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Mark Turgeon's observations as Terps basketball team holds public practice

The Maryland men’s basketball team held a 90-minute public practice Saturday at Xfinity Center that included nearly an hour’s scrimmaging.

While coach Mark Turgeon thought his team’s offense was better than its defense, the sixth-year coach was generally pleased with the way his revamped team is doing about halfway through the preseason.

"It’s crazy, all summer the guys worked on defense, the first week of practice, all we did was defense, but I felt like the offense was ahead of it,” Turgeon said. “It shouldn’t be. Three weeks good, we’re not good in anything right now, but we will be.