Here’s every graduate transfer Maryland basketball could target

Maryland basketball has three available scholarships now. Jaylen Brantley announced Monday that he’d be leaving the program as a grad transfer, and the team lost Melo Trimble to the NBA Draft and Micah Thomas to transfer last month. With at least one of those scholarships, expect the Terps to target a grad transfer that can contribute immediately.

Before Brantley’s transfer, the frontcourt was clearly the area that needed the most strengthening. Now, it would be surprising if Maryland didn’t try to add to its backcourt during the offseason.

The Terps have been successful in bringing in a grad transfer the past three seasons with Richaud Pack in 2014-15, Rasheed Sulaimon in 2015-16, and L.G. Gill this past season. As of now, here are all the available grad transfers, eligible to play immediately:

Some names that make sense

Sean Obi, Duke. Obi will graduate and transfer to his third school after injuries hampered playing time at Duke. Obi averaged 11.4 points and 9.3 rebounds at Rice as a freshman in 2013-14, but has played in just 10 games since. The Terps landed Duke’s last grad transfer in Sulaimon, and Obi will visit Maryland on Monday.

Mark Alstork, Wright State. Alstork’s a 6’4 guard that would provide help on the wing. He averaged 19 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game while shooting around 38 percent from three this season. Alstork listed Maryland among the teams currently recruiting him in an interview with MLive.com. Terps assistant coach Orlando “Bino” Ranson recruited Alstork out of high school, so it makes sense he’s back on the radar.

Stephan Jiggetts, Fairleigh Dickinson. Jiggets is a local product. The Forestville, Maryland native was a four year varsity player at Bishop McNamara. He originally committed to Albany, but transferred to Fairleigh Dickinson after his first semester. He didn’t catch Marland’s eye the first time around, but the 6’1 guard could get a look as a grad transfer. He averaged 13.5 points and 4.2 assists per game in his last season at FDU.

The Ontario connection

Matthew Atewe, Kassius Robertson, and Malcolm Duvivier are all from Toronto, which is just half an hour from Maryland forward Justin Jackson’s hometown of East York. Jackson, Atewe and Duvivier all have Canadian national team experience — though they’ve yet to all join up as teammates — and Jackson and Robertson are both alums of Canada Elite, an AAU program in the Under Armour Association. This might not make a difference, but having a fellow countryman on the roster could make Maryland more appealing to these grads.

So what?

This isn’t a definitive list because players are still announcing their intentions for next season, but early indications suggest this is going to be an interesting round of transfers. There aren’t a whole lot of connections between available transfers and Maryland, but there is a lot of talent available. Let’s see where they land.