On the second day of the new year, Rodney Rice came through Alaska Airlines Arena with the Maryland Terrapins and left with a 75-69 upset loss to Danny Sprinkle

Maryland men’s basketball guard Rodney Rice is entering the transfer portal, according to ESPN and On3. Rice joined the Terps last offseason from Virginia Tech and averaged 13.8 points on 37 percent 3-point shooting. The Clinton native started 32 games after playing the first four off the bench.

With Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Rodney Rice, DeShawn Harris-Smith and Tafara Gapare entering the transfer portal, the Maryland men have almost no returners for next year.

Maryland men’s basketball fans were high on Buzz Williams before he was officially hired as the Terps’ new coach.

But yes, Willard confessed, he was generally aware of the consensus sentiment that he used Maryland as just a pawn to get whatever it was he wanted at a traditional power such as Villanova. So perhaps Willard knew Maryland alumnus and ESPN star Scott Van Pelt went scorched earth on him and said,

After four seasons leading the Maryland Terrapins, Kevin Willard is on to a fresh start as head coach of the Villanova Wildcats. The transition was, uhhh, not the smoothest, shall we say, as Willard’s new gig began to materialize in the middle of the Terps' run through March Madness.