The University of Maryland basketball program has produced some of the greatest players not only in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference, but in all of college basketball. Below is my subjective list of the Top 25 Terps since 1970 (which includes the eras of Lefty Driesell and Gary Williams) first published March 24, 2010. See the updated list on Bleacher Report.
- Len Bias
- Juan Dixon
- John Lucas
- Walt Williams
- Tom McMillen
- Buck Williams
- Joe Smith
- Albert King
- Len Elmore
- Greivis Vasquez
- Keith Booth
- Steve Blake
- Ernest Graham
- Brad Davis
- Adrian Branch
- Lonny Baxter
- Steve Francis
- Greg Manning
- Johnny Rhodes
- Keith Gatlin
- Mo Howard
- Steve Sheppard
- Derrick Lewis
- Chris Wilcox
- Larry Gibson
Honorable Mention: Jeff Adkins (‘81-‘85), Lawrence Boston (’75-78), Owen Brown (‘72-‘75), Evers Burns (’89-93), Nik Caner-Medley (‘02-‘06), Ben Coleman (‘82-‘84), Obinna Ekezie (’95-‘99), Rodney Elliott (‘94-‘98), John Gilchrist (‘02-‘05), James Gist (‘04-‘08), Eric Hayes (‘06-‘10), Will Hetzel (1967-70), Exree Hipp (‘92-‘96), Tahj Holden (’99-03), Ekene Ibekwe (‘03-‘07), Sarunas Jasikevicius (‘94-‘98), Cedric Lewis (’87-91), Tony Massenburg (‘85-‘90), Kevin McLinton (’89-’93), Chris McCray (‘02-‘06), Landon Milbourne (’06-’10), Dutch Morley (‘78-‘82), Terence Morris (‘97-‘01), Sean Mosley (‘08-’12), Byron Mouton (‘00-‘02), Jerrod Mustaf (‘88-‘90), Drew Nicholas (‘99-‘03), Jim O’Brien (‘70-‘73), Laron Profit (‘95-’99), Duane Simpkins (‘94-‘98), Terrell Stoglin (‘10-’12), Terrell Stokes (‘95-‘99), Terell Stoglin (’10-’12), D.J. Strawberry (‘03-‘07), Herman Veal (’80-84), Jordan Williams (’09-’11).
This list was first published on March 24, 2010.
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