MM 10.10: Maryland men’s basketball rallies student body in now-annual Midnight Mile

After a full day of classes and two practices, one might think that Maryland basketball players would be exhausted by the time this year’s Midnight Mile rolled around.

Instead, the team entered the track at Ludwig Field running and dancing, excited to mingle with the student body.

“We practice throughout the day, so we don’t really get to interact with the students how we can here, so it’s good to get that bond with them,” junior guard Darryl Morsell said. “Like coach Turgeon said, they have a big impact on our games, especially home games, so just to have their support and know them off the court and just bond with our teammates off the court as well, it’s a great thing.”

That bond between the Terps was very evident, with players laughing and shouting as their teammates showed off their dance moves. The new freshman class was especially energetic.

“Bruno’s gone so we had to have some guys that are crazy tonight,” Turgeon said. “So the young guys, this is their first experience with it, it’s good to see him having so much fun. I’m sure Chol [Marial] would be dancing if he was healthy.”

And though some guys were too tired to run the full mile, forward Jalen Smith was proud to say he went all four laps, going hard the whole time.

“That’s shows a lot of character out of me,” he joked with media after, boasting that he out-lapped some people. “I always take the full path, no matter how hard it is.”

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