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Reports: Former Maryland guard Seth Allen transfers to Virginia Tech

Seth Allen

Maryland guard Seth Allen (4) carrys his shoe down the court after it came off during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Virginia, Sunday, March 9, 2014, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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While the Maryland basketball program is on its way out of the ACC, one of the team’s former players has decided to stick around.

According to multiple outlets (reported first by CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein) guard Seth Allen has decided to transfer to Virginia Tech, where he’ll play for new head coach Buzz Williams. Allen will have two seasons of eligibility remaining after sitting out the 2014-15 campaign. As a sophomore Allen, who missed 12 games after suffering a broken bone in his left foot, averaged 13.4 points and 3.0 assists per game for the Terrapins.

Allen becomes the fifth player to commit to Virginia Tech since Williams came aboard back in March, and his addition gives the Hokies some additional depth on the perimeter. Allen played both on and off the ball at Maryland, and with that in mind the question will be how much this affects point guard Devin Wilson when the 2015-16 season arrives. Wilson averaged 9.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game as a freshman, earning ACC All-Freshman Team honors as selected by the media.

Wilson started all 31 games for Virginia Tech last season, and he’ll likely be the starter for the Hokies in 2014-15 as well but there isn’t much in the way of depth at the position.

As for shooting guard Williams will have options, with incoming freshmen Justin Bibbs, Ahmed Hill and Jalen Hudson all joining holdovers Ben Emelogu (10.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg) and Will Johnston (a former walk-on; 3.2 ppg) at the position. And with the graduation of Jarell Eddie it’s likely that a couple of those players will see time at the three in 2014-15.

At the very least Virginia Tech, which won just nine games last season (2-16 ACC), can use additional depth and talent on the perimeter given the fact that they didn’t were lacking in both departments in 2013-14. And when taking those factors into consideration, the addition of Allen is a good one.

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