What are you seeing from Malik in particular?

He could have went anywhere in the SEC, the Big Ten, had offers all over the place, chose to stay home.

He's talked a lot about how much he loves that and how much he loves being the Maryland kid, the local kid.

This season, he just has not taken the step forward that a lot of people hoped he would.

I think coming out of that freshman year where he showed some flashes, like you said, was kind of up and down, showed some flashes.

People were expecting a really big sophomore leap for him, and it really hasn't happened.

Like so much of the team, he looked great against Hampton and UConn, has not looked great the last two weeks.

What is the level of optimism for both the men's and women's teams heading into the season in a couple of