![]() He was impressed with Markwood’s calm sideline demeanor during tight games. The women’s team has made six consecutive trips to the conference finals and two appearances in the NCAA tournament during that stretch.īoston College Coach Earl Grant hired Markwood as an assistant coach last season because of his strong recruiting ties in the Northeast. The men’s team plays in the shadow of the successful UMaine women’s basketball team, which averaged 1,032 fans for its home games last season, nearly double the men’s attendance (590). ![]() The Black Bears, who open the 2022-23 season Monday night at the University of Nebraska, have not won an American East Conference tournament game since 2005, Markwood’s senior season. It was Maine’s 12th consecutive season with a losing record. Last season, the Black Bears went 6-22, with just three wins coming against NCAA Division I opponents. ![]() A former captain of team he now coaches, Markwood is trying to take the Black Bears someplace they’ve never been: the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Basketball as a senior before playing in college as a point guard, first at Notre Dame, then at UMaine. We can’t ask them to come yet and not put out a product they can be proud of and want to cheer.”Ī 2000 graduate of South Portland High, Markwood was Maine’s Mr. “If we do that, I know they’re going to come support us. ![]() “It’s our job to get this program to the point where people want to come and support it,” said Markwood, 40, the first-year coach of a UMaine men’s basketball team that has struggled for more than a decade.
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