For any Terps basketball fans looking for optimism for next year, TurtleSportsReport.com’s Jeff Ermann offers this feature on Bobby Maze, who gives his take on a number of topics, including how he’ll fit in at College Park.

”The thing that will help me next year is I’ll be playing with better players, with guys like Vasquez and Hayes, who can hit shots when you get them the ball,” he said. “I think they fought hard and I know they’re a little disappointed in what happened this year, but they’re competitors, like Vasquez. I can’t wait to play with him. He plays with a lot of heart and he just wants to win. All I can do is picture myself out there playing with him.”

• Another week, another set of honors for Sean Mosley. The Maryland guard commitment was named The Sun’s All-Metro Player of the Year.

Mosley, a 6-foot-4 senior swing player, joins former Calvert Hall star Duane Ferrell (1980-84) as the only four-time All-Metro players. Headed to the University of Maryland, Mosley was recruited by Keith Booth, the former Dunbar and Terps standout to whom many observers compare Mosley.

Over at Press Box, Keith Mills breaks down Mosley and the rest of the roster for the Charm City Challenge, which will tip off April 6.

• Here’s an interesting development in the Ken Bowman recruitment. The Topeka (Kan.) Journal-Capital spoke with the head coach at Hutchinson (Kan.) C.C., and he had this to say about Bowman’s status.

Hutchinson coach Ryan Swanson said K-State remains in the mix for Bowman, even though the 6-foot-8 forward gave a verbal commitment to Maryland.

"He had verbally committed," Swanson said. "He said it, but he still wanted to visit K-State, so I’m not sure how solid of a commitment it was."

• Barring completely unforeseen circumstances, Sudan native and Australia resident Ater Majok won’t become a Terp. But that doesn’t make his recruitment any less interesting. The Australian paper The Daily Telegraph has the latest, including his coach Edward Smith explaining why Majok hasn’t committed anywhere yet.

"Ater has taken the decision to wait this long (the NCAA late-signing period runs from April 15 to May 15) to see which coaches will stay with the program and which players will stay, rather than transfer to another school or leave for the NBA Draft."

• Terps women’s commitment Lynetta Kizer didn’t light up the stat sheet at the McDonald’s All American game in Milwaukee this week, but according to this article from The Washington Post, her experience went beyond the court.

The smile the senior center from Potomac (Va.) wore as she spoke of the little girl in the hotel lobby who exchanged a stuffed bunny for an autographed ball and some attention told you her 0-for-3 shooting performance and three turnovers Wednesday night wouldn't cause her to lose much sleep.