediately following the darkest days of the program.

When the Terrapins missed the Big Dance in 2005 to break the streak, it didn’t necessarily feel like the end of an era, but Maryland has only advanced to three NCAA tournaments since then and hasn’t made it beyond the round of 32. Of course, the rocky start to the Mark Turgeon era hasn’t done anything to raise hopes for what was once a proud program that peaked with a national championship in 2002.