After announcing transfers, Maryland men's basketball inks pair of high school additions

Ahmed Ghafir
May 20
3 min read

After announcing almost all of the transfer portal commits, Maryland men’s basketball announced its pair of additions through the high school route with 2025 top-50 prospect Darius Adams the latest addition officially signed to the program.

"We're thrilled to welcome Darius to the Maryland Basketball family. He's a highly skilled player who can impact winning from day one with his competitiveness, unselfishness, and feel for the game," head coach Buzz Williams added via release. "Darius has developed through two of the nation's premier programs in La Lumiere and the PSA Cardinals, and he comes from an incredibly supportive and successful basketball family. His character and work ethic—fueled by great parents—will make him a tremendous addition to our program."

Adams becomes the second McDonald’s All-American to ink with the program in as many recruiting cycles with former five-star Derik Queen now preparing for the 2025 NBA Draft. Adams, a former UConn pledge, began his high school career at Manasquan High School (NJ) where he averaged 20.4 points as a sophomore en route to an NJSIAA title. Adams then spent his final two seasons at La Lumiere (IN), while averaging 16.7 points on the EYBL circuit with the PSA Cardinals this past year.

Adams was the second high school commit signed after the program announced the signing of Spanish guard Guilermo Del Pino last week.

The 6-foot-5 guard was named MVP after he averaged 14.6 points in the 2023 FIBA U-16 Euro championship, along with earning all-star honors at the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders camp in February 2024. Del Pino averaged 10.3 points for Cordoba in 2024-25, also drawing all-star honors, as he heads to College Park after previously being rated a top-ten international prospect by NBADraft.net.

"We're incredibly excited to welcome Guillermo to our Maryland basketball family. He's a highly skilled and competitive player who has proven he can produce at a high level," Williams added via release. "Beyond his talent, Guillermo brings outstanding character, maturity, and a deep love for the game of basketball. He comes from a great family, and we know he'll fit seamlessly into the culture we're building here. We're confident he'll make an immediate impact and will be a key piece of what we're building here at Maryland."

Maryland has already announced the additions of Pharrel Payne (Texas A&M), Solomon Washington (Texas A&M), George Turkson (Texas A&M), Andre Mills (Texas A&M), Myles Rice (Indiana), Isaiah Watts (Washington State), David Coit (Kansas) and Elijah Saunders (Virginia)

The lone unsigned transfer to date is Northeastern center Collin Metcalf, who announced his transfer to Maryland last week after visiting College Park the week prior. After appearing in 37 games during his first two seasons at Northeastern, Metcalf averaged four points while leading the CAA with 78 blocks in 2024-25, providing experienced depth to behind Aggie transfer Pharrel Payne.

“So many people talked highly of Buzz when I went in. My agent, he couldn’t stop saying how good of a coach Buzz was,” Metcalf said. “I went and looked at coach’s resume, I think everything about Buzz’s accolades kind of speaks for itself. He didn’t really do much talking about himself. He’s a very humble guy, more of a ‘I’m going to let my work speak for itself’ so I find that very interesting. A huge thing for me is seeing a coach who doesn’t talk about himself, kind of his work and his work in the past. I think he’s an amazing guy. When I got there, he was more I want to see the type of person you are. I don’t want to hear what you have to say, I want to see it and I think for me, that’s the exact type of coach I love to work with.”

Maryland will now look to add to its high school class with four-star Sebastian Wilkins set to announce his commitment at 4 PM on Friday between Maryland and Duke.

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