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Former Maryland center Bruno Fernando will sign a three-year guaranteed contract with the Atlanta Hawks, who traded three draft choices to get him.

By Don Markus

Jul 7, 2019

For a number of reasons, sliding down to the No. 34 spot for Maryland's Bruno Fernando could be a positive way to start his NBA career.

By Don Markus

Jun 22, 2019

"I've watched Chol the last three years and I can't say enough about him as both a person and a basketball player," Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said in a statement.

By Don Markus

May 6, 2019

After five seasons with the Phoenix Suns, who made him the No. 5 pick in the 2013 NBA draft, former Maryland center Alex Len is trying to restart his career in Atlanta.

By Don Markus

Feb 12, 2019

After spending most of his first two NBA seasons buried on the bench with the Portland Trail Blazers, former Maryland standout Jake Layman has found his role as a key reserve and sometimes starter for one of the Western Conference's top teams.

By Don Markus

Jan 25, 2019

With Bruno Fernando in foul trouble and then on the bench after fouling out, freshman Jalen Smith kept Maryland from blowing all of its 22-point lead in Tuesday's season-opening win over Delaware.

By Don Markus

Nov 8, 2018

Maryland guard Kevin Huerter went from being a fringe NBA prospect after his sophomore year to a first-round pick at No. 19 overall by the Atlanta Hawks in Thursday night's NBA draft.

By Don Markus

Jun 21, 2018

Kevin Huerter’s decision to leave the Terps ends an anxious and bittersweet few days of waiting for Terps fans.

Maryland sophomore guard Kevin Huerter and freshman center Bruno Fernando have until May 30 to decide whether to keep their names in the NBA draft or return to College Park.

By Don Markus

May 21, 2018

Bruno Fernando's decision whether to turn pro could have a major impact on how the Terps fare next season and beyond.

By Don Markus

Apr 2, 2018

Season-ending injuries to Justin Jackson and Ivan Bender have left the redshirt freshman as the Terps' only true power forward.

By Don Markus

Jan 15, 2018

Justin Jackson became the seventh player with a significant role to be injured during Mark Turgeon's seven seasons at Maryland.

By Don Markus

Dec 29, 2017

Bruno Fernando scores a career-high 18 points, but fellow freshman Darryl Morsell leaves with what's later called a slight hamstring injury.

By Don Markus

Nov 20, 2017

“I knew I never could be Gary Williams or Mark Amatucci," the former Maryland star said.

By Jonas Shaffer

Nov 6, 2017

There's a different air surrounding Maryland center Michal Cekovsky these days, both on and off the basketball court.

By Don Markus

Dec 2, 2016

For the first three games of his rookie season, and the first 40 minutes of the fourth, Jake Layman was no more than a paid spectator. That changed Tuesday.

By Don Markus

Nov 2, 2016

Mark Turgeon is rewarded for taking the Maryland men’s basketball team to back-to-back NCAA tournaments, including the first trip to the Sweet 16 since 2003.

By Don Markus

Oct 27, 2016

Maryland could have three players chosen in Thursday's NBA draft, which would mark the first time that has happened for the Terps since 2002.

By Don Markus

Jun 23, 2016

Last week's addition of small forward Justin Jackson to Maryland's 2016 recruiting class helped the Terps jump dramatically in rankings. A composite of several

By Don Markus

May 31, 2016

"You can't talk to him. He's never wrong," one player said of Foster.

By Jonas Shaffer

May 10, 2016

As a child, Alex Len was a gymnast. Then he grew a lot and moved on to basketball, first at Maryland and now with the NBA's Phoenix Suns. Maybe for his third

By Jonas Shaffer

May 8, 2016

You might know about Alex Len, but do you remember Jerrod Mustaf in 1990? Or Brad Davis in 1977?

By Jonas Shaffer

Apr 12, 2016

Maryland sophomore point guard Melo Trimble will declare for the NBA draft but not hire an agent, while freshman center Diamond Stone plans to hire an agent.

By Don Markus

Apr 11, 2016

That doesn't mean Trimble, Stone and Carter won't join seniors Jake Layman and Rasheed Sulaimon at the NBA's open combines and closed-door workouts that take place before the NBA draft in late June.

By Don Markus

Mar 26, 2016

According to Diamond Stone¿s father, Bob, the family has yet to discuss whether his son will enter the NBA draft after his freshman year.

By Don Markus

Jan 7, 2016

When Maryland freshman Diamond Stone scored 16 points off the bench in his team¿s recent win over Connecticut in the Jimmy V Classic, it pushed the 6-11 center into double figures for his season average.

By Don Markus

Dec 18, 2015

In Maryland¿s season-opening 80-56 win over Mount St. Mary¿s, its three centers combined for 24 points and 15 rebounds.

By Don Markus

Nov 14, 2015

On Wednesday, Melo Trimble was named the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year. On Thursday, the Terps were voted the nation's No. 3 team the USA Today Coaches Poll.

By Jonas Shaffer

Oct 15, 2015

Ivan Bender has spent the past seven months at the University of Maryland quietly trying to restart a basketball career that was interrupted twice in the last two years — each time after the 6-9, 230-pound forward tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

By Don Markus

Aug 9, 2015

Should the Maryland men's basketball team make the quantum leap from surprising Big Ten upstart last winter to national championship contender in the upcoming season, much of the success will be traced to what Kyle Tarp has done with the Terps over the past year.

By Don Markus

Jul 30, 2015

Former Maryland star Dez Wells, who hoped to use the NBA Summer League with the Washington Wizards as a showcase to earning an invitation to training camp this fall, will not play with the team in Las Vegas because of a badly sprained thumb suffered last week during team workouts.

By Don Markus

Jul 12, 2015

Baltimore¿s Donnell Whittenburg finished in fourth place in the preliminary all-around rankings Saturday to qualify for the finals at the Pan American Games in Toronto.

Diamond Stone, the No. 2 high school center in the country, has officially signed with Maryland, Terps coach Mark Turgeon announced Wednesday.

By Don Markus

Apr 15, 2015

On Wednesday night at Chicago's United Center, Stone will join Melo Trimble as the second Terps commit to play in the McDonald's All-American Game in as many years.

By Don Markus

Apr 1, 2015

As Maryland men's basketball's 2014-15 season ends, the excitement around the Terps' program is only building.

By Don Markus

Mar 23, 2015

In recognition of 70 years of dunking in college basketball, Maryland's athletic website put up a poll earlier this month asking fans to vote on the best dunk in Terps history.

By David Selig

Feb 26, 2015

Baltimore Sun reporter takes a look at five things to watch during the No. 14 Terps' game against No. 5 Wisconsin in men's basketball at Xfinity Center. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.

By Don Markus

Feb 24, 2015

When No. 16 Maryland takes the court Tuesday against No. 5 Wisconsin, the Terps will have moved past their offseason soap opera to a place unfamiliar under Turgeon: national prominence.

By Don Markus

Feb 21, 2015

The Blast suffered its first loss of the Major Arena Soccer League season Friday night, falling, 5-4 in overtime, to the host Las Vegas Legends at Orleans Arena.

One of Mark Turgeon's biggest concerns as his Maryland men's basketball team struggled on the road at Ohio State and Indiana was its lack of production ¿ and at times effort ¿ from the big men.

By Don Markus

Feb 5, 2015

Maryland¿s emergence as one of the nation¿s top college basketball teams amid an unexpectedly-quick turnaround has landed a few players on NBA mock draft boards.

By Don Markus

Jan 28, 2015

Last-second victories have been rare in Mark Turgeon's four seasons at Maryland. None of them have gone as Turgeon drew up in the huddle.

By Don Markus

Jan 26, 2015

Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon's prized jewel, Diamond Stone, has been noticeably quiet this winter.

In his team¿s 73-64 victory last Sunday at Oklahoma State, Damonte Dodd put the ball on the floor twice and finished at the rim.

By Don Markus

Dec 27, 2014

Dustin Clark took Cekovsky with him to Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at the new Montgomery County home Maryland coach Mark Turgeon and his family moved into this week.

By Don Markus

Nov 29, 2014

If the first three games of his college career have been akin to an early semester quiz in his all-day English class, then the next two will be the first big test for Maryland freshman Michal Cekovsky.

By Don Markus

Nov 23, 2014

Damonte Dodd knows exactly what his role is going to be for the Maryland men¿s basketball team: "Just blocking shots and rebounding."

By Don Markus

Nov 20, 2014

Given the redemptive mindset of Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon and many of his players going into tonight's season opener against Wagner at Xfinity Center, it seems fitting that the Terps worked more on their rebounding than any other area in practice this week.

By Don Markus

Nov 14, 2014

Maryland senior Dez Wells has worked on his game and his leadership as he heads into final college basketball season.

By Don Markus

Nov 12, 2014

A proposed policy that would require teams to reach academic benchmarks before their coaches and athletic directors can cash in on performance-based bonuses has drawn mixed reviews.