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3 weeks ago | 
dbknews.com | Harrison Rich
In the 2024-25 academic year, the Terps lost their athletic director, endured a miserable football season and had a historic basketball season before the coach of the men’s team departed. In the fall, Maryland football regressed after winning three straight bowl games for the first time in program history.
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1 month ago | 
dbknews.com | Harrison Rich
At the end of Charles “Lefty” Driesell’s life — when he was bedridden and sometimes unable to pick up his phone — his children, Chuck and Pam, would go through their father’s missed calls. They’d listen to the voicemails and tell Driesell who had reached out. Sometimes, he would request to speak with specific people. Buzz Williams was one of them. Chuck Driesell doesn’t know exactly when the friendship started between his dad and Maryland men’s basketball’s new coach.
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1 month ago | 
dbknews.com | Harrison Rich
Composite five-star guard Darius Adams announced his pledge to the Terps on Tuesday, marking Buzz Williams’ first high school commit of his Maryland men’s basketball coaching tenure. The Manchester, New Jersey, native spent his last two years of high school at La Lumiere School in La Porte, Indiana.
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1 month ago | 
dbknews.com | Harrison Rich
Welcome back to The Diamondback Sports Digest. Every week, we send you a rundown of the latest Maryland athletics news. Few conclusions can be drawn from a college football team’s spring game, especially during the transfer portal and Name, Imagine and Likeness era. But Maryland held its annual game on Saturday, giving fans a glimpse into the team’s present and future. In this week’s newsletter, we’ll recap that event, a Big Ten tournament title game and more.
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1 month ago | 
dbknews.com | Harrison Rich
The culture that Buzz Williams instills within his programs is similar to that of a vortex: once you’re in, you’re in for the long run. That was even the case for Andre Mills and George Turkson Jr., two four-star class of 2024 recruits who redshirted their freshman seasons under Williams at Texas A&M. Despite never suiting up, the former Aggies followed their coach to Maryland after entering the transfer portal.
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2 months ago | 
dbknews.com | Harrison Rich
Maryland men’s basketball freshman Derik Queen is declaring for the 2025 NBA draft, he announced Saturday on ESPN’s SportsCenter. The big man told his decision to Maryland alum Scott Van Pelt while sporting a shirt that read “I’m From Baltimore.” Queen was unable to contain his wide grin as he thanked God, his mom, former coaches and inner circle for helping him reach this point.
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2 months ago | 
dbknews.com | Harrison Rich
For the first time in a few weeks, a Maryland men’s basketball press conference ended without commotion. Newly-hired coach Buzz Williams held his introductory press conference Wednesday at Xfinity Center and spoke along with University of Maryland president Darryll Pines and interim athletic director Colleen Sorem, who expressed their belief in Williams and the program.
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2 months ago | 
dbknews.com | Harrison Rich
Maryland athletics has hired Buzz Williams as the next Maryland men’s basketball head coach, the university announced in a release Tuesday. ESPN reported the contract is a six-year deal. The news comes just two days after former head coach Kevin Willard officially departed for Villanova. “It is an honor and privilege to be named the head coach of the University of Maryland men’s basketball team,” Williams said in the release.
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2 months ago | 
dbknews.com | Harrison Rich
Kevin Willard is leaving Maryland men’s basketball to become the head coach at Villanova, according to a Villanova athletics release. Willard was hired in March 2022 and led the Terps for three seasons, compiling a 63-38 record with a 32-28 mark in Big Ten play. He guided them to the NCAA tournament twice, with their best run ending with a loss to Florida in the Sweet 16 on Thursday.
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2 months ago | 
dbknews.com | Harrison Rich
SEATTLE — It was always going to be Derik Queen. The star freshman sat in Maryland men’s basketball’s huddle ahead of the last possession against Colorado State on Sunday. Kevin Willard drew up the same play he’s run for game-winners since 2016 — one Queen had attempted twice earlier this season. Then the coach asked who wanted the shot. Of course, Rodney Rice said, every player wanted it. But it was obvious who was going to get it. “I want the motherfucking ball,” Queen said. “He screamed.
