Stone has done a lot of winning before stepping foot in College Park. With his addition, Mark Turgeon's squad should continue that trend in next March.
Diamond Stone, who is the sixth best-ranked recruit for 2015, and second best center according to the 247 composite rankings, chose Maryland over his hometown school, the University of Wisconsin Badgers on March 27. UConn, Wisconsin, Oklahoma State, Arizona, Duke, Georgetown, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Marquette, Michigan State, North Carolina, UCLA, Texas A&M, San Jose State, Depaul and Cal Poly; Diamond Stone said no to all of them.
The 6-foot-10 250-pound big man is exactly what the Terps need next year – and frankly what they needed for this past season too – an offensively capable and strong body to hold down the middle and win games with his offensive fundamentals.