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Three members of a Maryland men¿s basketball team being touted as a national championship contender have found their way onto player-of-the-year watch lists at their respective positions, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Tuesday.

Anytime an athletic director offers a vote of confidence for a coach whose job is in jeopardy usually means one thing: the coach is about to get fired.

Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon had waited for months to take what he envisioned in his mind this spring and what he had seen in the abbreviated team workouts this summer and early fall to the practice court at Xfinity Center.

Mount Saint Joseph sophomore Jalen Smith, a five-star prospect already ranked as the No. 1 player in the state and No. 17 overall by ESPN, was offered a scholarship on what was his third unofficial visit to College Park.

Without playing a game, the Maryland men's basketball team leapfrogged both North Carolina and Kentucky as the No. 1 team in ESPN's no-longer-way-too-early Top 25 poll.

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.

With Melo Trimble playing on the U.S. team at the Pan Am Games in Toronto, sophomore from Springfield, Mass., is getting a chance to show Maryland coach Mark Turgeon how the offense looks when he gets to run it during the limited summer workouts allowed under NCAA guidelines.

A little more than a year after trying to prove he was worthy of the hype as Maryland's first McDonald's All-American since Mike Jones in 2003, Melo Trimble is keeping more heady company these days as the youngest member of the U.S. Pan Am team.

Even as Robert Carter's new team at Maryland gets all kinds of hype for a potential No. 1 preseason ranking with the emergence of star point guard Melo Trimble, the signing of five-star prospect Diamond Stone and the addition of fellow transfer Rasheed Sulaimon from Duke, the 6-8, 238-pound junior forward is rarely mentioned. Carter doesn't seem to mind.

Point guard Melo Trimble, incoming center recruit Diamond Stone and forward Jake Layman all have received attention as possible first-round picks in next year's draft.

Coming off a 28-7 season that resulted in Maryland making the NCAA tournament for the first time in five years, the Terps are suddenly a popular pick to the make the 2016 Final Four with the addition of transfers Robert Carter Jr. and Rasheed Sulaimon as well as five-star prospect Diamond Stone. Here are three questions going into the summer for Turgeon to answer.

Maryland men¿s basketball coach Mark Turgeon wrote in a text message Sunday that incoming freshman center Diamond Stone won¿t start working out with the Terps until next month despite not trying out for the U-19 national team.

Stone, a five-star recruit who was one of the best high school post players in the country as a senior, was in College Park on Saturday as the Terps hosted a number of area high school teams at a weekend camp, a team spokesman confirmed.

Rasheed Sulaimon is going to play basketball for the University of Maryland. http He is a very good basketball player and will likely help the Terps in their quest for a national championship, but he comes with a troubling cloud hanging over his head. Mr. Sulaimon was dismissed in January from Duke University's basketball program for "unspecified reasons" and had earlier been accused of sexual assault.

When the Terps open next season, perhaps as the No. 1 team in the country and probably no lower than No. 3, only forward Jake Layman, center Damonte Dodd and former walk-on Varun Ram will be left over from the team two years ago.

There's been a run of positive news coming out of College Park these days. Both lacrosse teams are headed to the semifinals, the basketball team added Rasheed Sulaimon and Diamond Stone and the football program got junior quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr.

In what should be the marquee matchup of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, Maryland will play North Carolina Dec. 1 in Chapel Hill, ESPN announced Wednesday.

The addition of Duke transfer Rasheed Sulaimon to a Maryland team many have already picked to win the Big Ten Conference next season and be a legitimate contender for a national championship gives the Terps the most talent fans in College Park have probably seen since the 1970s.

The first player to be dismissed by Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski in 35 years, Rasheed Sulaimon has found a new home at Maryland.

Former Duke guard Rasheed Sulaimon visited College Park on Friday, a source familiar with the situation said, and is considering transferring to Maryland next season.

A source with knowledge of Rasheed Sulaimon's recruiting process said Wednesday that Maryland has been "in touch" with the former Duke guard about finishing his college career with the Terps.

According to a report in the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer, Maryland is one of several schools pursuing former Duke guard Rasheed Sulaimon

Freshman guard hits both attempts with 2.8 seconds remaining to give Maryland victory over Blue Devils at Comcast Center

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

Maryland coach Mark Turgeon has proven a difficult guy to please during his two seasons in Collge Park, so it was a bit unusual to hear him speaking in such a positive tone after the Terps lost at Duke 84-64 on Saturday.

Dez Wells, Charles Mitchell score 13 points each for Terps in lopsided defeat