It's not exactly the Maui Invitational, but it appears Maryland basketball has scheduled a non-conference event for next season.

The Terps will host the "Maryland Showcase," a four-team event also including Duquesne, California Baptist and San Jose State according to the Gazelle Group, a promotional firm handling the event. The event, which has not been announced by the school, will be held at Xfinity Center in November, with Maryland playing against San Jose State on Nov. 16, Duquesne on Nov. 22 and California Baptist on Nov. 25., according to the Gazelle Group's site and a Duquesne press release.

Playing in lesser-known non-conference events has become a staple for Maryland in recent years, as Mark Turgeon has spoken often about the rigors of the Big Ten schedule and the Big Ten/ACC Challenge in non-conference play. Last year the Terps played in and won the Orlando Invitational, also a mid-level event, but one that included Temple, Marquette, USC and Texas A&M. The Maryland Showcase's field is significantly more generic; none of the other three teams play in a power conference and only Duquesne (No. 95) was a top-100 team per KenPom. Cal Baptist finished at No. 202 and San Jose State was 290th.

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Whether you think Maryland should be playing a higher-level event early in the season, it shouldn't be surprising that Turgeon is taking it easy on his team. Along with his traditionally conservative approach to pre-Big Ten scheduling, he also will be trying to break in a new-look team without departed stars Anthony Cowan and Jalen Smith. Although he's sure to add at least two more recruits this offseason, the roster as currently constructed has big question marks at point guard and center. The Terps didn't make the field in Joe Lunardi's latest bracketology projections. Turgeon has been chasing a couple of highly regarded big men this month.

"Of course we're working like everybody else to get the best team we can for next season ... It's really unique. And everybody kind of goes into the portal at the same time and you got to pick and choose and try to get guys and recruit them. And it's nuts. You talk to a kid, 'I heard from 532 schools in 36 hours.' You know, recruiting is insane," Turgeon said last week. "That's all we're doing now as coaches, because we're crazy and we don't know anything else but how to work. So you're recruiting all the time because you can't coach your team."

Duquesne looks like a solid entrant. The Dukes expect to return all five starters from their team that went 21-9 last season, their first 20-win season since 2009.