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Momentum building as top Terps prospects visit College Park

During a normally quiet time for college basketball and with a season of outsized expectations still three months away, the Maryland men's team has had some high-profile visitors — including the high school senior many consider the top recruit in the country.

If the presence of Josh Jackson, a 6-foot-7 guard from Detroit, last week in College Park launched more than a few hopeful tweets, the fact that he later told a reporter in New York that he could "definitely envision" himself playing for the Terps made him a trending topic among Maryland fans.

Three other prospects — 6-9 senior forward Taurean Thompson of Jersey City, N.