COLLEGE PARK — In the moments after Maryland's last-minute comeback win over Georgetown at Verizon Center early this season, the Terps celebrated with an impromptu water bottle shower of their coach in the locker room.
As Mark Turgeon toweled off, a voice emerged through the tumult. It has helped define what some thought might be a rebuilding year for a team that had lost four starters after reaching the Sweet 16 last season.
Junior guard Melo Trimble addressed his teammates.
It was something he had seen others, most notably Dez Wells when Trimble was a freshman, as well as Robert Carter Jr.