Video: Dez Wells’ thundering dunk — best of his career?

By Noah Frank
February 5, 2015 | 3:00 PM

WASHINGTON — In case you haven’t seen it yet, Maryland’s Dez Wells hammered home a powerhouse dunk on Penn State’s Donovon Jack Wednesday night during the #17 Terps’ 64-58 win.

The slam sent the bench and the crowd into a frenzy, and may have taken a chunk of Jack’s soul. Let’s not forget the terrific steal and pass by Melo Trimble that made the play possible, or the reaction of Jake Layman (0:22), perhaps the greatest of the bunch.

But when asked after the game if it was the best of his career, Wells had a surprising answer.

Listen: Dez Wells on his dunk

Well, then. Perhaps we’ve got even greater highlights still awaiting us this season.

SEC joins Big Ten in banning pros from returning to college, including basketball players

By The Associated Press
August 25, 2026 | 8:08 PM

The Southeastern Conference passed a rule Tuesday banning players who have been drafted by NFL, NBA or WNBA teams or listed on rosters in those leagues, joining the Big Ten in taking a strong stand against this month's unexpected surge of pro players trying to return to college. The SEC's rule differs from the one adopted by the Big Ten, which only included football in its decision released earlier in the day and is expected address other sports later. The news was the latest in a head-spinning week of court rulings, emergency rulemaking sessions and player signings, all of which point to a college sports landscape in disarray. The moves by the nation's two biggest conferences, four days before the start of football season, are intended to tamp down on the latest crisis — one involving players who came back to college after being released from pro rosters. “I feel like I took a freaking gummy,” said Sean McVay, the coach of the Los Angeles Rams, when asked about the prospect of a player he released returning to college. “I don’t even understand it.”

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