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Big Ten Basketball: Ranking the team offenses for 2022-23 season

By Trevor Sinodhinos

Mar 10, 2022; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana Hoosiers forward Trayce Jackson-Davis (23) celebrates a basket in the second half against the Michigan Wolverines at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 10, 2022; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana Hoosiers forward Trayce Jackson-Davis (23) celebrates a basket in the second half against the Michigan Wolverines at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports /
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Big Ten Basketball Maryland Terrapins forward Donta Scott Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports
Big Ten Basketball Maryland Terrapins forward Donta Scott Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports /

5. Maryland Terrapins

2021-22: 70.8 points per game

There are a number of things that will be different with the Big Ten’s seventh highest scoring team from the 2021-22 season. No change is bigger than the change on the bench with new Head Coach Kevin Willard. Coach Willard leaves Seton Hall to take the helm of a Terrapins team that is no longer with their top two scorers in Eric Ayala (14.7 ppg) and Fatts Russell (15.1 ppg).

Coach Willard will have Hakim Hart (9.9 ppg) and Donta Scott (12.6 ppg) returning from last season’s starting lineup as well as 6’9 Julian Reese (5.7 ppg) becoming the starting center after averaging almost 18 minutes last season. Filling out the 2022-23 starting lineup will be two transfers in the back court; Donald Carey (13.5 ppg) from Georgetown and Jahmir Young (19.6 ppg) from Charlotte. With zero reference to pull from to understand how a new coach will coach new players, there are some commonalities that can be drawn.

Reese is going to be an offensive upgrade from Wahab at the center spot and will be much more of an offensive weapon when he used to ball screen for Young, then receive an up screen to create a switch somewhere on the court.  With Carey becoming their best deep threat, they will run him off of multiple screens in order to get him the ball. Scott will be the most important of those screens as he has the versatility to put the ball on the floor to attack the rim or connect on a mid-range jumper.

Last season Terrapins’ fans saw a lot of perimeter passing waiting for slow rotation on the perimeter in order to get a shot, or for a gap to open for the ultra-quick Russell. This season will see the pick’n’roll be incorporated as they also have  Hart (9.9 ppg) to utilize.

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