Maryland high schoolers get recruited more than kids in any other state, NCAA says

A higher percentage of boys’ and girls’ high school basketball players in Maryland are recruited by Division I schools than any other state, according to the NCAA.

Approximately 5 percent of boys and 4.5 percent of girls at the Maryland high school level are recruited to play Division I hoops. No other state has higher than a 3.6 percent rate for boys or 4.1 percent for girls.

This, of course, is good news for the University of Maryland, which has the state’s only major-conference basketball program. Four of the men’s team’s 13 scholarship players this season were from in-state, and Mark Turgeon has brought in Baltimore product Darryl Morsell for next year. Washington’s Markelle Fultz is from Maryland, and he might be the No. 1 pick in this year’s NBA Draft. Three members of the women’s team are from Maryland, although two of them—Brionna and Stephanie Jones—are from the same house.

The first part of building a college basketball team is recruiting talented players, and Maryland doesn’t have to look far for a start.

In other news

Maryland women’s basketball has already made it to the Sweet 16, and former Terp Marissa Coleman thinks this year’s team can go all the way.

The baseball team powered past UNC-Wilmington to force a midweek series split.

Maryland women’s lacrosse toppled another ranked team, beating Penn 11-7.

We reflected on Maryland’s basketball season in our latest podcast.

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Maryland didn’t have a signature win this season, but with Michigan making a run in the NCAA Tournament, that’s starting to look like one.

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