Jake Layman got to Maryland in 2012, when Terrapins basketball was down. He was part of a four-man class, and the other three transferred away after the program had two more bad seasons.
Layman didn't leave then, nor did he leave for the NBA after last season. So after the senior's 18-point home finale in which he got perhaps the loudest cheers of his career in a College Park send-off, his coach was in a reflective mood.
"He's one of my all-time favorites, because he stuck with me," Mark Turgeon said about a half-hour after he pulled Layman to a rousing cheer in Maryland's win against Illinois.