Maryland Basketball: Transfer Logan Aronhalt Perfect to Replace Terrell Stoglin

When Terrell Stoglin parted ways with the University of Maryland following a year-long suspension, the majority of Terps fans panicked.

Stoglin was the featured piece of the Terps roster in 2011-12. He accounted for quite a hefty portion of Maryland's offense last season, scoring 21.6 points per game en route to an ACC scoring title. 

SG Sean Mosley graduated last week, and G/F Mychal Parker was suspended (and has transferred) for the same student-athlete code of conduct violation as that of Stoglin. Thus, Maryland's backcourt was left incredibly thin.

Until now.

Coach Mark Turgeon has landed Albany transfer Logan Aronhalt, a combo guard who averaged 13.8 points per game last season as a junior. Aronhalt graduated from Albany's undergrad program in just three years.

Now, he is using the "Russell Wilson Rule." Similar to Wilson, Aronhalt is basically telling the NCAA that he is pursuing a graduate degree at a different institution. By doing this, Aronhalt will avoid sitting out one year, which is typically a standard for college basketball transfers.

What this also means is that Aronhalt will only suit up in red and gold for one season.

Aronhalt's presence adds much-needed depth to Maryland's backcourt.

Before the transfer, the Terps only returned one true guard, Pe'Shon Howard, who has been constantly hampered by injuries throughout the past year. Aronhalt is valuable insurance for the injury-prone Howard.

The only other scholarship guards on Maryland's roster are freshmen Sam Cassell Jr. and Seth Allen, neither of whom were ranked in the ESPNU 100.

Nick Faust, possibly Maryland's most talented player, will most likely see a lot of time on the wing and really is not a true guard.

Stoglin, who would have been a junior this upcoming season, would have provided more than just scoring. He was battle-tested through two years of ACC play and would have assumed a leadership role.

Aronholt has three years of college experience, including a matchup against Maryland last season in which he scored 13 points.

In every facet where Stoglin contributed to Maryland's success, Aronhalt will be able to at least moderately make that weakness more forgettable. He is somewhat of a replica of Stoglin's style of play and can score the basketball with the same demeanor as Stoglin did so well in a Terps uniform.

Aronhalt isn't a terrific distributor, though. In fact, he averaged fewer assists per game than Stoglin last season, who was often criticized for selfishness.

So, while Aronhalt doesn't necessarily provide supreme passing ability, Stoglin was practically inept in that sense, anyway.

When Maryland is missing that explosive guard, that streaky shooter, that crafty ball-handler and, most importantly, that veteran leadership, Aronhalt will be able to step in and provide it.

His addition is also perfect for Maryland's roster situation, as he will only take up one of Maryland's coveted scholarships for one season. Maryland is pursuing rising guards in the 2013 recruiting class, such as Andrew and Aaron Harrison, Rysheed Jordan and Pookie Powell. 

Since Aronhalt will have graduated by the time any of these guards would play for Maryland, he therefore will not detract any interest to Maryland from any of those players.

Aronholt is a one-year plug-in to solve some of Maryland's depth issues in the backcourt, and Turgeon could not have done a better job nabbing this perfect replacement for Stoglin.