2014-15 Maryland Men's Basketball // 2014-15 Maryland Athletics Year In Review

STORIES

SPORTS

• Big Ten Coach of the Year Mark Turgeon led the Terps to a school-record 26 wins in the regular season en route to punching their ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010.

• Maryland cracked the Associated Press poll Top 10 for the first time since Feb. 3, 2003 and was ranked among the Top 25 for 15 consecutive weeks, the longest such streak since the 2002-03 season.

• Maryland finished its inaugural season in the Big Ten with a perfect 9-0 home record, which included victories against then-No. 5 Wisconsin, Michigan State and Indiana. Overall, Maryland boasted an 18-1 home mark at XFINITY Center.

• The Terps’ 28 wins on the year marked an 11-game improvement from their 17 victories during the 2013-14 season – the second-highest improvement among Power Five schools.

• Senior Dez Wells (first team), freshman Melo Trimble (first team) and junior Jake Layman (third team) all earned All-Big Ten honors.

Season Honors

All-America Honors

ECAC Honors

Big Ten Honors

Melo Trimble

All-Big Ten: First Team (media), Second Team (coaches)

Dez Wells

All-Big Ten: First Team (coaches), Second Team (coaches)

Jake Layman

All-Big Ten: Third Team (media), Honorable Mention (coaches)

Academic Honors

Mark Turgeon

Melo Trimble

Academic All-Big Ten

Evan Smotrycz, Varun Ram, Jacob Susskind

Big Ten Coach of the Year

Rookie of the Year

Sporting News Second Team All-American, USBWA Freshman All-American

Melo Trimble, one of the nation’s most outstanding point guards, made an immediate impact in his freshman campaign and was the catalyst as Maryland won a school record 26 regular season games and concluded the season ranked eighth in the country. An All-Big Ten (first team) selection, Trimble led the team in soring (16.2 ), assists (106), and steals (44).

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Head coach Mark Turgeon was named Big Ten Coach of the Year in the Terps’ inaugural season in the league.

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Dez Wells, a first team All-Big Ten selection, connects on the game-winning putback with 1.4 seconds left to overcome an 11-point deficit against in a dramatic 68-67 win over Northwestern. “Dez Wells is our emotional leader and his legacy is that he put Maryland Basketball back on the map,” Maryland head coach Mary Turgeon said.

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2014-15 Maryland Men's Basketball Team

Cross Country

Women's Basketball

The Maryland men’s basketball team recorded a school-record 26 wins during the regular season in 2014-15.