The Maryland basketball program had one of its most important official visits in recent memory over the weekend as 2024 five-star big man Derik Queen made his way to College Park. Queen has been a blue-chip prospect since his freshman year starring for St. Frances Academy in Baltimore before transferring to national powerhouse Montverde Academy as a sophomore. Even when the former staff was in power, Queen was viewed as a future must-get.

Fast forward to now, with a proactive group of coaches led by Kevin Willard and it results in Queen leaving campus understanding how important he is to their big picture. Based on Queen’s eye-opening comments to IMS on Tuesday, you can safely assume …