With Willard’s departure, only a few players remain on the roster. One of them is former five-star recruit Derik Queen, a Baltimore native. There had been speculation that Queen might enter the transfer portal after Willard’s exit, but he quickly shut down those rumors.

Maryland coach Kevin Willard declined to say whether he had spoken to Villanova administrators about its open coaching vacancy following a season-ending 87-71 loss to No. 1 seed Florida in the Sweet 16 on Thursday.

But then, on Wednesday at his press conference ahead of Thursday’s game, Willard was asked about Maryland football head coach Mike Locksley’s comments on the desire to keep things in-house. In response, the head coach completely side-stepped the question in a non-discreet way.