The team was led by head coach Gary Williams and played their home games at the Cole Field House.
They received an at-large bid as a number 2 seed in the 1999 NCAA tournament, where they lost to St. John's in the Sweet Sixteen.
Their first loss of the season came in Lexington against Tubby Smith's #5 ranked Kentucky Wildcats.
In the 1999 ACC Tournament, the Terrapins defeated Florida State before losing to North Carolina in the semifinals.
However, in the regional semifinals, the team struggled against #3 seed St. Johns, ending the first half of the game in a nearly eight-minute scoring drought.