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All five Maryland starters averaged at least 12 points per game. The Terrapins were the only team in Division l basketball to do so.
The New York Times |
Kevin Willard has agreed to become Villanova’s next head coach, leaving Maryland in need of a head coach after the men’s basketball program’s first trip to the Sweet 16 since 2016.
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Willard still had four years remaining on his seven-year, $29.4 million contract he signed in 2022.

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Maryland hoops coach bolts for Villanova, booster says ‘he played us like a drum’
“Coach Willard led the Terps on an incredible run this season. The Crab 5, Derik Queen ‘s miraculous buzzer-beater, and a Sweet 16 berth. This was a season to remember,” Maryland President Darryll J. Pines and Interim Director of Athletics Colleen Sorem said in a statement.”
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After Villanova announced Sunday it hired former Terrapins head coach Kevin Willard to take over its own program, both Steve Blake and Greivis Vásquez took to social media and commented on the new Maryland vacancy:
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