Kyle Tarp had been there with Dion Wiley nearly more than anyone since the Maryland shooting guard tore his meniscus a year ago this week, an injury that caused him to miss his sophomore season.
Pushing him through the rehabilitation process, Tarp had watched Wiley go from the early exercises to restore the strength, stability and flexibility in his right knee to the transition back to the court during the late spring and early summer.
When Wiley shed the brace he wore most of the summer for the first time in a pickup game with current and ex-teammates in early September, Tarp watched as Wiley went up against former Terps star Dez Wells one afternoon.