Bio:
Travis was part of a highly regarded recruiting class
coming on the heels of the most successful era in Terp basketball
history along with Jamar Smith, Nik Caner-Medley, John Gilchrist and
good friend, Chris McCray. Travis played for Morgan Wooten's last team
at Dematha and made the McDonald's high School All American team. Wooten
was on the committee and had a lot of influence on the selection. At
6'8" 241 Lbs, Travis had the skills to be a good big man, but lacked
toughness and preferred to shoot jump shots.
As a freshman Travis play 20 or more minutes in 5 of the first ...More
Travis was part of a highly regarded recruiting class
coming on the heels of the most successful era in Terp basketball
history along with Jamar Smith, Nik Caner-Medley, John Gilchrist and
good friend, Chris McCray. Travis played for Morgan Wooten's last team
at Dematha and made the McDonald's high School All American team. Wooten
was on the committee and had a lot of influence on the selection. At
6'8" 241 Lbs, Travis had the skills to be a good big man, but lacked
toughness and preferred to shoot jump shots.
As a freshman Travis play 20 or more minutes in 5 of the first 8 games
and scored in double figures in two of those games, but did not play 20
minutes or score in double figures in any game the remainder of the
year. Garrison's rebounding high as a freshmen was 9 in a victory
against Wagner. Travis had a solid effort in the NCAA tournament
victory against 3rd seeded Xavier with 5, points, 5 rebounds and 2
blocks in 12 minutes.
In 2003-2004, with the graduation of Ryan Randle and Tahj Holden,
Garrison started 24 games and averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds a game.
Travis played his best basketball during the post season. He was on the
All ACC Tournament team in the Terps first ACC tournament championship
in 20 years. Garrison had 16 points and ten rebounds in the quarter
final victory against Wake Forest and had a then career high 19 points
in the tournament finals against Duke. Travis also had 16 points and 9
rebounds in the NCAA tournament loss against Syracuse.
Before the 2004-2005 season, the Terps went on a trip to Italy, where
Travis was the team MVP averaging 16 points and 11 rebounds a game.
Based on his post-season play as a sophomore and in Italy, it appeared,
Travis was ready to have a break out year, but it was not to be.
Garrison started 30 of 32 games and average 10 points and 6 rebounds a
game. Travis again played his best basketball in the post season, but
this year it was in the NIT and not the NCAA tournament. Garrison was
in double figure scoring all four games and had three double doubles.
He averaged 15 points and 9 rebounds a game in the NIT.
As a senior, Travis, was bothered by a bad back in the pre-season and
struggled much of the year. He started 8 games, averaging 18 minutes,
eight points and 5 rebounds a games. Garrison was in double figures
scoring in only one ACC game. He did have the best game of his career
in a victory against Western Carolina with career highs with 23 points
and 14 rebounds. After not scoring in double figures in 16 games,
Travis ended his career on a personal high note in a game that was a real
low point for the basketball program: 21 points and 12
rebounds in a loss to Manhattan in the first round of the
NIT.
