Nick Faust News

"He probably had a preconceived notion he was going to go there anyway," his father Bobby said, "but when he saw that building and walked onto that floor, he knew.

Westtown School wing Jared Nickens will be joining Romelo Trimble and Dion Wiley in College Park in the fall of 2014.

Mar 13, 2013; New York, NY, USA; Rutgers Scarlet Knights guard Jerome Seagears dribbles the ball against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish during the first half at the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden.

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

There may have been questions about how Maryland's move to the Big Ten would affect the program when it came to local recruits.

Here's Evan Smotrycz in a Michigan uniform. The transfer has yet to suit up for the Terps.

Looks like Nick Faust won't get to play a game in his hometown this season or next.

Obviously, this exercise does little to help forecast the future, but Turgeon uses the similarities for motivation anyhow.

Not only did Turgeon had to make sure Nick Faust, then a senior at City, was still coming to College Park, but Maryland's new coach also had to wanted the city's political and basketball powerbrokers to get to know the relative unknown who had spent little time on the East Coast.

Mar 15, 2013; Greensboro, NC, USA; Maryland Terrapins guard Nick Faust and guard/forward Dez Wells react.

There were times last season when Maryland coach Mark Turgeon begrudgingly turned his offense over to freshman point guard Seth Allen.

Guard Antonio Barton will not be coming home to College Park after Maryland was long considered the favorite for his services.

Just texted with Antonio Barton. He said he'll be picking between four schools - Kansas State, Maryland, Tennessee and Texas A&M. The 6-foot-2, 178-pound Barton saw his minutes dip over three seasons with the Tigers, sliding from 24.6 per game his freshman year to 16.7 last season, when Barton averaged just 5.6 points per game.