Hardly a news conference went by during Maryland men's basketball's 2018-19 season without head coach Mark Turgeon reminding reporters how young his team was. The Terps' eight-man rotation last season included five freshmen, two sophomores and a junior. That inexperience translated to inconsistency.
But Maryland still enjoyed a productive campaign. The Terps went 23-11 overall and 13-7 in the Big Ten. They climbed as high as No. 13 in the polls after starting the season unranked. They beat a ranked team on the road for the first time since 2008. They returned to the NCAA Tournament and came within seconds of reaching the Sweet 16.
And with almost the entire core coming back, this is the season when it's all supposed to come together.
