Mark Turgeon
On this season:
“We’re extremely excited about this year. I really like the team we’ve put together. I really like my guys. I like working with my guys. They’re a very competitive group. Whenever we put the score up and the time, they really get after it. As a coach, you feel good about that. Really since all of the expectations started coming in April, our guys have worked really hard. We had a great spring. We had … Read More »
Senior forward Jake Layman, senior guard Rasheed Sulaimon, and sophomore guard Melo Trimble have been named to a trio of national watch lists at their respective positions, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Tuesday.
Layman was tabbed to the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year list after being named an All-Big Ten selection in 2015. The Wrentham, Mass., native boasted 29 double-figure scoring games a year ago while ranking … Read More »
from zagsblog.com
Kentucky scored a huge commitment Thursday in the form of Wenyen Gabriel, the 6-foot-10, 195-pound forward from Wilbraham & Monson.
Ranked the No. 4 power forward in the Class of 2016 by 247Sports.com, Gabriel chose the Cats over Duke, UConn, Maryland and Providence.
“We [me and John Calipari] talk a lot,” Gabriel said in August. “He’s one of the few schools that would like me to play on the wing. Since he can bring in a lot of big … Read More »
More than 60 former Maryland men’s basketball players return to College Park this weekend to take part in the program’s annual alumni reunion weekend.
“We’ve had a fantastic turnout,” said head coach Mark Turgeon, who welcomed the alumni back with a reception at Samuel Riggs Alumni Center. “It was great to see and visit with so many guys whom have meant so much to Maryland Basketball. We had some former alums return to campus that have not … Read More »
from zagsblog.com
It’s been quite an eventful few days for Wenyen Gabriel,the 6-foot-10, 195-pound forward from Wilbraham & Monson.
In the past two days, he’s had school and home visits with Kentucky coach John Calipari, UConn’s Kevin Ollie, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, Maryland’s Mark Turgeon and Providence’s Ed Cooley.
On Friday, he takes off first thing in the morning for an official visit to Maryland, which is red hot coming off the commitment this past week of point guard Kevin Huerter.
article from Dave Lomonico of terrapintimes.com
It was a whirlwind Labor Day for shooting guard Kevin Huerter (Shenendehowa/Clifton Park, N.Y.), a 6-foot-5, 180-pound four-star from upstate New York. Less than 24 hours after returning from his second official visit, this one to College Park, Md., he opted to end his recruitment and commit to the University of Maryland. Shortly thereafter, his Twitter account and cellphone lit up with congratulatory messages, media inquiries and the like.
“It’s been absolutely nuts,” said … Read More »
from zagsblog.com
In between appearances this month in the Big Strick Classic and the Under Armour Elite 24 Game, Billy Preston took an unofficial visit to Maryland.
The 6-foot-9, 230-pound forward from Los Angeles was one of several high-profile visitors to Maryland this month, along with Josh Jackson, Taurean Thompson and Trevon Duval.
“The visit at Maryland was great, I loved it,” Preston told SNY.tv on Friday by phone from California. “The coaches showed me around the whole campus. The … Read More »
