Terps Basketball Class of 2010
Though the late signing period for basketball has yet to pass, the Terps seem to be looking at a top 25 class in 2010. In fact ESPN is putting them just outside the top 20. Twenty First to be exact. The Terps will be bringing in 5 kids this fall (maybe more since one scholarship is still available). Shooting Guard Pe’Shon Howard from Wytheville, VA. Haukur Palsson is a small forward from Montverde, FL. Ashton Pankey is a Power Forward from Bronx, NY. Mycahl Parker is a shooting guard from Washington, NC. And Terrell Stoglin a Point Guard from Tucson, AZ.
Stoglin of course will be a key player considering both Vasquez and Hayes will no longer be allowed to play the point at Maryland next year, per NCAA Eligibility Rules. What is most interesting to me is the fact that there are no Marylanders on this list. Not sure how to interpret that, pulling kids as far away as Arizona and Florida is cool, but losing games to Clemson, Florida State, and Virginia Tech at the hands of a kid from either Baltimore or Prince George’s County, isn’t so cool.
Regardless the Terps have a top 25 class. I’d prefer higher, but anything in the top 25 is good. Let’s face it, recruiting is such an inexact science, and basketball recruiting is so cyclical, that these rankings don’t mean that much. But for the national media to give you a thumbs up by placing your class in the top 25, that at least means you are heading in the right direction.
Of course the Terps aren’t the only ACC school in the top 25: UNC (2), Duke (5), Wake Forest (8), Florida State (12), NC State (14), and UVA (22) also had good recruiting seasons, which pretty much means don’t count on seeing many rollover games in the ACC anytime soon. Though that may make for some tough competition, as fans who get to watch the ACC day in and day out from January to April every year, that’s good news.
So there you have it, 5 fresh faces coming into College Park next year. Who knows what we’ll be writing about them over the next 4 years, but as of today, the sky is the limit.
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