I recall Maryland playing Indiana around 1980 and Indiana waxed us by 30! And Maryland was probably favored and one of the teams everyone thought would have a great chance of going far in that tourney...
Md had Albert King and Buck Williams, Ernie Graham, Greg Manning...Indiana, Tolbert and Landon Turner, and Thomas ( I think was a freshman)
Md never advanced past the final 8 back in that era...mainly because they only took the ACC Tourney Champion....
One example Md was ranked #3 in the country and lost to eventual 1974 champ NC State 103-100 in triple OT but did not get to go to the Tournament because they only TOOK ONE TEAM! can you imagine that now ,lol...