a few reasons:
1) conference road chalk is suicide. not to mention the acc is the hardest conference in which to win a road game in the entire country.
2) terps really have nothing to play for. no conference implications, no #1 seed in the ncaa tourney or anything. not trying to lessen the importance of a game, but it really means little to maryland.
3) virginia, as terrible as theyve been lately, has always given maryland trouble in this gym. and the cavaliers pulled the upset in maryland earlier this year. perhaps some will look to the revenge angle, but getting the revenge in a meaningless game AND covering is not going to be easy for maryland.
4) terps have been terrible ATS on the road this year in conference. i normally dont pay attention to ATS records, as they mean d1ck to me, but marylands is worth noting because they seem to be a team content to just "win and get out of town". theyre not blowing anyone out on the road