When Anthony Cowan Jr. first arrived in College Park, he was part of a sizeable freshman class. Maryland basketball had brought in two other four-star recruits in Kevin Huerter and Justin Jackson. All three blue-chip rookies would be fixtures in the starting lineup that season, averaging double-digit points in support of Melo Trimble.
Two years later, Cowan is the only member of that freshman trio that remains. Jackson was long expected to leave for the pros this summer, and did so even after injuring his labrum last season, while Huerter played his way into a first-round selection by the Atlanta Hawks.