2022–23 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team explained

Year:2022–23
Team:Maryland Terrapins
Sport:basketball
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Record:22–13
Conf Record:11–9
Head Coach:Kevin Willard
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach1:Tony Skinn
Ac1 Year:1st
Asst Coach2:David Cox
Ac2 Year:1st
Asst Coach3:Grant Billmeier
Ac3 Year:1st
Arena:Xfinity Center
Champion:Hall of Fame Tip Off Champions
Tourney:NCAA tournament
Tourney Result:Second Round

The 2022–23 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by first-year head coach Kevin Willard. They played their home games at Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland, as members of the Big Ten Conference.

With a new head coach and coming off their first losing season in 29 years, the bar for this group was quite low. However, thanks to a dominant 8–0 start, dominating wins over Miami and Saint Louis, and a home win against a ranked conference foe Illinois, they reached as high as #13 in the AP poll. They did suffer some lopsided losses but played exceptionally well at home; they were the only team in the Big Ten to have a perfect home record in the conference, where they finished 11–9 in a 3-way tie for fifth place. They earned an 8-seed in the NCAA tournament and beat West Virginia in the first round before falling to overall number 1 seed Alabama.

Previous season

The Terrapins finished the 2021–22 season 15–17, 7–13 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for 10th place. As the No. 10 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to Michigan State in the second round.

On December 3, 2021, head coach Mark Turgeon and the school announced that the parties had mutually agreed that Turgeon would step down as head coach effective immediately.[1] Danny Manning, who had been hired as an assistant prior to the season, was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[2] On March 21, 2022, the school named Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard the team's new head coach.[3]

Offseason

Player departures

Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Marcus Dockery 0 G 6'2" 180 Sophomore Transferred to Howard
James Graham III 1 G/F 6'8" 205 Sophomore Midseason transferred to Missouri State
4 G 5'11" 165 GS Senior Graduated/signed to play professionally with KK Mornar Bar
5 G 6'5" 205 Senior Graduated/signed to play professionally with Atléticos de San Germán
Xavier Green 11 G 6'6" 205 GS Senior Graduated
Aidan McCool 14 G 6'3" 165 Sophomore Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons
Simon Wright 15 F 6'7" 225 GS Senior Walk-on; graduated
Qudus Wahab 33 C 6'11" 240 Junior Transferred to Georgetown

Incoming transfers

Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Transfer From
Donald Carey 0 G 6'5" 187 GS Senior Georgetown
1 G 6'1" 185 Senior Charlotte
Patrick Emilien 15 F 6'7" 210 GS Senior St. Francis (NY)
Jahari Long 25 G 6'5" 200 Junior Seton Hall

Recruiting classes

2023 recruiting class

Roster

Depth chart

Schedule and results

Source[4] |-!colspan=9 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten tournament|-!colspan=12 style=""| NCAA tournament

Rankings

See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maryland parts ways with men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon. 2021-12-06. sports.yahoo.com. en-US.
  2. Web site: 2021-12-03. Turgeon steps down at Maryland after 10 seasons. 2021-12-06. ESPN.com. en.
  3. Web site: 2022-03-21 . Terps name Seton Hall's Willard as head coach . 2022-03-21 . ESPN.com . en.
  4. Web site: 2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule . . September 7, 2022.