When Rasheed Sulaimon was introduced to the crowd at Xfinity Center on Saturday for Magic Maryland Madness, the public address announcer didn't mention the dreaded D-word, saying instead that the 6-foot-5 senior transfer had "spent the past three seasons playing on Tobacco Road."
Sulaimon is pretty candid talking about the transition from Duke to Maryland, the circumstances that led to his becoming a Terp after being the first player ever dismissed from the Blue Devils by coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Still, the circumstances surrounding Sulaimon's midseason departure from a Duke team that eventually won a national championship without him could help Maryland do the same with him this season.