OT: Rasheed Sulaimon to Maryland
The former Duke guard will play his final season at Maryland. Given the Swanigan decommit and this addition, Maryland seems to be the clear favorite in the B1G next year.
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Add politically correct statement here.
You forgot the snark.
I'm kinda amazed any major program would get involved with a kid who, honestly, seems to have some pretty heavy baggage. I get that you are innocent until proven guilty, but this feels like something that might blow up in Maryland's face.
Aren't you forgetting about Michigan?
Don't be such a homer. Maryland will be starting 4 Mcdonals all-americans next year witha fifth player who was projected early second round in the draft this year before coming back. Their lineup is going to be:
Melo Trimbe: Top 10 player in the Big last year as a freshman and Mcdonalds AA
Sulaimon: Former Mcdonalds AA, proved above average player in 3 years at Duke
Jake Layman: Has played as an undersized 4 for three years, shoots 40% from three and was projected early second round pick before coming back
Robert Carter: Transfer from Georgia Tech who averaged nearly a double double as a freshman, former Mcdonalds AA
Diamond Stone: Incoming recruit ranked top 5 in the class.
That is easily the favorite to win the league. Most talented team in the league with 4 of the players already proven legit NBA talents who will be pre-season top 5. Michigan will probably be pre-season top 20.
I agree the Maryland starting 5 looks like the best in the league.
MSU will be talented and deep again. OSU is bringing in another big recruiting class, Purdue will be good, Wisconsin isn't going in the tank, Michigan will bounce back in a big way.
Big Ten basketball is going to be a helluva lot of fun this season.
Yogi, Blackmon, and Thomas Bryant will be a competant and effective trio, even with the devil at the helm.
But we will be competitive. Walton, LeVert, Irvin, Dawkins, and Doyle aren't slouches. We have at least 3 future NBA players on this roster in LeVert, Irvin, and Dawkins. There's also the possibility that Chatman, Wilson, Wagner, or Robinson step up in a huge way.
He was dismissed for sexual assault, but the article on him says nobody filed a complaint against him and the Durham PD has no record of any criminal accusations either. Did Coach K leak the story to pull a Saban and free up a scholarship? Or is this a situation where obviously something went down, it just can't be proven in court? Obviously rape/sexual assault is the least reported crime, so I could see my last sentence being true.