Maryland men’s basketball adds guard Michael McNair Jr. from transfer portal

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MICHAEL MCNAIR (20) of the Boston University Terriers drives the ball on JALEN VAZQUEZ (31) of the Lehigh Mountain Hawks during the 2026 Patriot League Men's Basketball Championship game at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, United States, on March 10, 2026 (Photo by Dan Squicciarini/NurPhoto via Getty Images). | NurPhoto via Getty Images

Maryland men’s basketball’s 31.7% average on 3-point shots was 303rd-best in the country during the 2025-26 season, and of its shooters that had double-digit makes on the year, all but Andre Mills have hit the transfer portal.

The Terps were likely to most acutely feel the loss of microwave scorer Diggy Coit, a guard who could come off the bench and change the game in an instant when he got hot.

Head coach Buzz Williams has addressed that concern with the signing of guard Michael McNair Jr. The former Boston University guard, who comes to the Terps through the transfer portal with a year of eligibility remaining, was lethal from 3-point range last season.

A look at the Terps new sniper Michael McNair, who averaged 16.9 points and 5.1 rebounds while shooting 44.4% from three this year for BU pic.twitter.com/3NyGrxKSj0https://t.co/OJ1r8NJHBr

— Terps Recruiting (@TerpRecruiting) April 20, 2026

McNair’s 44.4% 3-point percentage was the fifth-best mark by any player in the country last season. He shot an average of seven 3-pointers per game last season and made over three of them, finishing the year averaging 16.9 points per game.

Very few players from the Patriot League have transitioned well to the power conference level in recent seasons — the only one to do it at an elite level so far has been guard Cam Spencer. But if he can provide a solid bench option Williams can turn to when the Terps are in need of 3-point shooting, Maryland could end up satisfied.

With the signing of McNair, every spot of the Terps’ lineup appears to be taken. Below is a potential depth chart that illustrates the makeup of the current Maryland squad.

Maryland Terrapins Depth Chart – 2026-27
STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	DJ Wagner	Kaden House	Guillermo Del Pino
SG	Andre Mills	Bishop Boswell	Michael McNair	Rakease Passmore
SF	Baba Oladotun	Austin Brown	Maban Jabriel
PF	Tomislav Buljan	Adama Tambedou	George Turkson
C	Pharrel Payne	Robert Jennings II

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