Maryland’s Turnovers Early a Big Problem

Often, you will see teams struggle early on in the season with turnovers. Take a team like Maryland for example. Greivis Vasquez was the Terps primary ballhandler the last few years and found ways to keep the team in games they should’ve never been in. Without him, Maryland was expected to struggle a little bit with handling the basketball. Maryland survived Charleston on Wednesday night with an amazing comeback. A little bit. Through two games, Maryland has 47 turnovers. Guard Adrian Bowie leads the team, averaging 4.5 per contest thus far.  To make it worse, he only has five assists.  Actually, that’s more of a trend as a team. Maryland has more turnovers than assists (47 turnovers compared to 40 assists) and only Pe’Shon Howard and Sean Mosley have a 2:1 turnover to assist ratio. Last season, Maryland had a 1.4 to 1 assist to turnover ratio. This season the Terps currently have a 1.175 to 1 assist to turnover ratio.  A lot of the difference in that ratio can be ...