This time a year ago, Maryland men’s basketball put a bow on one of the best regular seasons under head coach Mark Turgeon, beating Michigan in front of a packed Xfinity Center crowd to clinch a share of the Big Ten regular-season title, the program’s first since joining the conference in 2014.
Fast forward to the present day and the stakes weren’t as dire in the regular-season finale but still clear: Senior Night with family in attendance for the first time all season. The opportunity to finish tied for sixth with Wisconsin and Rutgers after falling to 4-9 in conference play.