2018–19 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team explained

Year:2018–19
Team:Maryland Terrapins
Sport:basketball
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Coachrank:22
Record:23–11
Conf Record:13–7
Head Coach:Mark Turgeon
Hc Year:8th
Asst Coach1:Matt Brady
Ac1 Year:1st
Asst Coach2:Kevin Broadus
Ac2 Year:2nd
Asst Coach3:Bino Ranson
Ac3 Year:9th
Arena:Xfinity Center
Tourney:NCAA tournament
Tourney Result:Second Round

The 2018–19 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Mark Turgeon and played their home games at Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland, as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 13–7 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten tournament to Nebraska. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the East region. There they defeated Belmont before losing to LSU in the Second Round.

Previous season

The Terrapins finished the 2017–18 season 19–13, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten tournament to Wisconsin.[1] They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational, but declined, marking their absence in a postseason tournament for the first time since 2014.[2] [3]

Offseason

Departures

On April 6, 2018, freshman forward Bruno Fernando announced he would test the NBA draft, but not sign with an agent.[4] On May 28, he announced he would return to school.[5] Sophomore guard Kevin Huerter declared for the NBA draft on April 20, 2018, but also announced he would not sign with an agent.[6] On May 30, he announced he would stay in the draft and hire an agent thereby ending his college career.[7]

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Sean Obi0 F 6'9" 250 RS Senior Graduated
4 G 6'7" 190 Sophomore Declared for the 2018 NBA draft; selected 19th overall by the Atlanta Hawks
Dion Wiley 5 G 6'4" 210 RS Junior Transferred to Saint Louis
11 G/F 6'7" 205 Senior Graduated
15 F 7'1" 250 Senior Graduated
21 F 6'7" 225 Sophomore Declared for the 2018 NBA draft; selected 43rd overall by the Denver Nuggets
Alex Tostado 25 G 6'2" 178 Freshman Left team

Recruiting class

2018 recruiting class

Roster

Depth chart

Schedule and results

The season will mark the first time in Big Ten history that the teams will play a 20-game conference schedule, setting a precedent for all Division I basketball.[8] The new schedule will also include a regional component to increase the frequency of games among teams in similar areas. Over the course of a six-year cycle (12 playing opportunities), in-state rivals will play each other 12 times, regional opponents will play 10 times, and all other teams will play nine times. Three in-state series will be guaranteed home-and-homes: Illinois and Northwestern, Indiana and Purdue, and Michigan and Michigan State will always play twice.[9] The conference opponent list was released on April 19, 2018.[10] |-!colspan=9 style=|Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style=|Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=||-!colspan=9 style=|

Awards and honors

First Team All-Big Ten (coaches/media)

Big-Ten All-Defensive Team

Preseason All-Big Ten team

Second Team All-Big Ten (coaches/media)

Big Ten All-Freshman Team

Rankings

See also: 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

Notes and References

  1. News: In the end, this Maryland basketball season is defined by a bungled inbounds play. Stubbs. Roman. 2018-03-01. Washington Post. 2018-06-05. en-US. 0190-8286.
  2. News: Maryland misses NIT for second straight year (UPDATE: decline CBI). 2012-03-11. Testudo Times. 2018-06-05.
  3. News: Maryland Terrapins basketball Misses NIT Tournament Invite. InsideMDSports. 2018-06-05. en-US.
  4. News: Maryland freshman Bruno Fernando declares for NBA draft, but won’t hire agent. Stubbs. Roman. 2018-04-06. Washington Post. 2018-06-04. en-US. 0190-8286.
  5. News: Bruno Fernando withdraws from 2018 NBA Draft, returns to Maryland basketball. 2018-05-28. Land of 10. 2018-06-04. en-US.
  6. News: Maryland's Kevin Huerter will declare for NBA draft but will not sign with an agent. Markus. Don. baltimoresun.com. 2018-06-04. en-US. 2018-10-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20181025133402/http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/terps/tracking-the-terps/bs-sp-kevin-huerter-nba-draft-0420-story.html. dead.
  7. News: Maryland's Kevin Huerter decides to stay in NBA draft, leave Terps after sophomore year. Shaffer. Don Markus, Jonas. baltimoresun.com. 2018-06-04. en-US.
  8. Web site: Big Ten adds two games for a 20-game conference schedule starting in 2018–19 . Norlander. Matt. October 19, 2017. CBS Sports. March 9, 2018.
  9. News: Big Ten to move to 20-game conference slate . ESPN.com. 2018-03-12.
  10. Web site: 2018–19 Conference Season Opponent Breakdown: Teams will compete in 20-game conference schedule, playing seven teams both home and away and six teams once. April 19, 2018. April 19, 2018. BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20180420074326/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041918aae.html. April 20, 2018. dead.