Sidelined much of last season by foot and knee injuries, Maryland’s presumptive starting point guard Pe’Shon Howard isn’t sure if he’ll be sufficiently healed from his torn ACL to be in the lineup when the Terps take on NCAA champion Kentucky at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 9.

"If I don’t play, I’m really excited for our new guys," Howard said. "That’s a great way to come into college basketball, playing the defending national champions. But at the end of the day, it’s just the start of the season. It’s one game. I’ll be excited to be watching or playing, just to be in that environment. [...]

"I think Pe’Shon will be 100 percent when practice starts if he doesn’t do anything stupid like trying to come back too quickly," Turgeon said. "We’ll have a lot more options than we did last year."