Maryland basketball preview 2026-27: roster, transfers and schedule
Maryland returns 25% of last season's minutes, and adds six transfers and the No. 6 recruiting class.
Last season it ranked No. 131 in adjusted net rating (No. 139 on offense, No. 140 on defense). The biggest loss is Elijah Saunders, 9 points a game. The schedule has 29 games, ten against last season's adjusted top 25.
2026-27 roster
PPG to MPG are last season’s numbers, wherever he played: a transfer’s line is from his old school. Freshmen have none yet.
Who left
The players who left played 75% of last season’s minutes.
Adjusted net rating, last three seasons
Points per 100 possessions better than an average Division I team. Last season: offense 110.8 (No. 139), defense 107.6 (No. 140).
2026-27 schedule
Rank is each opponent’s adjusted net rank last season; gold marks a top-25 opponent. 29 games, 19 in the Big Ten. Tip times are set closer to each game.
Questions
Who is back for Maryland in 2026-27?
4 players who played for Maryland last season: Pharrel Payne, Andre Mills, George Turkson Jr., Guillermo Del Pino. They played 25% of its minutes.
Who did Maryland add for 2026-27?
Mike McNair Jr. (transfer from Boston University), Bishop Boswell (transfer from Tennessee), Tomislav Buljan (transfer from New Mexico), DJ Wagner (transfer from Arkansas), Maban Jabriel (transfer from Queens University), Robert Jennings II (transfer from Oklahoma State), Baba Oladotun (freshman, No. 11 recruit), Kaden House (freshman, No. 47 recruit), Adama Tambedou (freshman, No. 138 recruit), Austin Brown (freshman, No. 235 recruit).