2021–22 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team

The 2021–22 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by interim head coach Danny Manning. They played their home games at Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland, as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 7–13 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for 10th place. As the No. 10 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to Michigan State in the second round.

2021–22 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	15–17 (7–13 Big Ten)
Head coach	Mark Turgeon (11th season; first 8 games) Danny Manning (interim)
Assistant coaches	Matt Brady (5th season) Bruce Shingler (1st season)
Home arena	Xfinity Center
Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 Big Ten Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 Illinois	15	–	5		.750			23	–	10		.697
No. 14 Wisconsin	15	–	5		.750			25	–	8		.758
No. 10 Purdue	14	–	6		.700			29	–	8		.784
Rutgers	12	–	8		.600			18	–	14		.563
No. 16 Iowa †	12	–	8		.600			26	–	10		.722
Ohio State	12	–	8		.600			20	–	12		.625
Michigan State	11	–	9		.550			23	–	13		.639
Michigan	11	–	9		.550			19	–	15		.559
Indiana	9	–	11		.450			21	–	14		.600
Maryland	7	–	13		.350			15	–	17		.469
Penn State	7	–	13		.350			14	–	17		.452
Northwestern	7	–	13		.350			15	–	16		.484
Nebraska	4	–	16		.200			10	–	22		.313
Minnesota	4	–	16		.200			13	–	17		.433
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

On December 3, 2021, head coach Mark Turgeon and the school announced that the parties had mutually agreed that Turgeon would step down as head coach effective immediately.^[1] Manning, who had been hired as an assistant prior to the season, was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[2] On March 21, 2022, the school named Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard the team's new head coach.^[3]

Previous season

In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Terrapins finished the 2020–21 season 17–14, 9–11 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they beat Michigan State in the second round but lost to the No. 1-seeded Michigan in the quarterfinals. The Terrapins received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the East region. There they upset No. 7-seeded UConn in the first round,^[4] but lost to No. 2-seeded Alabama in the second round.^[5]

Offseason

Coaching changes

On April 16, 2021, two-year assistant coach DeAndre Haynes left to join Marquette new coach Shaka Smart as an assistant.^[6] On April 26, the school announced that it hired former Wake Forest head coach Manning as an assistant.^[7] On May 23, 11-year assistant coach Orlando Ranson left to join DePaul new coach Tony Stubblefield as an assistant.^[8] On June 5, the school announced former South Carolina assistant Bruce Shingler would replace Ranson.^[9]

On April 6, Director of Basketball Operations Mark Bialkoski announced he was leaving to become an assistant at East Tennessee State.^[10] On April 28, Turgeon announced Greg Manning Jr., the team's video coordinator for the three prior seasons, was named the new Director of Men's Basketball Operations.^[11][12]

Player departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Jairus Hamilton	F	6'8"	235	Junior	Charlotte, NC	Transferred to Western Kentucky
Chol Marial	C	7'2"	235	Sophomore	Rumbek, South Sudan	Transferred to Oregon State
Reese Mona	G	6'2"	185	Senior	La Plata, MD	Graduated
Darryl Morsell	G	6'5"	200	Senior	Baltimore, MD	Transferred to Marquette
Aquan Smart	G	6'3"	175	Freshman	Evanston, IL	Transferred to FIU
Galin Smith	F	6'9"	235	Senior	Clinton, MS	Graduated
Aaron Wiggins	G	6'6"	200	Junior	Greensboro, NC	Declared for the 2021 NBA draft; selected 55th overall pick by the Oklahoma City Thunder

2021 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Ike Cornish SF	Baltimore, MD	Legacy Charter	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jun 10, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Julian Reese PF	Owings Mills, MD	St. Frances Academy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	May 10, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2021 Maryland Commits". Rivals.com. "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Incoming transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Transfer From
Pavlo Dziuba	F	6'8"	235	Sophomore	Kyiv, Ukraine	Arizona State
Ian Martinez	G	6'3"	185	Sophomore	Heredia, Costa Rica	Utah
Fatts Russell	G	5'11"	165	Graduate Student	Philadelphia, PA	Rhode Island
Qudus Wahab	F	6'11"	240	Junior	Lagos, Nigeria	Georgetown
Simon Wright	F	6'7"	225	Graduate Student	Minneapolis, MN	Elon
Xavier Green	G	6'6"	205	Graduate Student	Williamsburg, VA	Old Dominion

Roster

2021–22 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Marcus Dockery 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Brewster Academy Washington, D.C. G 4 Fatts Russell 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) GS Imhotep Charter HS Rhode Island Philadelphia, Pennsylvania G 5 Eric Ayala 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr IMG Academy Wilmington, Delaware F 10 Julian Reese 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr St. Frances Academy Baltimore, Maryland G 11 Xavier Green 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) GS Williamsburg Christian Academy Williamsburg, Virginia F 12 Pavlo Dziuba 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So Basquet Arizona State Kyiv, Ukraine G 13 Hakim Hart 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Roman Catholic HS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania G 14 Aidan McCool (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Bishop England HS Charleston, South Carolina F 15 Simon Wright (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) GS Hopkins HS Elon Minneapolis, Minnesota G/F 20 Ike Cornish 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Legacy Charter Baltimore, Maryland G 23 Ian Martinez 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Junípero Serra Catholic HS Utah Heredia, Costa Rica F 24 Donta Scott 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Imhotep Charter HS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania F 31 Arnaud Revaz 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Bourg-en-Brasse Acadamie Sion, Switzerland G 32 Brett Karkus (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Berkshire School Hewlett, New York F 33 Qudus Wahab 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Flint Hill School Georgetown Lagos, Nigeria	Head coach Danny Manning (Kansas, interim) Assistant coach(es) Matt Brady (Siena) Bruce Shingler (St. Augustine's) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

• Forward James Graham III left the team and entered the transfer portal on December 2, 2021.

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Qudus Wahab	Julian Reese	Arnaud Revaz
PF	Donta Scott	Simon Wright	Pavlo Dziuba
SF	Hakim Hart
SG	Eric Ayala	Xavier Green	Marcus Dockery
PG	Fatts Russell	Ian Martinez

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 5, 2021* 7:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 21	Fayetteville State	W 89–40		16 –  Reese	10 –  Ayala	4 –  Tied	Xfinity Center  College Park, MD
Regular season
November 9, 2021* 7:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 21	Quinnipiac	W 83–69	1–0	17 – Wahab	8 – Ayala	4 – Russell	Xfinity Center (12,832) College Park, MD
November 11, 2021* 6:30 p.m., BTN	No. 21	George Washington	W 71–64	2–0	18 – Wahab	15 – Wahab	2 – Ayala	Xfinity Center (13,398) College Park, MD
November 13, 2021* 2:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 21	Vermont	W 68–57	3–0	22 – Tied	8 – Tied	3 – Scott	Xfinity Center (13,424) College Park, MD
November 17, 2021* 7:00 p.m., BTN	No. 20	George Mason	L 66–71	3–1	18 – Scott	10 – Scott	6 – Russell	Xfinity Center (11,948) College Park, MD
November 19, 2021* 6:30 p.m., FS1	No. 20	Hofstra	W 69–67	4–1	14 – Ayala	8 – Scott	4 – Russell	Xfinity Center (12,810) College Park, MD
November 25, 2021* 7:00 p.m., CBSSN		vs. Richmond Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship semifinal	W 86–80	5–1	24 – Hart	9 – Ayala	6 – Russell	Baha Mar Convention Center  Nassau, Bahamas
November 27, 2021* 10:00 a.m., CBSSN		vs. Louisville Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship game	L 55–63	5–2	14 – Scott	6 – Tied	3 – Hart	Baha Mar Convention Center (1,175) Nassau, Bahamas
December 1, 2021* 7:15 p.m., ESPN2		Virginia Tech ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 58–62	5–3	18 – Wahab	8 – Reese	3 – Russell	Xfinity Center (15,988) College Park, MD
December 5, 2021 12:00 p.m., BTN		Northwestern	L 61–67	5–4 (0–1)	18 – Hart	9 – Scott	5 – Russell	Xfinity Center (13,958) College Park, MD
December 12, 2021* 4:30 p.m., BTN		vs. No. 20 Florida Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational	W 70–68	6–4	19 – Tied	8 – Wahab	2 – Tied	Barclays Center  Brooklyn, NY
December 28, 2021* 8:30 p.m., BTN		Lehigh	W 76–55	7–4	20 – Ayala	8 – Tied	3 – Tied	Xfinity Center (9,783) College Park, MD
December 30, 2021* 7:00 p.m., BTN		Brown	W 81–67	8–4	22 – Ayala	12 – Wahab	5 – Russell	Xfinity Center (10,224) College Park, MD
January 3, 2022 9:00 p.m., BTN		at Iowa	L 75–80	8–5 (0–2)	19 – Ayala	8 – Hart	4 – Russell	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (10,327) Iowa City, IA
January 6, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Illinois	L 64–76	8–6 (0–3)	17 – Scott	7 – Scott	5 – Russell	State Farm Center (12,981) Champaign, IL
January 9, 2022 7:30 p.m., BTN		No. 23 Wisconsin	L 69–70	8–7 (0–4)	19 – Ayala	6 – Scott	6 – Russell	Xfinity Center (10,864) College Park, MD
January 12, 2022 9:00 p.m., BTN		at Northwestern	W 94–87 ^2OT	9–7 (1–4)	26 – Ayala	11 – Ayala	7 – Russell	Welsh–Ryan Arena (2,886) Evanston, IL
January 15, 2022 2:00 p.m., BTN		Rutgers	L 59–70	9–8 (1–5)	13 – Ayala	7 – Reese	4 – Russell	Xfinity Center (11,052) College Park, MD
January 18, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Michigan	L 64–83	9–9 (1–6)	22 – Ayala	6 – Scott	3 – Tied	Crisler Center (11,115) Ann Arbor, MI
January 21, 2022 7:00 p.m., FS1		No. 17 Illinois	W 81–65	10–9 (2–6)	25 – Scott	7 – Russell	3 – Hart	Xfinity Center (12,331) College Park, MD
January 25, 2022 7:00 p.m., BTN		at Rutgers	W 68–60	11–9 (3–6)	23 – Russell	8 – Ayala	3 – Russell	Jersey Mike's Arena (8,000) Piscataway, NJ
January 29, 2022 2:30 p.m., FOX		Indiana	L 55–68	11–10 (3–7)	15 – Hart	8 – Wahab	5 – Ayala	Xfinity Center (15,304) College Park, MD
February 1, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		No. 13 Michigan State	L 63–65	11–11 (3–8)	15 – Ayala	8 – Wahab	2 – Tied	Xfinity Center (14,331) College Park, MD
February 6, 2022 1:00 p.m., CBS		at No. 16 Ohio State	L 67–82	11–12 (3–9)	25 – Scott	6 – Tied	5 – Russell	Value City Arena (15,912) Columbus, OH
February 10, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		Iowa	L 87–110	11–13 (3–10)	20 – Russell	5 – Scott	6 – Russell	Xfinity Center (12,649) College Park, MD
February 13, 2022 1:00 p.m., CBS		at No. 3 Purdue	L 61–62	11–14 (3–11)	24 – Russell	9 – Russell	6 – Russell	Mackey Arena (14,804) West Lafayette, IN
February 18, 2022 9:00 p.m., BTN		at Nebraska	W 90–74	12–14 (4–11)	23 – Russell	7 – Scott	4 – Ayala	Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,443) Lincoln, NE
February 21, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		Penn State	W 67–61	13–14 (5–11)	18 – Russell	7 – Wahab	4 – Martinez	Xfinity Center (15,184) College Park, MD
February 24, 2022 7:00 p.m., FS1		at Indiana	L 64–74	13–15 (5–12)	23 – Russell	6 – Tied	2 – Ayala	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN
February 27, 2022 4:00 p.m., CBS		No. 22 Ohio State	W 75–60	14–15 (6–12)	27 – Russell	9 – Scott	3 – Russell	Xfinity Center (15,842) College Park, MD
March 2, 2022 9:00 p.m., BTN		Minnesota	W 84–73	15–15 (7–12)	19 – Hart	9 – Ayala	4 – Russell	Xfinity Center (13,015) College Park, MD
March 6, 2022 4:30 p.m., CBS		at Michigan State	L 67–77	15–16 (7–13)	19 – Ayala	7 – Reese	4 – Russell	Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI
Big Ten tournament
March 10, 2022 6:30 p.m., BTN	(10)	vs. (7) Michigan State Second round	L 72–76	15–17	20 – Russell	7 – Russell	6 – Russell	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (14,331) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

See also: 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	21	20	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	21	20^	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

References

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