When Kevin Willard left Maryland men’s basketball at the altar for Villanova on March 30, fans hoped that players such as point guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie and shooting guard Rodney Rice might stay. Mike DeCourcy was not surprised when they and seven of their teammates vacated College Park before the university hired Buzz Williams away from Texas A&M on April 1.

“When coaches come in now, it’s not like [they can say], ‘Oh, I want him,’ or, ‘I don’t want him,’” said DeCourcy, a college basketball analyst for the Big Ten Network and columnist for Sporting News. “There’s nobody left. You might be able to talk one guy into staying if they’re really entrenched, but basically now when a coach leaves, the locker room is vacant, and you have to figure out how to restock it. It’s just become stand

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