The 2025–26 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Terrapins, led by first-year head coach Buzz Williams, played their home games at Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland, as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season The Terrapins finished the 2024–25 season 27–9, 14–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they beat Illinois in the quarterfinals before losing to Michigan in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the West region. They defeated Grand Canyon and Colorado State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There, they lost to the eventual champion Florida, 87–71.

Following the season, head coach Kevin Willard left the team to take the head coaching position at Villanova. On April 1, the school named Texas A&M head coach Buzz Williams the team's new head coach.

Offseason

Departures Maryland departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Ja'Kobi Gillespie 0 G 6'1" 186 Junior Greenville, TN Transferred to Tennessee Rodney Rice 1 G 6'4" 198 Sophomore Clinton, MD Transferred to USC Jahari Long 2 G 6'5" 200 Graduate Student Houston, TX Transferred to George Mason Braden Pierce 4 C 7'0" 245 Freshman Woodstock, GA Transferred to Villanova DeShawn Harris-Smith 5 G 6'5" 208 Sophomore Woodbridge, VA Transferred to Georgetown Tafara Gapare 6 F 6'9" 215 Junior Wellington, New Zealand Transferred to Villanova Malachi Palmer 7 G 6'6" 212 Freshman Harrisburg, PA Transferred to Villanova Jay Young 8 G 6'2" 180 Graduate Student Dallas, TX Graduated Selton Miguel 9 G 6'4" 217 Graduate Student Luanda, Angola Graduated Julian Reese 10 F 6'9" 252 Senior Baltimore, MD Graduated/undrafted in 2025 NBA draft; signed an exhibit 10 contract with Raptors 905 Chance Stephens 13 G 6'3" 185 Sophomore Riverside, CA Transferred to Minnesota Jordan Geronimo 22 F 6'6" 225 Graduate Student Newark, NJ Graduated Derik Queen 25 C 6'10" 246 Freshman Baltimore, MD Declared for 2025 NBA draft; selected 13th overall by the Atlanta Hawks, but traded to the New Orleans Pelicans Ben Murphy 40 G 6'1" 210 Senior Reisterstown, MD Walk-on; graduated

Incoming transfers Maryland incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school David Coit 8 G 5'11" 175 Graduate Student Columbus, NJ Kansas Collin Metcalf 45 C 6'9" 233 Senior Nortorf, Germany Northeastern Andre Mills 7 G 6'4" 205 Freshman Boston, MA Texas A&M Rakease Passmore 4 F 6'5" 185 Sophomore Palatka, FL Kansas Pharrel Payne 21 F/C 6'9" 250 Senior Cottage Grove, MN Texas A&M Myles Rice 2 G 6'3" 185 Junior Columbia, SC Indiana Elijah Saunders 13 F 6'8" 229 Senior Phoenix, AZ Virginia George Turkson Jr. 11 G/F 6'7" 220 Freshman Lowell, MA Texas A&M Solomon Washington 9 F 6'7" 220 Senior New Orleans, LA Texas A&M Isaiah Watts 12 G 6'3" 170 Junior West Seattle, WA Washington State

Recruiting classes 2025 recruiting class

2026 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=""|Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=""|Regular season

!colspan=9 style=""|

Source

References