Once Kevin Willard left Maryland basketball for Villanova, there was a mass exodus in College Park. Both Ja'Kobi Gillespie and Rodney Rice entered the transfer portal, and so did most of the bench. But the Terrapins' lone 2025 recruit also re-opened his recruitment.

With Willard’s departure, only a few players remain on the roster. One of them is former five-star recruit Derik Queen, a Baltimore native. There had been speculation that Queen might enter the transfer portal after Willard’s exit, but he quickly shut down those rumors.