Beyond the arc: Turgeon, Maryland get early 2020 commit

Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon smiles as he speaks at a press conference during Big Ten NCAA college basketball media day Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Rosemont, Ill.There’s really no true offseason for college basketball. Here are three things that caught our college basketball writer and AP Top 25 voter’s attention in the last week:

A different path

The NBA might not be quite ready to abolish its one-and-done rule just yet, but the league has created a new way for "elite" prospects to get a head start on their professional careers. The G League is planning to offer $125,000 contracts to players not yet eligible for the NBA draft to skip a one-and-done season of college basketball. That's…