Andrew Emmer

Associate Strategist for Podcasts at SAG-AFTRA. Terp forever.

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@CespedesBBQ Benge please!

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They’re calling him the Cordoban Curry.

[Inside Maryland Sports @Terrapins247]

The shot by Guillermo Del Pino to win the FIBA U18 EuroBasket 🏆

Next stop: College Park 🐢

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Watching Queen last season, it was pretty obvious his passing was too good for college players. This is going to become the norm for him.

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that's a dimeeee Derik Queen!

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I really don't miss any Maryland basketball games, but a midnight tip is just not in the cards.

I, a full grown adult, cannot open the door to the possibility that it'll be 2:15 am and I have to try to go to sleep after a disappointing loss to UNLV.

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Popping on here again to just say:

Can we never hear from this guy again? Just go away. Stop running to Seth Davis or whoever. You are at Villanova, dude. If I was a Nova fan I would pretty looking at everything he's done since late March with a sense of dread.

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Kevin Willard fires back on a rumor that he had a handshake deal in place with Villanova:

“Total bulls***, and whoever said that has no f****** idea what they’re talking about. That can be my quote.”

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C’mon

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@AndrewEmmer Say hey to your daddy

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The kickers is that since basically no Maryland fans watched any of these players last season, we are all going to learn who they are together. I'm genuinely excited

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With Buzz's first Maryland roster seemingly complete, I think it's safe to call this among the most fascinating off-seasons in the program's history.

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Obviously, not all of these guys will turn out to be great or even good, but you can't play more than 8-10 guys for any real minutes. Payne/Rice/Watts/Washington/Saunders/Metcalf seem like locks for the rotation. Who knows who will shake out for the rest.

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Buzz got a non-local McDonald’s All American on the same day Nova landed a developmental big. Good stuff.

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5-star combo guard Darius Adams has committed to Maryland men’s basketball, he confirmed on social media today. Ranked No. 23 in the class of 2025, Adams is head coach Buzz Williams’ first recruit.

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Former Cuse/NBA center Etan Thomas shares his feelings on new Villanova coach Kevin Willard. Thomas’ son Malcolm, a former top-100 recruit at DeMatha, just transferred from Villanova to Dayton.

[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

Maryland transfer Rodney Rice tells me that he has committed to USC.

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Source: Water wet

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Source: Villanova will host Sacred Heart on November 11th as part of its 2025-26 non-conference schedule.

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Of the current guys, here's my ranking of "most likely to take a leap to All-Conference level":
1. Payne
2. Saunders
3. Rice
4. Washington
5. Mills
6. Watts
7. Coit
8. Turkson

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Basically every player Maryland has added who played last season (besides Coit) averaged right around 10 points per game. Genuinely fascinated to see how this goes.

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NEWS: Virginia transfer Elijah Saunders has committed to Maryland, he announced.

Saunders played just one season at Virginia after playing his first two years at San Diego State. He’s a native of Phoenix, Arizona.

Averaged 10.4PPG and 5.0RPG this season.

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You’d think with all this “returning production” they’ll be pretty high in the predictive metrics heading into next season.

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This is where the “they don’t have Derik Queen” part comes in.

[JBR @JBRBracketology]

@AndrewEmmer Better depth. Should be a tournament team. But I don't see them Top 10 again unless they add someone elite

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Okay, so I should clarify:

My point is based on depth and projection.

Depth - I think there's a good chance they are better 1-10 than last years team.

Projection - Less of a chance, but still possible, we get the a leap from someone like Payne to become an All-League guy.

[Matt Ellentuck @mellentuck]

@AndrewEmmer .... andrew.... none of these guys starts on last years team lol

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@DerekSmalls13 Possible being the key word.

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It's becoming increasingly possible that Maryland has a better roster next season than they had this past one, with the enormous caveat that no one is Derik Queen.

[Harrison Rich @harrisonrich_]

Watts is the fourth backcourt player to commit to Maryland out of the portal, joining Myles Rice (former teammate at WSU), David Coit and Andre Mills.

He’s a career 35% 3-point shooter. 64% of his shots have come from beyond the arc.