Jake Layman's Return Makes Maryland A Threat For the Title in 2015-16

The Maryland Terrapins didn’t make as deep of a run as they would have liked to in the 2015 NCAA tournament, but they are surely off to a great start during the offseason.

Maryland’s Jake Layman is returning to school for his junior season, source told ESPN.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) April 9, 2015

With Jake Layman‘s return, the Terrapins could be the most dangerous team out of the Big 10. In 2014-15, Layman managed to put up 12.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. He also hit 37.8 percent of his shots from deep.

First Melo Trimble and now this. Trimble could have easily been a one-and-done player, but he will help make Maryland a serious threat in the upcoming season instead. Trimble averaged 16.2 points per game in his first year and managed to lead Maryland in scoring in the process.

In the Terps’ first season in the Big 10, they finished with a 28-7 record, 14-4 conference record and earned a No. 4 seed in the Big Dance.

The loss of Dez Wells will hurt, but that one was expected (he is a senior, after all). Still, any time a team can bring back two of its top three leading scorers, it is going to be in great shape the following year. That is just how college hoops works with one-and-done players starting to take over at top programs.

The offseason is still very young and literally anything can happen now until the 2015-16 season actually starts, but things are looking very good for Maryland as of right now.