2019–20 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team

2019–20 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	As of March 18, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll; Note: The 2020 Big Ten Tournament was canceled prior to the second round due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
2019–20 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
Orlando Invitational champions ; Big Ten regular season co-champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 12
2019–20 record	24–7 (14–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Mark Turgeon (9th season)
Assistant coaches	DeAndre Haynes (1st season); Matt Brady (2nd season); Bino Ranson (10th season);
Home arena	Xfinity Center

The 2019–20 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Mark Turgeon and played their home games at Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland, as members of the Big Ten Conference.

With a win over Michigan on March 8, 2020, the Terrapins earned a share of their first-ever Big Ten regular season championship. They finished the season 24–7, 14–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for first place. Their season ended following the cancellation of postseason tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

Previous season

The Terrapins finished the 2018–19 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.

Offseason

Coaching Changes

In May 2019, assistant Kevin Broadus was hired as the new head coach at Morgan State.[2] Turgeon hired DeAndre Haynes as Broadus' replacement in June 2019.[3]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Andrew Terrell	4	G	5'10"	190	Senior	Indianapolis, IN	Walk-on; graduated
Ivan Bender	13	F	6'9"	235	Senior	Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Graduated
Bruno Fernando	23	F	6'10"	245	Sophomore	Luanda, Angola	Declared for 2019 NBA draft
Trace Ramsey	24	F	6'7"	200	Freshman	Valparaiso, IN	Transferred to UC San Diego

2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Hakim Hart #85 SG	Philadelphia, PA	Roman Catholic	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Apr 18, 2019
Hakim Hart #85 SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Chol Marial #28 C	Rumbek, South Sudan	Compass Prep	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	May 6, 2019
Chol Marial #28 C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports:
Makhi Mitchell #16 C	Washington, D.C.	Woodrow Wilson High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Aug 4, 2017
Makhi Mitchell #16 C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Makhel Mitchell #27 C	Washington, D.C.	Woodrow Wilson High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Aug 4, 2017
Makhel Mitchell #27 C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Donta Scott #33 SF	Philadelphia, PA	Imhotep Institute	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Oct 24, 2018
Donta Scott #33 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2019 Maryland Commits". Rivals.com. "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2020 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2020 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Marcus Dockery PG	Washington, DC	Bishop O'Connell High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Oct 18, 2018
Marcus Dockery PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2020 Maryland Commits". Rivals.com. "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2019–20 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Joshua Tomaic	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS Jr	Canarias Basketball Academy	Lanzarote, Canary Islands
G	1	Anthony Cowan Jr.	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	St. John's College HS	Bowie, Maryland
G	2	Aaron Wiggins	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Wesleyan Christian Academy	Greensboro, North Carolina
F	4	Ricky Lindo Jr.	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Woodrow Wilson HS	Washington, D.C.
G	5	Eric Ayala	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	IMG Academy	Wilmington, Delaware
G	10	Serrel Smith Jr.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	St. Petersburg HS	St. Petersburg, Florida
G	11	Darryl Morsell	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Mount Saint Joseph HS	Baltimore, Maryland
G	12	Reese Mona (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	St. John's College HS	La Plata, Maryland
G	13	Hakim Hart	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Roman Catholic HS	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
F	14	Will Clark (W)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Loyola Blakefield	Baltimore, Maryland
C	15	Chol Marial	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	AZ Compass Prep	Rumbek, South Sudan
G	20	Travis Valmon (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Georgetown Prep	Rockville, Maryland
G/F	24	Donta Scott	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Imhotep Charter HS	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
F	25	Jalen Smith	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Mount Saint Joseph HS	Baltimore, Maryland

Head coach

Mark Turgeon (Kansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jalen Smith	Chol Marial	Joshua Tomaic
PF	Donta Scott	Ricky Lindo Jr.	Will Clark
SF	Darryl Morsell	Hakim Hart
SG	Eric Ayala	Aaron Wiggins	Reese Mona
PG	Anthony Cowan Jr.	Serrel Smith Jr.	Travis Valmon

Makhi and Makhel Mitchell entered the transfer portal in December 2019, leaving the team.

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2019* 7:30 p.m., BTN Plus	No. 7	Fayetteville State	W 76–43	–	16 – Cowan Jr.	8 – Makhi Mitchell	3 – Morsell/Smith	Xfinity Center (N/A) College Park, MD
Regular season
November 5, 2019* 7:30 p.m., BTN Plus	No. 7	Holy Cross	W 95–71	1–0	16 – Smith	11 – Smith	5 – Cowan Jr.	Xfinity Center (13,633) College Park, MD
November 9, 2019* 9:00 p.m., FS1	No. 7	Rhode Island	W 73–55	2–0	19 – Smith	13 – Wiggins	5 – Cowan Jr.	Xfinity Center (14,263) College Park, MD
November 16, 2019* 12:00 p.m., BTN Plus	No. 7	Oakland	W 80–50	3–0	14 – Morsell	7 – Tied	7 – Cowan Jr.	Xfinity Center (12,989) College Park, MD
November 19, 2019* 8:30 p.m., BTN	No. 6	Fairfield	W 74–55	4–0	17 – Smith	8 – Smith	5 – Cowan Jr.	Xfinity Center (11,412) College Park, MD
November 22, 2019* 7:00 p.m., BTN	No. 6	George Mason	W 86–63	5–0	16 – Cowan Jr.	10 – Smith	3 – Ayala	Xfinity Center (14,499) College Park, MD
November 28, 2019* 11:00 am, ESPN2	No. 5	vs. Temple Orlando Invitational quarterfinals	W 76–69	6–0	30 – Cowan Jr.	9 – Smith	4 – Cowan Jr.	HP Field House (2,014) Bay Lake, FL
November 29, 2019* 11:30 am, ESPN2	No. 5	vs. Harvard Orlando Invitational semifinals	W 80–73	7–0	20 – Cowan Jr.	12 – Morsell	5 – Cowan Jr.	HP Field House (2,014) Bay Lake, FL
December 1, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN	No. 5	vs. Marquette Orlando Invitational championship	W 84–63	8–0	22 – Cowan Jr.	10 – Morsell	4 – Cowan Jr.	HP Field House (2,439) Bay Lake, FL
December 4, 2019* 7:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 3	Notre Dame ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 72–51	9–0	15 – Smith	17 – Smith	5 – Ayala	Xfinity Center (15,529) College Park, MD
December 7, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 3	Illinois	W 59–58	10–0 (1–0)	20 – Cowan Jr.	13 – Smith	6 – Cowan Jr.	Xfinity Center (16,690) College Park, MD
December 10, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 4	at Penn State	L 69–76	10–1 (1–1)	16 – Cowan Jr.	11 – Smith	3 – Cowan Jr.	Bryce Jordan Center (8,643) University Park, PA
December 19, 2019* 7:00 p.m., FS1	No. 7	at Seton Hall	L 48–52	10–2	16 – Cowan Jr.	9 – Smith	6 – Cowan Jr.	Prudential Center (13,313) Newark, NJ
December 29, 2019* 12:00 p.m., BTN	No. 13	Bryant	W 84–70	11–2	19 – Cowan Jr.	10 – Smith	5 – Morsell	Xfinity Center (14,777) College Park, MD
January 4, 2020 12:00 p.m., FOX	No. 15	Indiana	W 75–59	12–2 (2–1)	19 – Smith	8 – Tied	6 – Cowan Jr.	Xfinity Center (16,631) College Park, MD
January 7, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 12	No. 11 Ohio State	W 67–55	13–2 (3–1)	20 – Cowan Jr.	7 – Smith	4 – Ayala	Xfinity Center (16,192) College Park, MD
January 10, 2020 7:00 p.m., FS1	No. 12	at Iowa	L 49–67	13–3 (3–2)	13 – Smith	6 – Morsell	3 – Cowan Jr.	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (11,721) Iowa City, IA
January 14, 2020 9:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 17	at Wisconsin	L 54–56	13–4 (3–3)	18 – Smith	9 – Smith	3 – Cowan Jr.	Kohl Center (16,157) Madison, WI
January 18, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 17	Purdue	W 57–50	14–4 (4–3)	18 – Smith	10 – Smith	7 – Cowan Jr.	Xfinity Center (16,099) College Park, MD
January 21, 2020 7:00 p.m., FS1	No. 17	at Northwestern	W 77–66	15–4 (5–3)	25 – Smith	11 – Smith	6 – Cowan Jr.	Welsh–Ryan Arena (5,236) Evanston, IL
January 26, 2020 1:00 p.m., CBS	No. 17	at Indiana	W 77–76	16–4 (6–3)	29 – Smith	11 – Smith	6 – Ayala	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN
January 30, 2020 8:30 p.m., BTN	No. 15	No. 18 Iowa	W 82–72	17–4 (7–3)	31 – Cowan Jr.	14 – Smith	6 – Cowan Jr.	Xfinity Center (16,369) College Park, MD
February 4, 2020 7:00 p.m., FS1	No. 9	Rutgers	W 56–51	18–4 (8–3)	17 – Cowan Jr.	15 – Smith	4 – Ayala	Xfinity Center (15,855) College Park, MD
February 7, 2020 8:00 p.m., FS1	No. 9	at No. 20 Illinois	W 75–66	19–4 (9–3)	20 – Cowan Jr.	12 – Smith	6 – Cowan Jr.	State Farm Center (15,544) Champaign, IL
February 11, 2020 8:30 p.m., BTN	No. 9	Nebraska	W 72–70	20–4 (10–3)	16 – Tied	13 – Smith	10 – Cowan Jr.	Xfinity Center (14,396) College Park, MD
February 15, 2020 6:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 9	at Michigan State ESPN College GameDay	W 67–60	21–4 (11–3)	24 – Cowan Jr.	10 – Smith	6 – Morsell	Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI
February 18, 2020 8:00 p.m., BTN	No. 7	Northwestern	W 76–67	22–4 (12–3)	22 – Smith	19 – Smith	7 – Morsell	Xfinity Center (15,486) College Park, MD
February 23, 2020 4:00 p.m., CBS	No. 7	at No. 25 Ohio State	L 72–79	22–5 (12–4)	20 – Wiggins	7 – Smith	7 – Cowan Jr.	Value City Arena (18,809) Columbus, OH
February 26, 2020 9:00 p.m., BTN	No. 9	at Minnesota	W 74–73	23–5 (13–4)	16 – Tied	11 – Smith	9 – Cowan Jr.	Williams Arena (9,252) Minneapolis, MN
February 29, 2020 8:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 9	No. 24 Michigan State ESPN College GameDay	L 66–78	23–6 (13–5)	20 – Smith	12 – Smith	3 – Tied	Xfinity Center (17,950) College Park, MD
March 3, 2020 7:00 p.m., BTN	No. 9	at Rutgers	L 67–78	23–7 (13–6)	19 – Cowan Jr.	10 – Smith	4 – Ayala	Louis Brown Athletic Center (8,000) Piscatway, NJ
March 8, 2020 12:00 p.m., FOX	No. 9	No. 25 Michigan	W 83–70	24–7 (14–6)	20 – Cowan Jr.	11 – Smith	8 – Cowan Jr.	Xfinity Center (17,950) College Park, MD
Big Ten Tournament
Cancelled
NCAA Tournament
Cancelled
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	7	7	6	5	3	4	7	13	15	12	17	17	15	9	9	7	9	9	12	12
Coaches	8	8*	7	8 (1)	4	4 (1)	8	12	15	14	17	17	15	9	9	7	8	9	11	11

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

References

"2020 NCAA Tournament canceled due to growing threat of coronavirus pandemic". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
"Morgan State officially hires Kevin Broadus as head coach". coachesdatabase.com. Coaches Database. May 2, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
"Maryland basketball hires former Michigan assistant DeAndre Haynes". Washington Post. June 10, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

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[1] "2020 NCAA Tournament canceled due to growing threat of coronavirus pandemic". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.

[2] "Morgan State officially hires Kevin Broadus as head coach". coachesdatabase.com. Coaches Database. May 2, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

[3] "Maryland basketball hires former Michigan assistant DeAndre Haynes". Washington Post. June 10, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

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