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NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Pros and cons of Lester Quinones final 4 teams

By Josh Stevens

AUBURN HILLS, MI - MARCH 23: The mascot for the Memphis Tigers performs against the Michigan State Spartans during the third round of the 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at The Palace of Auburn Hills on March 23, 2013 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
AUBURN HILLS, MI - MARCH 23: The mascot for the Memphis Tigers performs against the Michigan State Spartans during the third round of the 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at The Palace of Auburn Hills on March 23, 2013 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /
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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – MARCH 23: The Maryland Terrapins huddle together as they take on the LSU Tigers during the second half of the game in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Vystar Memorial Arena on March 23, 2019 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – MARCH 23: The Maryland Terrapins huddle together as they take on the LSU Tigers during the second half of the game in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Vystar Memorial Arena on March 23, 2019 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /

No. 4 Maryland

While I love the potential of this Maryland team bringing back most of their key contributors from last season, and with Bruno Fernando and Anthony Cowan Jr leaving the door open to return they have the potential to return every starter. I think the backcourt is going to clog up very quickly. They already have four guards that received over 23 minutes a game last season, and with number five being down at 12 minutes I think that will play a factor.

To go along with that they played at the slowest pace out of all of his top four this season taking just over 1900 shots. With my breakdown saying I think he would fit best in a run and gun offense this is the complete opposite. Mark Turgeon also asks all of his players to handle the ball from time to time, while Lester is more than capable he never really in high school had to do that.

There is some good news for the Terrapin faithful as you did make the final cut. To go along with that out of his final four you have the team that most people have the most faith in, even if neither Cowan nor Fernando comes back next season. You have arguably the best coach in Mark Turgeon, and on top of that you are coming off a last-second loss to LSU on a controversial no-call on the winning basket, or the Terrapins would have been in the Sweet 16.

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