2014–15 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team

2014-15 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball

CBE Hall of Fame Classic champions
NCAA Tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#16
AP	#12
2014-15 record	28–7 (14–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Mark Turgeon (4th year)
Assistant coach	Dustin Clark (4th year)
Assistant coach	Bino Ranson (5th year)
Assistant coach	Cliff Warren (1st year)
Home arena	Xfinity Center

	Conf				Overall
2014–15 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Wisconsin †	16	–	2	.889	36	–	4	.900
#12 Maryland	14	–	4	.778	28	–	7	.800
#23 Michigan State	12	–	6	.667	27	–	12	.692
Iowa	12	–	6	.667	22	–	12	.647
Purdue	12	–	6	.667	21	–	13	.618
Ohio State	11	–	7	.611	24	–	11	.686
Indiana	9	–	9	.500	20	–	14	.588
Illinois	9	–	9	.500	19	–	14	.576
Michigan	8	–	10	.444	16	–	16	.500
Minnesota	6	–	12	.333	18	–	15	.545
Northwestern	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Nebraska	5	–	13	.278	13	–	18	.419
Penn State	4	–	14	.222	18	–	16	.529
Rutgers	2	–	16	.111	10	–	22	.313

† 2015 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fourth year head coach Mark Turgeon and played their home games at the Xfinity Center. They were first-year members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 28–7, 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament where they lost to Michigan State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Valparaiso in the second round before losing in the third round to West Virginia.

Previous season

The Terrapins finished the season 17–15, 9–9 in ACC play to finish in a three way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament to Florida State.

Pre-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Charles Mitchell	0	F	6'7"	260	Sophomore	Atlanta, GA	Transferred to Georgia Tech
Roddy Peters	2	G	6'4"	195	Freshman	District Heights, MD	Transferred to South Florida
Seth Allen	4	G	6'1"	190	Sophomore	Woodbridge, VA	Transferred to Virginia Tech
Nick Faust	5	G	6'6"	175	Junior	Baltimore, MD	Transferred to Long Beach State
John Auslander	23	F	6'7"	225	Senior	Herndon, VA	Graduated
A. J. Metz	33	F	6'7"	215	Freshman	Leesburg, VA	Transferred to Guilford
Shaquille Cleare	44	C	6'9"	270	Sophomore	Andros, Bahamas	Transferred to Texas
Conner Lipinski	12	G	5'10"	155	Sophomore	Gambrills, Maryland	Transferred to Lenoir-Rhyne

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Robert Carter, Jr.	4	F	6'8"	247	Junior	Thomasville, GA	Transferred from Georgia Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Carter, Jr. will have to redshirt for the 2014–15 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility thereafter.
Richaud Pack	20	G	6'3"	183	Senior	Detroit, MI	Transferred from North Carolina A&T. Will be eligible to play immediately because Pack graduated from North Carolina A&T.

Class of 2014 signees

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Romelo Trimble SG	Upper Marlboro, Maryland	Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Dec 13, 2013
Romelo Trimble SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Dion Wiley SG	Oxon Hill, Maryland	Potomac High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jun 7, 2013
Dion Wiley SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Trayvon Reed C	Snellville, Georgia	Life Center Academy	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Aug 22, 2013
Trayvon Reed C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Michal Cekovsky C	Slovakia, Europe	Canarias Basketball Academy	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Apr 7, 2013
Michal Cekovsky C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Jared Nickens SG	Monmouth Junction, New Jersey	Westtown School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jun 16, 2013
Jared Nickens SG	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: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2014-06-11.

Roster

2014–15 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
4.0 !PF	1	Smotrycz, EvanEvan Smotrycz	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 235 lb (107 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Reading, Massachusetts
1.5 !G	2	Trimble, MeloMelo Trimble	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 175 lb (79 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Upper Marlboro, Maryland
4.0 !PF	4	Carter, RobertRobert Carter	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 250 lb (113 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Thomasville, Georgia
1.5 !G	5	Wiley, DionDion Wiley	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 195 lb (88 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Oxon Hill, Maryland
3.5 !F	10	Layman, JakeJake Layman	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 190 lb (86 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Wrentham, Massachusetts
2.5 !G/F	11	Nickens, JaredJared Nickens	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 190 lb (86 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
1.5 !G	12	Anzmann, TrevorTrevor Anzmann (W)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 170 lb (77 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Westminster, Maryland
3.5 !F	14	Barks, SpencerSpencer Barks (W)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 225 lb (102 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Poolesville, Maryland
5.0 !C	15	Čekovský, MichalMichal Čekovský	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 225 lb (102 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Košice, Slovakia
1.5 !G	20	Pack, RichaudRichaud Pack	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Detroit, Michigan
1.5 !G	21	Ram, VarunVarun Ram (W)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 150 lb (68 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Clarksville, Maryland
1.5 !G	24	Susskind, JacobJacob Susskind (W)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 205 lb (93 kg)	4.0 !Sr	West Orange, New Jersey
4.0 !PF	25	Graham, JonathanJonathan Graham	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 220 lb (100 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Baltimore, Maryland
5.0 !C	35	Dodd, DamonteDamonte Dodd	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 240 lb (109 kg)	2.0 !So	Centreville, Maryland
2.5 !G/F	44	Wells, DezDez Wells	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 215 lb (98 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Raleigh, North Carolina

Head coach

Mark Turgeon (Kansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Dustin Clark (Texas A&M)
Bino Ranson (Southern New Hampshire)
Cliff Warren (Mount St. Mary's)

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	Damonte Dodd	Jonathan Graham	Michal Čekovský
PF	Jake Layman	Evan Smotrycz
SF	Dez Wells	Dion Wiley	Spencer Barks
SG	Richaud Pack	Jared Nickens	Jacob Susskind
PG	Melo Trimble	Varun Ram	Trevor Anzmann

Schedule and results

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
Nov 1*		San Francisco State	W 86–52		19 - Trimble	6 - Graham, Wells	5 - Trimble, Wells	Xfinity Center
Nov 8*		Bowie State	W 89–47		18 - Layman	11 - Graham	5 - Trimble	Xfinity Center
Non-conference regular season
Nov 14*		Wagner	W 82–48	1–0	18 - Wells	9 - Layman	6 - Layman	Xfinity Center (10,015)
Nov 17*		Central Connecticut (CBE Hall of Fame Classic)	W 93–57	2–0	27 - Wells	9 - Trimble	4 - Pack, Trimble	Xfinity Center (8,612)
Nov 20*		Fordham	W 66–50	3–0	13 - Nickens	8 - Pack	4 - Pack	Xfinity Center (9,022)
Nov 24*		vs. Arizona State (CBE Hall of Fame Classic Semifinals)	W 78–73	4–0	31 - Trimble	8 - Wells	4 - Wells	Sprint Center (N/A)
Nov 25*		vs. #13 Iowa State (CBE Hall of Fame Classic Championship)	W 72–63	5–0	15 - Layman, Nickens	9 - Wells	4 - Wells	Sprint Center (N/A)
Nov 28*		Monmouth (CBE Hall of Fame Classic)	W 61–56	6–0	24 - Trimble	6 - Smotrycz	3 - Trimble	Xfinity Center (9,139)
Nov 30*		VMI	W 95–77	7–0	22 - Pack	9 - Layman	4 - Trimble	Xfinity Center (8,896)
Dec 3*	#21	#7 Virginia (ACC–Big Ten Challenge)	L 65–76	7–1	16 - Trimble	5 - Layman	2 - Trimble	Xfinity Center (15,371)
Dec 6*	#21	Winthrop	W 82–62	8–1	21 - Layman	10 - Dodd	7 - Trimble	Xfinity Center (9,345)
Dec 10*	#19	North Carolina Central	W 67–56	9–1	17 - Pack	6 - Dodd, Graham	4 - Trimble, Layman	Xfinity Center (8,723)
Dec 13*	#19	USC Upstate	W 67–57	10–1	17 - Layman	12 - Trimble	3 - Trimble, Pack	Xfinity Center (9,093)
Dec 21*	#17	at Oklahoma State	W 73–64	11–1	21 - Layman	11 - Layman	4 - Trimble	Gallagher-Iba Arena (11,104)
Dec 27*	#15	Oakland	W 72–56	12–1	17 - Trimble	9 - Layman	4 - Wells	Xfinity Center (12,938)
Big Ten regular season
Dec 30	#12	at Michigan State	W 68–66 ^2OT	13–1 (1–0)	17 - Trimble	9 - Layman	5 - Wells	Breslin Center (14,797)
Jan 3	#12	Minnesota	W 70–58	14–1 (2–0)	20 - Trimble	12 - Dodd	4 - Wells	Xfinity Center (15,788)
Jan 7	#11	at Illinois	L 57–64	14–2 (2–1)	17 - Trimble	5 - Dodd, Pack, Trimble	4 - Trimble	State Farm Center (12,896)
Jan 10	#11	at Purdue	W 69–60	15–2 (3–1)	14 - Layman	8 - Layman	4 - Wells	Mackey Arena (10,756)
Jan 14	#14	Rutgers	W 73–65	16–2 (4–1)	17 - Wells	13 - Layman	4 - Trimble	Xfinity Center (12,419)
Jan 17	#14	Michigan State	W 75–59	17–2 (5–1)	24 - Trimble	12 - Layman	5 - Wells	Xfinity Center (17,950)
Jan 22	#13	at #23 Indiana	L 70–89	17–3 (5–2)	13 - Layman	6 - Graham	4 - Wells	Assembly Hall (17,472)
Jan 25	#13	Northwestern	W 68–67	18–3 (6–2)	27 - Trimble	8 - Layman	3 - Trimble	Xfinity Center (14,113)
Jan 29	#16	at Ohio State	L 56–80	18–4 (6–3)	12 - Wells	6 - Layman	3 - Layman	Value City Arena (14,483)
Feb 4	#17	Penn State	W 64–58	19–4 (7–3)	23 - Wells	9 - Layman	8 - Trimble	Xfinity Center (14,195)
Feb 8	#17	at Iowa	L 55–71	19–5 (7–4)	20 - Trimble	4 - Graham, Smotrycz	4 - Wells	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,400)
Feb 11	#19	Indiana	W 68–66	20–5 (8–4)	18 - Trimble, Wells	7 - Layman	2 - Trimble, Wells	Xfinity Center (15,304)
Feb 14	#19	at Penn State	W 76–73	21–5 (9–4)	22 - Wells	6 - Dodd, Trimble, Wells	4 - Trimble	Bryce Jordan Center (8,303)
Feb 19	#16	Nebraska	W 69–65	22–5 (10–4)	26 - Trimble	6 - Trimble	5 - Trimble	Xfinity Center (14,376)
Feb 24	#14	#5 Wisconsin	W 59–53	23–5 (11–4)	26 - Wells	7 - Wells	4 - Wells	Xfinity Center (17,950)
Feb 28	#14	Michigan	W 66–56	24–5 (12–4)	19 - Trimble	9 - Smotrycz	5 - Trimble	Xfinity Center (17,950)
Mar 3	#10	at Rutgers	W 60–50	25–5 (13–4)	20 - Wells	10 - Wells	2 - Pack, Trimble	The RAC (7,053)
Mar 8	#10	at Nebraska	W 64–61	26–5 (14–4)	21 - Trimble	12 - Wells	4 - Trimble, Wells	Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,856)
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 13	#8 (2)	vs. (7) Indiana (Quarterfinals)	W 75–69	27–5	22 - Wells	9 - Layman	3 - Pack, Trimble	United Center (17,230)
Mar 14	#8 (2)	vs. (3) Michigan State (Semifinals)	L 58–62	27–6	22 - Trimble	7 - Wells	5 - Layman	United Center (18,088)
NCAA Tournament
Mar 20*	#12 (4 MW)	vs. (13 MW) Valparaiso (Second round)	W 65–62	28–6	14 - Nickens, Trimble, Wells	10 - Trimble	3 - Trimble, Wells	Nationwide Arena (18,417)
Mar 22*	#12 (4 MW)	vs. #20 (5 MW) West Virginia (Third round)	L 59–69	28–7	15 - Trimble	7 - Trimble	3 - Layman	Nationwide Arena (19,115)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest.

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	21	19	17	15	12	11	14	13	16	17	19	16	14	10	8	12	N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	22	20	18	15	11	9	11	8	13	16	19	15	14	9	8	12	16

References

Maryland Terrapins men's basketball

Venues	"The Gymnasium" (1922–1931) Ritchie Coliseum (1931–1955) Cole Field House (1955–2002) Comcast / XFINITY Center (2002–present)

Rivalries	Duke

Culture & lore	Midnight Madness Testudo BB&T Classic Tournament

People	Head coaches Honored jerseys

Seasons	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2014–15 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team

Previous season

Pre-season

Departures

Incoming transfers

Class of 2014 signees

Roster

Depth chart

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References