2014-15 REVIEW

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Overall: 27-8 • Big Ten: 14-4 Big Ten

NCAA Tournament 3rd Round

• 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

Melo Trimble

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

ECAC Honors

Melo Trimble

  • Rookie of the Year

Big Ten Honors

Mark Turgeon

  • Big Ten Coach of the Year

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

Academic All-Big Ten

Evan Smotrycz, Varun Ram, Jacob Susskind

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