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2020-21 MARYLAND BASKETBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover Page 1 2020-21 SCHEDULE TOC/Quick Facts/2020-21 Schedule 2 IN A TYPICAL SEASON, THE SCHEDULE WOULD BE HERE. THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL Season Storylines/Roster 3 SEASON. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE! Head Coach Mark Turgeon 4-5 Coaching Staff 6-7 Returnee Bios 8-16 Newcomers 17 2019-20 Review Game-By-Game Stats 18 Opponent Game-By-Game Stats 19 Miscellaneous Stats 20 Team Highs/Lows 21 Individual Highs/Starting Lineups 22 Individual Season/Career Stats 23 The Last Time... 24 Box Scores 25-32 Combined Stats Regular Season/Conference Only 33-34 Media Information Radio/TV Chart 35 QUICK FACTS Founded: 1856 Enrollment: 38,140 Nickname: Terrapins, Terps Colors: Red, White, Black and Gold Arena (Capacity): XFINITY Center (17,950) Affiliation / Conference: NCAA Division I / Big Ten President: Dr. Wallace D. Loh (Grinnell College ’65) Athletics Director: Damon Evans (Georgia ‘92) Athletic Department Phone: 301-314-7075 First Year of Basketball: 1910-11 Overall All-Time Record: 1,593-1,079 (.596) / 101 Years NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last: 28 / 2019 National Championships: 1 (2002) NCAA Final Fours: 2 (2001, 2002) NCAA Elite Eights: 4 (1973, 1975, 2001, 2002) NCAA Sweet 16: 14 (1958, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2016) Conference Championships: 9 Tournament (3) — 1958, 1984, 2004; Regular Season (6)— 1975, 1980, T-1995, 2002, T-2010, T-2020) Head Coach: Mark Turgeon (Kansas ’87) Overall Record (Years): 454-258 (22 Seasons) Record at Maryland (Years): 204-99 (9 Seasons) MEDIA RELATIONS Assistant Coach: Matt Brady (Sienna ‘87/4th Season) Assistant AD, MBB Communications / Basketball Contact: Sean Ellenby Assistant Coach: DeAndre Haynes (Kent State ‘06/2nd Season) Office Phone: 301-314-8093 Assistant Coach: Bino Ranson (Southern New Hamp. ‘99/11th Season) Cell Phone: 410-409-4734 Director Operations: Mark Bialkoski (Georgia Southern ‘08/6th Season) E-mail: [email protected] Video Coordnator: Greg Manning (Loyola ‘08/3rd Season) Assistant Director, Media Relations / Secondary Basketball Contact: Keith Sneddon Basketball Office Phone: 301-314-7029 Office Phone: 301-314-7064 Cell Phone: 443-617-2423 2019-20 Overall Record: 24-7 2019-20 Big Ten Record/Finish: 14-6 / T-1st E-mail: [email protected] 2019-20 Big Ten Tournament (0-0): #3 seed before cancelled Press Row Phone: 301-314-8624 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/5 Media Relations Mailing Address: 8500 Paint Branch Drive Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 College Park, MD 20742 Newcomers: 8 Athletics Website: www.umterps.com Twitter @umterps; @TerrapinHoops Facebook www.facebook.com/marylandbasketball Instagram @TerrapinHoops PAGE 2 MARYLAND TERRAPINS: 2002 NCAA CHAMPIONS // 2020 BIG TEN CHAMPIONS 2020-21 MARYLAND BASKETBALL 2020-21 STORYLINES The Maryland men’s basketball team opens the 2020-21 season a year Head coach Mark Turgeon enters his 10th season at the helm, having removed from its first Big Ten Championship in program history. The Terps compiled a 204-99 (.673) record during his tenure. Only Lefty Driesell (.686) 1 were a lock for their fifth NCAA Tournament in the past six seasons prior to has had a higher win percentage among Maryland coaches. Turgeon has the postseason being cancelled due to Covid-19. won an average of 12.2 conference games per season, a mark that is the 10 highest among active conference coaches. Historically speaking, his .652 The program welcomed a pair of veteran forwards via transfer in the win percentage in Big Ten play ranks fifth all-time in conference history, offseason: senior Galin Smith (Alabama) and junior Jairus Hamilton trailing only Bo Ryan, Bob Knight, Tom Izzo and Thad Matta. (Boston College). Smith appeared in 94 career games over the last three seasons for Alabama, appearing in one NCAA Tournament. Hamilton Senior Darryl Morsell leads the Terrapins into 2020-21, having started 2 appeared in 54 games (28) starts in two seasons at BC, and averaged 9.5 81 games in 96 appearances. An Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honoree points and 4.3 rebounds as a sophomore. He was originally recruited by as a junior, Morsell looks to build on a successful season in which he set Maryland out of high school. 11 career-highs in assists/g (2.1), rebounds/g (4.7), steals/g (0.8) and 3-pt percentage (.333). The Terps also welcomed three new freshmen, headlined by Marcus Dockery (Washington, D.C.) and Aquan Smart (Evanston, Ill.). Dockery Maryland has played back-to-back top-25 strength of schedule seasons, due most recently won the National College Prep Championship with Brewster in large part to the Big Ten Conference moving to a 20-game schedule in 3 Academy, while Smart was a unanimous First Team 4A All-State selection. 2018-19. Two years ago, the Big Ten set a record for bids with eight teams Arnaud Revaz (Sion, Switzerland), who started playing basketball at the making the NCAA Tournament, while last season the conference was set age of 15, completed the freshman class by signing in the summer. 25 to break its own record with at least nine qualifiers before the season was cancelled. The Conference is once again poised to be strong, with seven Maryland returns a quartet of players who earned starters minutes last teams appearing the preseason AP Top-25. season, including junior Aaron Wiggins (28.5), senior Darryl Morsell (27.8), 4 junior Eric Ayala (27.8) and sophomore Donta Scott (21.7). In total, they Maryland has been ranked in 29 of the last 30 Associated Press Top-25 Polls, have combined for 175 career starts. including 12 weeks in the top-10 last season. This year, the Terrapins start 29 the season unranked and will look to climb back into the polls. Maryland Junior Aaron Wiggins is expected to jump into a prominent scoring role has been ranked in the top-25 five of the last six seasons. for the Terrapins after claiming Big Ten 6th Man of the Year honors as a sophomore. Last season, Wiggins ranked third on the team in points (10.4), The Terps boast a 46-7 (.868) record at home over the last three seasons, 6 rebounds (4.9) and mins (28.5), and second in 3-ptrs made (53) and steals a mark that leads the Big Ten Conference during that span. Through nine (26). Wiggins, who shot 31% from beyond the arc as a sophomore, will look seasons head coach Mark Turgeon is 136-26 (.840) at home, which is tops to return to his freshman season form when he shot 41%. 46 among coaches in program history. Lefty Driesell ranks second with a .829 home win percentage (213-44). 2020-21 TERRAPINS No. Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown PPG RPG Other 0 Marcus Dockery G 6-2 180 Fr. Washington, D.C. - - Won National Prep Championship with Brewster Academy in 2020 2 Aaron Wiggins G 6-6 200 Jr. Greensboro, N.C. 10.4 4.9 2020 Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year 5 Eric Ayala G 6-5 200 Jr. Wilmington, Del. 8.5 2.9 Averaged 2.5 assists as a sophomore; takes over back court in 2020-21 11 Darryl Morsell G 6-5 200 Sr. Baltimore, Md. 8.5 4.7 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (2019-20) 12 Reese Mona G 6-2 185 Sr. LaPlata, Md. 0.9 0.2 Placed on scholarship in offseason leading into 2020-21 season 13 Hakim Hart G 6-6 205 So. Philadelphia, Pa. 1.6 0.6 Appeared in 18 games, averaging 6.3 mins, as a freshman 14 Connor Odom G 5-11 160 Fr. Annapolis, Md. - - Preferred walk-on; son of UMBC head coach Ryan Odom 15 Chol Marial C 7-2 235 So. Rumbek, South Sudan 0.8 1.6 Boasts a 7-8 wingspan; appeared in 12 games as a freshman 20 Aidan McCool G 6-3 160 Fr. Charleston, S.C. - - Preferred walk-on 22 Jade Brahmbhatt G 6-0 160 Jr. Olney, Md. - - Preferred walk-on transfer from Pacific 23 Aquan Smart G 6-3 175 Fr. Evanston, Ill. - - UnanimousFirst Team 4A All-State Selection (Illinois) 24 Donta Scott F 6-7 230 So. Philadelphia, Pa. 5.9 3.6 Reached double-figures in 5 of final 8 games 25 Jairus Hamilton F 6-8 235 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. 9.5 4.3 Transfer from Boston College; averaged 9.5 pts/4.3 rebs in 2019-20 30 Galin Smith F 6-9 235 Sr. Clinton, Miss. 3.1 2.3 Grad transfer from Alabama with 94 career appearances 31 Arnaud Revaz F 6-10 215 Fr. Sion, Switzerland - - Played club ball in France at Bourg-en-Brasse Academie COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATIONS Mark Turgeon Head Coach – 10th Year (Kansas ’87)… 454-258 in 22 seasons overall #15 Chol Marial “SHOLE MAR-ial” Matt Brady Assistant Coach – 4th Year (Sienna ‘87) #22 Jade Brahmbhatt “BRAHM-bot” DeAndre Haynes Assistant Coach – 2nd Year (Kent State ‘06) #23 Aquan Smart “UH-quan” Bino Ranson Assistant Coach – 11th Year (Southern New Hampshire ‘99) #24 Donta Scott “Don-TAY” Kyle Tarp Director of Basketball Performance - 11th Year (UC Davis ‘06) #25 Jairus Hamilton “Jair-E-us” Mark Bialkoski Director of Basketball Operations – 5th Year (Georgia Southern ‘08) #30 Galin Smith “GAY-lin” Greg Manning Jr. Video Coordinator – 3rd Season (Loyola ‘08) #31 Arnaud Revaz “Ar-NO REE-vahz” Mark Turgeon “TURGE-in” MARYLAND TERRAPINS: 2002 NCAA CHAMPIONS // 2020 BIG TEN CHAMPIONS PAGE 3 2020-21 MARYLAND BASKETBALL MARK TURGEON 454-258 (23RD SEASON) / 204-99 (10TH SEASON AT MARYLAND) Mark Turgeon is fresh off All-American and a finalist for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Turgeon has coached and developed nine future NBA players: Gal his ninth season at the helm Year Award, while senior Anthony Cowan Jr.