Maryland begins their 2015-2016 campaign as a top five team for the first time since the 2001-2002 season when they won their sole national title.
The Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team will begin the season as the nation's No. 3 ranked team in the Associated Press' preseason poll, released on Monday. The last time Maryland began a season with expectations this high it finished the season atop of the college basketball world, capturing the program's only national championship with a 64-52 win over Indiana.
It's been ten years since Maryland began a season ranked in the AP's top 25.